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The Emerald Isle, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, receives its first performances at The Savoy Theatre, London, UK. It will run for 205 performances.
The Weber And Fields' burlesque show Fiddle-Dee-Dee is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.Texan singer Jules Verne Allen records When the Work's All Done This Fall, Punching The Dough and The Dying Cowboy, for Victor Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys record Tater Pie and Faded Love for MGM Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lenny Herman And His Orchestra play during a six-week engagement at The Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.The family of James Marshall Hendrix (later to become Jimi Hendrix) has now moved to 26th Avenue/Washington St, Seattle, Washington, USA, so the boy enrols at the nearby Leschi Elementary School.
Faron Young records Sweet Dreams for Capitol Records in Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Coasters play the second of three nights at The Broadway Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, with Faye Adams, Jack Scott, Johnny And Joe, Amos Milburn, Johnny Janis and The Red Prysock Combo.
Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson, Duane Eddy, Larry Williams, Dale Hawkins, Fabian, King Curtis, The Skyliners, The Cadillacs and Bobby Freeman are among the acts featured in Alan Freed's Easter Week show at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson, Duane Eddy, Larry Williams, Dale Hawkins, Fabian, King Curtis, The Skyliners, The Cadillacs and Bobby Freeman are among the acts featured in Alan Freed's Easter Week show at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK. The pianist in the band is Dudley Moore.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Kathy Kirby, Jerry Lordan, Peter Elliott and The Four Jones Boys play at The Tivoli, Portsmouth, UK.
Ernestine Anderson is playing during a week of shows at The Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Henry Mancini records Breakfast At Tiffany's, Holly, The Big Heist and other tracks for RCA Records in the USA.
The Roommates sing The Glory Of Love on on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. On the same edition Janie Grant is interviewed by host Dick Clark.
Jet Harris, a former member of UK hitmaking instrumental band The Shadows, signs to Decca Records as a solo artist.
Jackie Wilson plays the ninth night in a two-week season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Connie Francis, with an orchestra conducted by Geoff Love, records High Hopes,The Last Time I Saw Paris, Buttons And Bows, Over The Rainbow, Whatever Will Be, Will Be [aka Que Sera], Secret Love and When You Wish Upon A Star at RCA Italiana Studio, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Prisoner Of Love by James Brown And The Famous Flames is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA, entering at No79.
A new nightclub, The Place, opens in Hanley, Stoke On Trent, England, UK, Europe, with Paul And Paula as guests of honour.
Adam Faith, Eden Kane, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Dave Berry and The Undertakers play at the City Hall, Sheffield, UK.
Marty Robbins records I'm Gonna Be A Cowboy and Fly Butterfly Fly, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Patsy Cline releases a new single, That's How A Heartache Begins/Love Letters In The Sand, on Decca Records in the USA.
Unit 4+2 play at The Public Hall, Wallington, England, UK.Jesse Fuller plays the second of five nights at The Questing Beast, Berkeley, California, USA, supported by Lynne Hughes.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
A new music studio, Wally Heider Recording, is opened in San Francisco, California, USA. It will soon become the studio of choice for all of the top local bands.The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, supported by Cat Mother and Chicago Transit Authority. Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane guests on bass.
David Bowie is detained by police on a train trip from Russia to Poland when he is found in possession of books about the Nazis. he defends himself by stating that the books are for research on a project.During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, working on the songs Need A Woman, In The Summertime and Dead Man, Dead Man.
Slim Tim Harrigan and Big Mac play at Mabuhay Gardens [aka The Fab Mab], San Francisco, California, USA.
Gretchen Wilson releases her debut single, Redneck Woman, on Epic Records in the USA.
On their Vertigo tour, 
Ryan Adams And The Cardinals begin a North American tour at The Calvin Theater, in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Record producer/composer Quincy Jones and British musician Jerry Dammers, co-founder of The Specials, are presented by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa with the prestigious Order of the Companions of OR Tambo.
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