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The Bennett And Moulton Company, with their own orchestra, are presenting "Six big vaudeville Acts" at The Taylor Opera House, Trenton, New Jersey, USA.The "uproariously funny musical farce" The Billionaire, starring Jerome Sykes, is presented at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The Neapolitan Trio records I Hear You Calling Me for Victor
Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Billed as "The Tropical, Topical, Musical Breeze", The Cannibal Maids is playing at The Pantages Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA. The entertainment also features "6 other big acts".
The musical revue Earl Carroll's Vanities [1926] is presented at The Earl Carroll Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 303 performances.
Edith Zuser is born in St Polten, Austria, Europe. She will find success in the late 1950s as pop singer Lolita, who will enjoy success in Europe and the USA.
Yolande Gigliotti is born in in Egypt, Africa. She will find success in 1954 under the name Dalida with her international hit single Bambina, and will eventually sell over 85m records worldwide.
Ambrose And His Orchestra record Down Argentina Way, with Sam Browne on vocal, and We Three, with Anne Shelton on vocal, in London, UK, for Decca Records.
Monte Rey, billed as "Radio's Famous Romantic Singer" plays the first night of a week at The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgeware Road, London, UK.
The Joe Roland Quartet records Half Nelson, Love Is Just A Plaything, Sally Is Gone and Dee Dee's Dance, for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
Cliff Richard breaks UK tv viewing records when he is seen by 19.5m people on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. Also on the bill are The Platters.
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is assasinated by firing squad in the republic of Congo, Africa. The incident will inspire the song Patrice Lumumba by Yuri Buenaventura. He will also be mentioned in the song Done Too Soon by Neil Diamond and in My Country by Nas. The 1961 song "Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports" by Mark Dinning, included a line "I had Lumumba doing the rumba...", which was removed after Lumumba's death. Records in stores were recalled, and replaced by new ones without the inappropriate line.
Dizzy Gillespie is the featured artist in US tv series Jazz Casual, hosted by Ralph J. Gleason.
US Army Private James Marshall Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] writes home, asking for his guitar to be sent to him.
Charlie
Rich records Midnite Blues, That's Rich and Time And Again for
Sun
Records at Sam Phillips recording Studio, 706 Union Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jazz pianist and recording artist Cyrus Chestnut is born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The jazz biography Ode To A High Flying Bird, about jazz sax legend Charlie Parker, is published in London, UK. The author is Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones.
The Rolling Stones fly to Los Angeles, California, USA, for recording sessions, to work on The Last Time and Play With Fire in RCA Studios, with Phil Spector and Jack Nitzsche.
Pioneering psychedelic rock band the 13th Floor Elevators release their debut single You're Gonna Miss Me, written by frontman Roky Erickson, on Contact Records, in the USA.
Jerry Vale is playing at The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Having viewed a shortened and recut 16mm version of the pilot show for The Monkees, NBC-tv decides to pick the series up for broadcast.
The Richard Hawley is born in Sheffield, UK. Guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Hawley will find success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s, before going on to join Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker, and eventually moving on to an acclaimed solo career.
Internationally successful folk-pop group The Seekers are named Australians Of The Year.On a tour to promote their second Smash Records LP, Love Lost And Found, Jay And The Techniques play in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Cher releases a new single, The Click Song Number One, in the USA on Imperial Records. It will fail to chart, stalling her career until her comeback four years later with Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves. The song is a cover version of a South African folk song, previously recorded by Miriam Makeba.
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.
Procol Harum, The Peddlers and Juicy Lucy appear in the UK tv show, Disco 2, on BBC-2 tv.
Tommy Tucker, whose only major hit was Hi Heel Sneakers in 1964, dies aged 48. While renovating the floors of his New York home he is overcome by poisonous fumes from the carbon tetrachloride he is using.Josh Homme plays at Music For Relief - Tsunami Benefit 2005 No1 at The Wiltern LG Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Lighthouse Family appear on BBC1 tv show Breakfast in the UK to promote their first live tour in eight years.
Chickenfoot, including guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, play at Poppodium 013, Tilburg, Holland, Europe.
Hilary Duff and her husband Mike Comrie spend the evening at the popular Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Musician, songwriter and producer Clarence Henry Reid, also known by the stage name and alternate persona Blowfly, dies as a result of recently-diagnosed liver cancer, at a hospice in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, USA.
Drummer Dale Griffin, a founder member of Mott The Hoople, dies aged 67, in Brecon, Wales, UK, having suffered for some time with Alzheimer's disease.Fifth Harmony, having decided to continue as a quartet after the departure of Camila Cabello, re-sign with Epic Records and Syco in the USA.
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