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The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
Turner's Rialto Belles, billed as "nine handsome show girls", are appearing at The Dixie Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
The musical revue Artists And Models Of 1927, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 151 performances.
Big Bill Broonzy And His Memphis Five record I'm Still Your Sweetheart Baby, Down And Lost In Mind, Let's Have A Little Fun and Messed Up In Love and other tracks for Vocalion Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Popular singer and guitarist Val Doonican presents his regular show Your Date With Val on BBC Light Programme Radio in London, England, UK, Europe.
Joann Val with Jimmy Blade And His Orchestra is playing at The Camellia House, in The D rake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the fourth night of a pre-Christmas season in The Congo Room of The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Legendary bluegrass banjo duo Lester
Flatt And Earl Scruggs play at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
Martin Adam Friedman is born in Laurel, Maryland, USA. He will find fame as Marty Friedman, guitarist of Megadeth.
The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders comes to an end with a show at The Capitol, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Kat Bjelland is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She will be a significant figure in the Riot Grrl movement of the 90s, featuring in such bands as Babes In Toyland, Sugar Baby Doll and Katastrophy Wife. Little Richard, The Marvelettes and Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles are playing during ten nights at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
Bluegrass vocalist Grandpa Jones records Turn Your Radio On, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Monument Records.
Connie Francis, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman, records I Wish I Had A Wooden Heart, Anytime, I'd Let You Break My Heart All Over Again, Ivory Tower, Room Full Of Roses and The Phoenix Love Theme for MGM Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Rolling Stones release their sixth album Their Satanic Majesties' Request, on Decca Records in the UK.
Latin-American folk duo Dorita Y Pepe play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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.It is reported in UK newspaper the Sunday Express that Mick Jagger and Keith Richard of The Rolling Stones will shortly leave for Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America, to consult a magician.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that a shortage of pulp is currently delaying the manufacture of album sleeves and thus holding up record deliveries in the U.K. Atlantic Records is reportedly among the worst hit with, for example, the cover of the latest Emerson, Lake And Palmer album (Brain Salad Surgery, having to be made in America because the band demanded an unusual type of sleeve.The first phase of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour comes to a close at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, with a benefit show for jailed boxer Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter.
Robin Trower, Wishbone Ash and Starcastle play at Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
The Lurkers play at Rebecca's, Birmingham, UK, supported by The Doll and The Reaction.
Ingrid Ellen Michaelson is born in Staten Island, New York State, USA. She will find success as singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson.
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On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Paranaque City/Asia World, Manila, Philippines, to an audience of 55,000.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play at The University Of Northumbria, Newcastle, England, UK, with Ty Cobb.
Murderdolls and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play at The Waterfront, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.It is reported that US civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks has won the right in court to proceed with her case against rap duo OutKast for using her name as the title of a hit song.
The Killers play at the Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Africa.
The String Cheese Incident play the first of three nights at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their Made In Germany tour, Rammstein play the second of two nights at The Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.
On the third North American leg of his 20/20 Experience World Tour, Justin Timberlake plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their Paper Gods tour, 
On their Rock Or Bust tour, AC/DC play the second of two nights at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania.1902 |
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