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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.
Jazz guitar and violin duo Eddie Lang And Joe Venuti record Cheese And Crackers for OKeh Records in the USA.
Earl Hines And His Orchestra record Angry, Copenhagen, Ridin' A Riff, Wolverine Blues, Rock And Rye and Cavernism for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
The Rice Brothers Gang of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, record
You Are
My Sunshine, for Decca Records. (1939)
Alex Poul Riel is born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. He will find success as jazz drummer 
Pete Cetera, founder member of Chicago, is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rollie Free achieves the US national motorcycle speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, riding the first British-made Vincent Black Lightning. In 1991, inspired by the bike's mystique, Richard Thompson will compose the song 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.
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Bandleader Benny Strong is playing during three months at The Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.Lloyd Price, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Five Satins and The Olympics play the second night of a week-long engagement at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.LaVern Baker plays the last of five nights at The Spatz Show Bar, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
Hank Snow records Bluebird Island for RCA Victor in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with The Anita Kerr Singers, Jerry Byrd on steel guitar and Hank Garland on guitar.
Connie Francis headlines a pre-recorded one-hour tv variety show on ABC-tv in the USA, with guests including Tab Hunter. The show includes plugs for a new promotion whereby drugstores are selling haircream plus the new LP Sing Along With Connie Francis for $1.69.
The Stanley Turrentine Quintet records The Way You Look Tonight, More Than You Know and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records.
Dave Dee And The
Bostons [later to find fame as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich], play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Danny And The Detonators.
Top Broadway songwriter Jerry Herman appears as a guest on tv show What's My Line? in New York City, USA.
The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen have a son, Zak Starkey, at Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe. Despite Ringo asserting that he doesn't want Zak to become a drummer, that's exactly what he will become, working with The Who, Oasis, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, The Icicle Works, The Waterboys and The Lightning Seeds to name a few.
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George Hamilton IV records Slightly Used, Under Your Spell Again, Foolin' Around, Another Day Another Dollar and other tracks, with producer Chet Atkins, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features guitarists Ray Edenton, Jerry Reed and Wayde Phillips, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Bobby Dyson on bass guitar, James Isbell on drums and Hargus Robbins on piano.
Sammy Davis Jr., The Lovin' Spoonful, The Supremes, Sonny And Cher and The Strangeloves, appear on tv show Hullaballoo in the USA.
Barbra Streisand records a second version of Who Would Have Dreamed in Columbia Studio A, New York City, USA.
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Socialite Panna Grady invites Ed Sanders of New York City based anarchist rock band The Fugs to visit her home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.
The Monkees tv show debuts on NBC in the USA and becomes an instant hit. The series will run for a total of 58 episodes until it is canceled after the second season.Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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The Small Faces, The Action, Barclay James Harvest, Love Sculpture, The Bakerloo Blues Line, Skin and Pete Drummond play at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Touring in support of his current LP, Vive Le Rock, Adam Ant plays at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Walter Norris Trio spends the first of two days records the LP L ush Life for Concord Jazz Records in the USA.
On their Throw 'em to the Wolves Tour, Dio play at The Salt Palace Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Crosby, Stills And Nash perform Haven't We Lost Enough and Helplessly Hoping on the tv show Rockline in the USA.
Coldplay cancel today's gig at The Sound Advice Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, because a member of the band is ill.
The Hold Steady headline the third and last day of The End Of The Road Festival at Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Also on the bill are Steve Earle, Neko Case and Bob Lind.The Manic Street Preachers release a new single, Just The End Of Love, in the UK on Columbia Records.
Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly. release a new album entitled Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly. on Cooking Vinyl Records in the UK.
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On the European leg of his Symphonica - The Orchestral Tour, George Michael plays the first of two nights at the Arena Di Verona, Verona, Italy, Europe.1902 |
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