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Ellery's Royal Italian Band plays at The Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, California, USA.The Haydn Quartet records Little Cotton Dolly for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The musical play The Thirty Thieves is presented at The Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand, Oceania.
Mary Celina Mamie Desdunes Dugue, better known as blues piano pioneer Three Finger Mamie Desdunes, dies from tuberculosis, aged 32, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Vocal duo Correll And Gosden [better known as radio stars Amos'n'Andy] record Changes, What'll You Do?, Oh! Look At That Baby and Liza, for Victor Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Blind Alfred Reed, accompanying himself on the violin, records How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? in New York City, USA. Telling of hard times during the Great Depression, it is considered an early example of a protest song.
Billie Holiday has a recording session, with The Benny Goodman Orchestra, for Columbia Records at 55 Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA.
Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette McDonald have their handprints recorded in cement in the Forecourt Of The Stars at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, USA.
Professor Longhair records K.C.Blues, Curly Haired Baby, Rockin' With Fes' and Gone So Long for Federal Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe plays at The Royal Hall, Harrogate, UK, with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ottilie Patterson.
Musical humourist Gerard Hoffnung gives a performance at The Oxford Union, Oxford, UK, which is recorded in co-operation with the BBC and will be released as the LP Hoffnung At The Oxford Union on Decca Records.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
Prison inmate Charles Lee Guy III records The Prisoner's Dream, Shackles And Chains, They're All Goin' Home But One and The Wall, for Capitol Records in Vacaville Prison, Solano, California, USA. Guitar on this session is played by Joe Maphis.
The Gil Evans Orchestra records Shakes and Intro Bong for Verve Records in the USA. The tracks will remain unreleased.
Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits and Dave Berry play at The Odeon, Southend, UK.
The
Puppet On A String, from the Elvis Presley movie Girl Happy, enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No14 during a six-week run.
The Beach Boys play at The Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, supported by Lindy And The Lavells, The Viscounts and The Defiants.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band record two experimental pieces, Item 1 and Item 2, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, but neither is ever released.
When Country Joe And The Fish perform their anti-Vietnam War song, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, on US tv's David Frost Show, hundreds of viewers respond angrily.
Jimi Hendrix signs a contract with powerful San Francisco-based promoter Bill Graham for two shows at the Fillmore East, New York City, with a fee of $12,500.
Jimi Hendrix signs a contract with powerful US promoter Bill Graham for two shows at the Fillmore East, New York City, with a fee of $12,500.
John Lennon of The Beatles and Yoko Ono spend the third of five days being filmed for a BBC tv 24 Hours documentary, The World Of John And Yoko. On this day they are filmed during an experimental recording session at Abbey Road studios, London, UK, with colleagues Mal Evans, Anthony Fawcett, Geoff Emerick and others.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.
Hazel O'Connor and Megahype play at The University Of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK, supported by Duran Duran.
Discharge play at The Music Machine, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dag Vag.
The musical stage play Beatlemania is presented during a three-week run at the Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA. The play is built around the music of The Beatles.
Sting plays the second of two nights at Pala Palaeur, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play the second of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, Europe, supported by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.Poison Girls, The Mekons and Blyth Power play at The Fridge, Brixton, London, England, UK, Europe.
A young actor, Mark Blanco, dies in a fall from a balcony at a party in East London, UK, attended by Pete Doherty of
Babyshambles. The house is owned by drug-dealer Paul
Roundhill.
Sony announces that its karaoke-based console game SingStar has topped 20m unit sales.
On the European leg of her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at the Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy.
You Me At Six play the first of two nights at the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland, supported by The Blackout.
Kelly Clarkson is interviewed and performs live on BBC tv show Breakfast live from Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.
Esperanza Spalding, Bobby McFerrin and others play in a Free The Slaves benefit concert at The City Winery, New York City, USA.
tUnE-yArDs play the first of four nights at The Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, supported by Cibo Matto.
On their This House Is Not For Sale tour, Bon Jovi play at Adelaide Botanic Park, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
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