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The Giddy Throng is playing at The New York Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 164 performances. The show consists of a a vaudeville program followed by one-act burlesque revue.
The musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home is presented at The New York Theatre, on Broadway and 45th Street, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.
Lee Morse And Her Bluegrass Boys [strangely enough, a jazz group] record In The Middle Of The Night, for Pathe Actuelle Records in New York City, USA.
Boogie Woogie piano pioneer Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith records I'm Sober Now and I Got More Sense Than That for Brunswick/Vocalion Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Despite having been a financial failure out of town in 1927, a revamped version of the stage musical Strike Up The Band, written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, opens at The Times Square Theatre on Broadway in New York City, USA, where it will become a resounding success.
Chick Webb And His Orchestra record Take Another Guess and Love Marches On for Decca Records in the USA.
Country singer Billie Jo Spears is born in Beaumont, Texas, USA.
The Henry Busse Orchestra plays the last night of a week at The Oriental Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hannelore Haller is born in Rendsburg, Germany, Europe. She will find success as Hanne Haller, a pop singer in the schlager genre, as well as a songwriter, producer, and sound engineer.
Popular vocalist Fran Warren performs a song entitled Till I Met You on NBC Radio's The Big Show in the USA. The song will find much greater appeal when it is re-titled Till There Was You in 1957.
Edith Piaf is playing at The Curran Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Art Pepper Quartet records When You're Smiling, Cool Bunny, Diane's Dilemma and Summertime for Blue Note Records in Master Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Johnny And The Hurricanes appear on tv pop show Saturday Prom in the USA.
Danny Peppermint And His Jumping Jacks are in residence at The Thunderbird, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
B.B. King signs a new recording deal with ABC-Paramount Records in the USA. Nevertheless, his former label, Kent Records, will continue to release previously recorded material for many years.
Jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler plays a live session at the studios of Danish National Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Popular singer and movie star Jeanette MacDonald dies, following open heart surgery in Houston, Texas, USA. She is perhaps best-remembered for her long partnership in several movies with Nelson Eddy.
Billy Daniels is playing during six days at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims, Ruby Braff and others play in the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, War Memorial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Gary Walker of The Walker Brothers flies home from the UK to California, USA, to recover from a bout of pneumonia.
Unit Four Plus Two play in Arthur Adams College, Newport, Wales, UK, Europe.
Roy Orbison releases a new single, Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart on London Records in the UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan's first compilation album, Greatest Hits, enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No6 and eventually rack up 82 weeks on the chart.
Sammy Davis Jr. is appearing during two weeks at The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Buddy Charles And His Trio are playing at The Winner's Circle, Chicago. Illinois, USA.
The Sixth Annual Block Booking Conference opens at The White Horse Inn, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The event lasts for four days and features live entertainment from Paul Anka, Pieces Of Eight, Boots Randolph and Booker T And The MG's. Entrepreneur Dick Clark is the event's keynote speaker.
Ike And Tina Turner play in California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Blood Sweat And Tears single And When I Die is certified gold by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. The song is composed by Laura Nyro.
Three Dog Night earn their sixteenth gold record from the R.I.A.A. in the USA for the album Joy To The World - Their Greatest Hits.
Joe Walsh earns a gold disc from the R.I.A.A. in the USA for his third album, So What, on ABC-Dunhill Records.
XTC record a live session at BBC studios in London, England, UK, Europe, for the BBC Radio 1 David Jensen Show.
Maybe Tomorrow, the fourth studio album by The Jackson 5, is re-released by Motown Records in the USA.
Duran Duran’s latest single, New Moon On Monday, peaks at No10 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
Squeeze re-unite for a charity performance in a pub in Catford, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Dan Reed Network play at The Riverside, Newcastle, UK.
The Pixies announce that they are to break up.
Velvet Revolver and The Datsuns play at The SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
According to figures released by Pollstar, London's O2 is the world's most popular music arena for the second year in a row, having sold nearly two million tickets in the past year, including sell-outs by Kylie Minogue, The Eagles, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, The Spice Girls and Sir Elton John. The world's next most-visited arena is Madison Square Gardens, New York City, USA.
When Ringo Starr plays in the Artists Den at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA, he is joined by Ben Harper.
The Decemberists release a new album The King Is Dead, on vinyl in the USA.
At a birthday celebration for her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth in Club Icon, Los Angeles, California, USA, Disney tv series star Miley Cyrus is photographed bending down to lick the penis-shaped cake she had given him as a gift.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy play at The B.B. King Blues Club And Grill, New York City, USA.
Miguel plays at The Ritz, Manchester, UK.
Meerhoff Quadrock with Black Lung, The Dollfins And The Future Primitives, Since Free, Derek Leisegang, The Footnotes And Tatum play at The Barleycorn Music Club, Cape Town, South Africa.
Neck Deep release their debut album, Wishful Thinking, on Hopeless records in the UK.
When Caleb Followill of The Kings Of Leon holds his birthday party at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, guests include Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Hilary Duff and Lea Michele attend the SoulCycle x Target Launch Event in New York City, USA.
ONI play at Sound Control, Manchester, England, UK.
Five Finger Death Punch play at The Sports Palace, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe.
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