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Described as "The musical comedy success", Mam'selle 'Awkins is playing at The National Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
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.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.Phil Cracolici, lead vocalist of late-50s doo-wop vocal group The Mystics, is born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The Foursome and The Spike Jones Quartet record Nobody's Sweetheart and Sweet Potato Swing for Decca Records in the USA.
Boogie-woogie pianist and recording artist Jimmy Yancey dies of complications arising from diabetes, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The popular musical Guys And Dolls is playing at The Shubert Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The "Fabulous all-girl revue" Paris In Chicago is playing at Silver Frolics, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Billy Ward And The Dominoes record The Bells for Federal Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. This turns out to be vocalist Clyde McPhatter's final session with the group.
Ruth Brown and Billy Eckstine are undertaking an eight-day tour of the West Coast of the USA.
R'n'b vocal group The Five Royales record their next two singles, Don't Let It Be In Vain and The Real Thing at King Records studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Drifters, Brook Benton, The Platters, Del Shannon, Gary 'US' Bonds, Gene McDaniels, The Jarmels, Curtis Lee, Phil Upchurch, The Cleftones and Dee Clark play in The Forum, Montreal, Canada.
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Teddy Randazzo sings Lady of Spain and Autumn in New York live on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA. Also featured on the show are doo-wop quartet The Wanderers.
Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey play the sixth of thirteen nights at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.A riot breaks out at The City Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA, when it is announced that Jackie Wilson has not arrived to performat this evening's show.
The Geordie Beat Show, a package tour featuring The Merseybeats, Joe Cocker and The McKinleys, plays at the Town Hall, Watford, UK.
Brenda Lee records What'd I Say and Is It True, in London, UK, with producer Mickie Most. Guitarist on the session is Jimmy Page, later to play with The Yardbirds and form Led Zeppelin.
During a two week holiday to visit his sister, George Harrison of The Beatles sits in with a local band, The Four Vests, at The Bocce Ball Club in Benton, Illinois, USA, and The VFW Hall 3479 in Eldorado, Illinois. They perform several Carl Perkins and Buddy Holly songs.
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P.J. Proby releases a new single in the UK, That Means A Lot, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
The N.M.E. reports that Sonny Bono of Sonny And Cher has collapsed from exhaustion following their recent intensive tour of the USA. He is resting and has been prevented from joining a proposed tour with Gene Pitney.
Tim Harper, in the Drake University, Iowa, USA, newspaper, the Times-Delphic, writes a feature entitled 'Is Paul McCartney Dead' which reports Californian college gossip that Paul McCartney of The Beatles had died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike. This is the first published account of what will become known as the 'Paul Is Dead' myth.D.O.A. play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Dicks.
Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Cassandra Wilson, Elvis Costello, Buckwheat Zydeco and others participate in the Hurricane Katrina Higher Ground Relief Concert at The Lincoln Center, New York City, USA. The event is hosted ny New Orleans musician Wynton Marsalis.
Erasure play the second of two nights at The Congress Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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The On their The End World Tour, Black Sabbath play at The MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Rival Sons.
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