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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Comedy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of just over one month.Musical Comedy The Slim Princess is presented at The Globe Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.
"Accomplished instrumentalists and vocalists" The Four Burns Sisters are appearing at The Pantages Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA, where the bill also includes Alice Teddy - "the only bear skates, wrestles".
The musical comedy Stop! Look! Listen!, with music by Irving Berlin, is presented at The Globe Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 105 performances.
The musical fantasy Chin-Chin or A Modern Aladdin, is presented at The Colonial Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Musical revue The Passing Show Of 1919, featuring "a gigantic gathering of glorious girls in gorgeous gowns" plays at The Winter Garden, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The musical comedy Minstrel show musician Emmett Miller accompanied by his Georgia Crackers, records Hungry Sam and Sam And His Family, for Okeh Records in New York City, USA. The Georgia Crackers include Eddie Lang, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and Gene Krupa.
The musical You Said It, with songs by Harold Arlen and Jack Yellen, plays at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
Nat Gonella And His Georgians record Sweet Music Man and The Music Goes 'round And Around for Parlophone Records in London, UK.
Popular actress Marie Prevost dies of acute alcoholism in Los Angeles, California, USA, at the age of 38. Her body will not be discovered until January 23, after neighbors complain about her dog's incessant barking. In her room, police will find several empty liquor bottles and a promissory note to Joan Crawford for $110. Nick Lowe will be inspired to chronicle Prevost's life and death in his song Marie Provost in 1978.
Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers hold a rehearsal in Glovesville, New York State, USA, for a Bluebird Records recording date two weeks later. The rehearsal is recorded by John D. Reid and will, in due course, be released in France, Europe, on Disques Vogue.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra play the third night of two weeks at Bop City, New York City, USA.
Frank Sinatra performs 'S Wonderful, It's Been A Long Long Time, Time After Time, If, One For My Baby, The Moon Was Yellow and other songs on the radio series Meet Frank Sinatra in the USA.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.The Ballad Of Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes peaks at No2 in the Popular Singles Chart in the UK, during a nine-week run on the chart.
Frankie Ford appears on tv show American Bandstand in the USA, performing Time After Time
Ella Fitzgerald appears as a mystery guest on tv quiz show What's My Line? in the USA.
Ewart Abner, presdient of Vee-Jay Records' in Chicago, Illinois, USA, sends a telegram to lawyer Joe Vigoda in New York City, USA, requesting publishing information about The Beatles' record Please Please Me / Ask Me WhyFrank Ifield qualifies for a gold disc for one million worldwide sales of his
hit single Lovesick Blues.
Homer and Jethro, Pete Fountain, Joan Toliver, Doc Watson, The Geezinslaw Brothers, Bill Monroe, The Cumberland Trio, The Serendipity Singers and The Goldebriars appear on ABC-TV's Hootenanny show, recorded on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA. For upcoming young folk group The Goldebriars it's a distressing experience, as their song, Saro Jane, is repeatedly reduced in length by the show's producers.
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Barbra Streisand releases a new single, I Am Woman/People, in the USA on Columbia Records.
The Sons Of The Pioneers record Song Of The Prairie, Night Falls On The Prairie, At The Rainbow's End and Following The Sun All Day in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band play the second of three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Joni Mitchell performs Both Sides Now, The Circle Game and The Way It Is on the CBC-TV program The Way It Is.
Kaleidoscope play the first of five nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Hazel O'Connor’s Megahype play at St George's Hall, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.
Lorena Bobbitt who chopped off her husband's penis, claiming it was in retaliation for him sexually assaulting her, is acquitted by a jury in Manassas, Virgina, USA, by reason of temporary insanity. Bobbitt's revenge will inspire several songs, including Bobbit Song by stand-up comedian Richard Morton and Lorena Bobbitt [2012] by Aaradhna. The Bee Gees also parodied their own song To Love Somebody as To Lose Your Penis on the Howard Stern Show in 1994.
Jazz and popular music vocal legend Peggy Lee dies at home in Los Angeles, California, USA, of a heart attack.
Young The Giant release their second studio album, Mind Over Matter, on Fueled By Ramen Records in the USA.
A male resident of Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia, in his late thirties is arrested for having hacked a computer belonging to Madonna and then leaking thirteen unfinished song demos.
It is reported that terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS) has used Justin Bieber's hashtag to post a 15 minute video with horrific and graphic images, with the intention of bringing its message to the attention of at least some of Bieber's 74m Twitter followers.
Prince plays a solo piano concert at 
When Blake Shelton headlines Luke Bryan's four-day 2017 Crash My Playa event in Riviera Maya, Mexico, North America, he is unexpectedly joined onstage by his girlfriend Gwen Stefani, who performs Footloose and Hella Good.
Walter Morrison, aka Junie, dies aged 62 in London, England, UK, Europe. No cause of death is reported. Junie first found success as keyboard player, vocalist, producer and songwriter for the Ohio Players during the early '70s, but later went on to work with Parliament-Funkadelic.
On the third leg of their 100-date Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode play at Arena Nurnberger, Nuremberg, Germany, Europe.
On their Cryptoriana World Tour, Cradle of Filth play at A38, Budapest, Hungary, Europe.
Adele personally announces via Instagram that she has been obliged to postpone her imminent residency at Ceasar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She states that covid laid low many of her crew, making it impossible to get the show ready in time.
Eric Clapton claims in an interview with The Real Music Observer YouTube channel that people who chose to be vaccinated against COVID were deceived into doing so by a subliminal messaging technique called "mass formation hypnosis".1903 |
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