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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The Athos Family, Cressy And Dayne, Carroll Johnson (billed as "the Beau Brummel of Minstrelsy"), Colby And Way, Alice Raymond and Allie Penn-Guard, Jess Dandy, Harry M. Parker's Performing Dogs and Castellat And Hall are appearing at The Grand's "Fashionable vaudeville" show in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.Japanese musician Ten-Ichi heads the Vaudeville bill at The Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Also on the bill are Lockhart's Elephants, The Waterbury Brothers And Tenney (a musical act), Talkative Miss Norton, The Flood Brothers and Grovini And Murray.
Rice And Barton's Big Gaiety Company is appearing for the second of three days at The Star Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.Frank Westphal And His Orchestra record Home In Pasadena for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, 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.My Heart Cries For You by Dinah Shore enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No11.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.Sister Rosetta Tharpe plays at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK, with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ottilie Patterson.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
Duke Ellington makes a solo appearance at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA, during a Negro Actors' Guild Benefit show.Jan And Dean, Jerry Butler, Jackie De Shannon, Ann-Margret, Soupy Sales, Dee Clark, The Pentagons and others play in the Christmas Capers Concert in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of top-selling singles in the USA.
Johnny Cash, The Tennessee Three, June Carter, Roger Miller, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western appear on The Big D Jamboree, from KRLD-AM Radio in Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Mann-Hugg Quartet, later to become Manfred Mann, headlines The Marquee Club, London, for the first time.
Ray Charles plays the eleventh of fourteen nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Memphis-based singer Red Williams records Love's Not Worth It and I Can't Believe This Has Happened for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Isaac Hayes records Sweet Temptation and Laura, We're On Your Last Go-Round for Brunswick Records in New York City, USA.
Little Richard, The Marvelettes and Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles are playing during ten nights at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
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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.Berkeley-based singer-songwriter Country Joe McDonald And The All Star Band play at The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, California, USA.
Filming continues on the Prince movie Purple Rain in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 
Dire Straits play the third of four nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter Alfredo Chocolate Armenteros plays the first of five nights at The Bass Clef, Hoxton, London, UK.
The first picture CDs are issued by CBS, featuring Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, George Michael and Terence Trent D'Arby.The Third Annual Billboard Music Awards are held in Universal
Amphitheater, Universal City, Los Angeles, California. Michael Jackson scoops No1 in four categories, including Hot 100 Singles Artist
(Male) and R&B Singles Artist (Male). Mariah Carey gets Hot 100
Singles Artist (Female) and Top Billboard 200 Album Artist (Female).
The Apes and Alta May play at West 13th, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Stereolab vocalist and guitarist Mary Hansen dies, aged 36, in a cycling accident in London, England, UK, Europe.It is reported that, with 5m sales, Low by Flo-Rida has become the most downloaded song of the decade in the USA.
Halford play at the House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Jimmy Burns Band. (2010)
On her On their Closer To The Edge tour, 30 Seconds To Mars play the second of two nights at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York City, USA.
Market trader Muhammad Shahid Nazir, better known as '1 Fish Man, releases his debut single, The '1 Fish Song. The novelty song -
essentially his pitch to customers at his market stall in East
London, has become an internet phenomenon, racking up 3.5m views on
YouTube, prompting the release of the single.
Having sold almost 640,000 copies in 2013, Emeli Sande's album Our Version Of Events is confirmed as the UK's biggest-selling LP for the second year in a row.1902 |
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