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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
Klaw And Erlanger's Troubadours present Harry B. Smith's musical comedy The Liberty Belles at The Madison Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
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.
The "sparkling musical comedy" A Trip To Chicago is presented at The Criterion Theatre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania, starring John F. Sheridan as "the humourous Irish mother-in-law" Johanna Murphy.
Haverly's Minstrels, with George Wilson, are appearing at The California Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.The Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band records records I Can't Get Over A Girl Like You, Up Jumped The Devil, Jig Walk, Yiddisha Charleston, Whisper - SH! and Cherie I Love You for Zonophone Records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK.
Lewis Black, vocalist and guitarist, records Gravel Camp Blues for Columbia Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Tommy Christian And His Orchestra are playing during a three-month engagement at The Mounds Country Club, East St. Louis, Illinois, USA, operated by the notorious St. Louis gangster William Patrick 'Bow Wow' McQuillan.
Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Nat Gonella And His
Georgians record Afterglow in London, UK, for Parlophone
Records.
Evelyn Dall makes a live broadcast with Ambrose and his Orchestra in a 'Starlight' show from the BBC tv studios at Alexandra Palace, London. UK.
Ralph Tavares of seventies disco sensations Tavares, is born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
Jo Stafford records Don't Worry 'bout Me and Easy Come Easy Go, for Columbia Records in the USA. The tracks will appear on her album As You Desire Me.
Frances Langford is appearing at The Olympia Theater, Miami, Florida, USA, with The Les Rhode Orchestra.
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.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.Frank Sinatra and The Hi-Los are pre-recorded on videotape singing I'll Never Smile Again for Sinatra's Timex tv special, An Afternoon With Frank Sinatra.
The four male members of The Platters, who had been arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, in August on drug and prostitution charges, are all acquitted.
Trini Lopez plays the second night of a week at Ye Little Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two release a new single, Oh Lonesome Me/Life Goes On, on Sun Records in the USA.
With his song Tower Of Strength currently at No1 in the UK, Frankie Vaughan plays at The Hippodrome, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the first of two nights at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
The Sons Of The Pioneers record Green Ice And Mountain Men, Destiny, Ringo and Me And My Burro in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ray Peterson records Over The Rainbow, Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing, If I Loved You and You'll Never Walk Alone in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
Cream release their debut studio album Fresh Cream in the UK. The trio of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker also release their second single, I Feel Free, on the same day.
Disgruntled fan Trevor Charles Howell pushes Frank Zappa off the stage at The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, inflicting multiple injuries and leaving him bound to a wheelchair.
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Pink Floyd spend the last of twelve days in a rehearsal room in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, London, UK, working on the music that will become their album Dark Side Of The Moon.
When The Stranglers play at The Nashville, London, UK, their set is recorded for a live album, planned as their debut. Support band for the evening is The Tom Robinson Band.
Paul McCartney's band Wings release a triple album, Wings Over America, in the UK and USA simultaneously.
The musical Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson begin six weeks at No1 in the Billboard US Top 40 with Say, Say, Say.
The Godfathers play at The Fridge, Brixton, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Max and Zombie Rockers.
A 25-minute tape reel of The Beatles playing live in Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe, in August 1963, is sold by Christie’s auction house in London for £25,300.
Ron Aspery, jazz-rock sax player, pianist and composer with 70s British band Back Door, dies aged 57.
Peter Green And The Splinter Group play the last of four nights at Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, UK.
Chuck Berry's 1978 Gibson ES 355 guitar, valued at $50,000, is reported stolen from an office in Berry Park, the rock'n'roll pioneer's 35-acre retreat on Buckner Road, Wentzville, Missouri, USA. (Police will recover the guitar within a week)
Jazz guitarist, composer and arranger Jim Hall dies in his sleep, aged 83, in his apartment in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Hall's illustrious and innovative career involved spells with The Chico Hamilton Quintet, The Jimmy Giuffre Three and The Art Farmer Quartet, but he also pursued an acclaimed solo career.
On their A Head Full Of Dreams tour, Coldplay play the second of two nights at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Patti Smith sings 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, in a performance given to mark the presentation of Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize for literature. Dylan is not present, but his acceptance speech, in which he says the prize was 'something I never could have imagined or seen coming', is read out by Azita Raji, the US ambassador to Sweden, 1901 |
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