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The musical comedy Naughty Nancy is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 77 performances.Show Girl, described as "Gladsome, capering, tuneful" is playing during a week of performances at The New National Theater, Washington DC, USA.
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, aka The Blue Follies, is playing at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.Earl Hines And His Orchestra record Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gus Backus is born in Southampton, Long Island, New York State, USA. He will find huge success as a rock'n'roll star in Germany, Europe, during the late 50s and early 60s.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
The Heidelberg Singers with Smiling Fritz are playing at Math Igler's Casino, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Charlie Parker plays a gig aboard the excursions boat SS Peter Stuyvesant, New York City, USA.
Brian Robertson, best known as guitarist with Thin Lizzy and Motorhead, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Lloyd Price, Little Anthony And The Imperials, The Five Satins and The Olympics play at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Louis Armstrong and the All Stars record They Say I Look Like God, The Real Ambassadors and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records. Piano player on the session is Dave Brubeck, and vocalist is Annie Ross.
Elvis Presley is in Seattle, Washington, USA, on the ninth day of location filming for his latest movie, It Happened At The World's Fair.
When Frank Sinatra Jr. plays at The Americana Hotel in New York City, USA, he is visted by his father, Frank Sinatra.
The Louvin Brothers, despite already being officially split, record together for the last time. Their final collaboration is What Would You Take In Exchange For My Soul.
Don Byas and his band perform Lady Bird, I Remember Clifford, Stella By Starlight and I'll Remember April for the BBC at The BBC Television Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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.Smokey Robinson and the Miracles reach No1 in the UK Top Twenty singles chart with Tears Of A Clown.
Bob Dylan begins recording his fifteenth studio album Blood On The Tracks at A&R Recording, New York City, USA.
Bob Dylan begins recording his album Blood On the Tracks at A&R Recording, New York City.
Konstantinos Karamitroudis is born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe. He will find success as heavy metal guitarist Gus G, working with Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne, Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy and Dream Evil.
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The 3-D sci-fi short film Captain EO, starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is premiered at the Epcot Centre, Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida.
Ian Hunter, formerly of Mott The Hoople, plays at the Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Taking a hectic break from her Black Star tour, Avril Lavigne returns from Europe to attend her Abbey Dawn fashion show at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, USA.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Heavy rock guitarist Slash attends a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Barbra Streisand Channel makes its debut on Sirius and Sirius/XM on-line channel 69 and XM channel 73, where it runs for a month.1902 |
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