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Burlesque troupe The Rosey Posey Girls are appearing at The Gayety Theatre, Washington DC, USA.Pioneering R'n'B anjd blues shouter Roy Brown is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Cynthia Powell is born in Blackpool, UK. She will marry John Lennon of The Beatles, thus becoming Cynthia Lennon.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Chuck Berry plays the fourth night of a week-long engagement at The Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, as part of deejay/promoter Alan Freed's First Anniversary Rock'n'Roll Show.
Wes Westmoreland III, voted World Champion Country Music Fiddler in 1985, 1987 and 2003, is born.
John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles buy Gibson J-160E Jumbo guitars in Rushworth's Music House, Liverpool, UK. The instruments have been specially imported from Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Lennon and Harrison.
The Coasters, The Contours and Aretha Franklin play on the opening nightof The Zanzibar Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Louis Armstrong and The All Stars record Short But Sweet, The Circle Of Your Arms, I Like This Kind Of Party and The Three Of Us for Mercury Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Rolling Stones, The Preachers, Chris Farlowe, Manfred Mann and Goldie And The Gingerbreads appear on UK tv pop show Ready, Steady, Go. During the show, The Rolling Stones, their manager Andrew Loog Oldham and presenter Cathy McGowan mime to Sonny And Cher's hit single I Got You Babe.
Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr appear in a predictable (and pre-recorded) pie-throwing episode of The Soupy Sales Show on tv in the USA.
Marlene Dietrich plays the fifth of six nights at the The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK.
Audrey Williams records They're Beggin' You To Stay and Oceans Of Love in Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The First New York Blues Project, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond Jr. and The Little John Trio play during a week of shows at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich, Village, New York City, USA.
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The Supremes complete work on the song How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone at Hitsville USA Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Dire Straits play an open-air show on Clapham Common, London, UK, in the afternoon. Later, they play at The Hope And Anchor, Islington, London, UK.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at The University of New Mexico Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
In New York City, USA, John Lennon finishes recording his comeback album, Double Fantasy, and agrees to a series of interviews with David Sheff of Playboy.
Matthew Followill, lead guitarist of Kings Of Leon, is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Gloria Gaynor plays at The Inn On The Park, Jersey, UK, Europe.
The album Step By Step by New Kids On The Block is awarded 5x Platinum Status in Canada.
Joni Mitchell answers questions from the press at a private viewing of Diary Of A Decade, the first European showing of her paintings, in The Rotunda Gallery, London, England, UK.
When Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding play at The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe, the concert is recorded and will be released as the live album Rockin' The Paradiso.
A Hohner Super Chromonica Chromatic harmonica once owned by Bob Dylan is bought for £2,700 by a fan, electrician John Fellas, at an auction in St Andrews Hall, Norwich, Enlgand, UK, Europe.The Script release a new album, Science And Faith, in Australia, Austria, Scandinavia and Ireland.
On her On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, supported by Beck.
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On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA, supported by Stone Sour.1915 |
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