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Wallace Jones, trumpet player in the Duke Ellington band, is born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Co-founder of Atlantic Records, Herbert C. (Herb) Abramson is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Norman Gimbel is born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. He will grow up to be a successful songwriter, co-composing with Charles Fox, songs as diverse as the theme to the tv show Wonder Woman and the Roberta Flack/Fugees' hit Killing Me Softly With His Song.
Fats
Waller records two piano solos, Alligator Crawl and Viper's
Drag, in New York City, USA.
Billie Holiday and the Count Basie Orchestra play the fifth night of a week at the Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, USA.
The musical comedy Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson is performed at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a total run of 1404 performances at three different theatres.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Memphis Slim And His Orchestra record No Mail Blues and Gonna Need My help Someday, for Mercury Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. 
"Piano humourist" Hots Michaels is appearing at The Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Earl Bostic plays the twelfth night of two weeks at The Crystal Lounge on Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Dizzy Gillespie spends the last of three days recording the Lalo Schifrin composition Gillespiana, in New York City.
Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
Connie Francis plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Billy Fury is the musical guest on children's tv show Crackerjacvk on BBC-tv in London, England, UK, Europe.Barbra Streisand is playing during a one-month engagement at The Blue Angel, New York City, USA.
John Rostill is announced as the replacement for The Shadows' former bassist, Brian 'Licorice' Locking, who had quit the group to give more time to his owrk as a Jehovah's Witness.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays the first of two nights at The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. On these two dates the artists play four shows per day.Peter, Paul And Mary are dominating the Billboard Albums chart in the USA, with the No1 album (In the Wind), No6, (Moving), and No8, (Peter, Paul And Mary).
Anamari records Nothing Song, Wasn't It and other tracks for the Atlantic Records LP Anamari in New York City, USA.The Shirelles, Duane Eddy, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof Raisers play at The Astoria, Brixton, England, UK, Europe. Little Richard had been advertised as the headliner for this show but he had injured his ankle and was obliged to leave the tour.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the fifth night of a one-week engagement at The Pavilion Of The Stars, Harvey's Resort Hotel And Casino, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
The Graham Bond Organisation plays at Klooks Kleek Club, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Great Society record another version of Free Advice at Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. The group includes Grace Slick, later to join Jefferson Airplane.
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.
The Buffalo Springfield, The Four Seasons, Neil Diamond, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, Aretha Franklin, The Cake and others appear in a live ABC-tv special, Popendipity, broadcast from The Warwick Musical Theater in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
The Bee Gees play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Life.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Judas Priest play the first of two nights at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
On his 
Elvis Costello And The Attractions play at Kurhalle Oberlaa in Vienna, Austria, Europe.The Barenaked Ladies and The Mike Doughty Band play at The Allstate Arena, Rosemont, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jason Derulo releases his
debut single, Whatcha Say, in
the UK where it will reach No1 in the R&B Singles Chart.
It is announced that rock guitar virtuoso, Nuno Bettencourt - in an unexpected genre-spanning move - has joined forces with Grammy Award winning R'n'B artist Rihanna and will be the lead guitarist for her 2010 world tour.
During the Barclay James Harvest, with guests Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman, play at The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, UK.
Bono of U2 crashes on his bicycle in Central Park, New York City, USA, and is taken to Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for five hours of reconstructive surgery because of fractures to his face, shoulder and arm.
On their Dumb And Confused tour, Rat Boy play at Bush Hall, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK, Europe.
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