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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
Actress Rosanna Arquette is born in New York City, USA. She will inspire the Toto hit Rosanna, and also In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel, who became her lover.
Jazz piano star Horace Silver records the album Blowin' The Blues Away at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records.
The Coasters, Milt Buckner, Tiny Topsy and The Jesse Powell Combo play the fourth night of one week at the Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA.
All four male members of The Platters are arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, for aiding and abetting prostitution. They are later acquitted but, even so, the scandal destroys the group's career.