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The musical comedy The Rogers Brothers in Central Park, plays at The Victoria Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 80 performances.
Jazz pianist, composer and arranger Arthur Schutt is born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. In an extensive career, he will play with Arthur Schutt And His Orchestra, Eddie Lang's Orchestra, Joe Venuti And His New Yorkers, Joe Venuti's Blue Four, Miff Mole's Molers, Roger Wolfe Kahn And His Orchestra, The Charleston Chasers, The Dorsey Brothers And Their New Dynamiks and Tom Dorsey And His Novelty Orchestra
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.
Nelson Eddy performs Through The Years, Tally-Ho, Danse Macabre and A Perfect Day on radio's Chase And Sanborn Program in the USA.The King Biscuit Time Radio Show makes its first broadcast from radio station KFFA in Helena, Arkansas, USA, with Sonny Boy Williamson 1st and Robert Lockwood Jr. playing live in the studio. The show, named after the locally distributed King Biscuit Flour, will become the longest running daily radio show in broadcasting history.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Austin Powell and The James Boys Quartet are playing during two weeks of shows at The Ebony Club, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bull Moose Jackson And His Orchestra are playing during a week of shows at Uncle Tom's Plantation, Detroit, Michigan, USA.A variety show, featuring musical numbers, dances and skits, is staged at Ashurst Auditorium, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
A package tour featuring Johnny Horton, Carl Perkins and The Collins Kids plays in Austin, Texas, USA.
In the wake of a Senate sub-committee investigation into payola, controversial deejay and music business entrepreneur Alan Freed is fired from his WABC radio show in new York City, USA. He leaves the air not just in mid-programme, but in mid-record, replaced by Fred Robbins.
Frank Sinatra records It Might As Well Be Spring, Misty and other tracks for Reprise Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr releases the album The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr, in the USA.The Beatles play two shows at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK - one at lunchtime, one in the evening.
The Good Time Singers record Turn Around, Goin' Away From Here, Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream/Power And Glory and Peace Corp Marching Song in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. (The Good Time Singers was a band formed to replace the New Christy Minstrels on The Andy Williams Show.)
When US president John F. Kennedy visits San Antonio, Texas, USA, eight-year-old Steve Earle is taken out of school to watch the motorcade pass by. The following day, Kennedy is killed in Dallas, Texas.
California doo-wop trio Barry And The Tamerlanes release their debut LP, I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight, on Valiant Records in the USA.Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz trombonist Grachan Moncur III records his debut LP, Evolution, for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Squires, including Neil Young on lead guitar, play the second of two nights at the Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
Any Way You Want It by The Dave Clark Five is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No62.
The Serendipity Singers come to the end of a tour of the USA with the second of two nights at Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana, USA.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The Womenfolk play at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA, to an audience of 460.
John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers play at The Red Cross Hall, Sutton, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones play two shows in one day. In the afternoon they play at Will Rogers Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. In the evening, they play at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, with Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles as their opening act.Mad River play the first of two nights at The Steppenwolf, Berkeley, California, USA.
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Vikki Carr is playing during two weeks at The Plaza, New York City, USA.The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, plays two shows in one day at The Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA..
Zoo Records release the EP, From Y To Z And Never Again by Big In Japan, a Liverpool group which recently split up. Among its members were Ian Broudie (future Lightning Seed), Dave Balfe (future Teardrop Explodes), Bill Drummond (future KLF), Budgie (future Banshee) and Holly (future Frankie Goes To Hollywood).
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.A one-hour documentary, Van Morrison In Ireland, premieres at The National Film Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Iron Maiden play at Brunel University, Uxbridge, London, UK. This is their first gig with new member Adrian Smith.
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Olivia Newton-John reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Physical, for the first of ten weeks.
R'n'b and jazz guitarist George Benson enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Turn Your Love Around, which will peak at No5 during a sixteen-week run on the chart.
Paul McCartney, allied with Yoko Ono, announces plans to sue ATV Music for alleged breach of trust, after failing to buy the Lennon-McCartney song publishing company Northern Songs.
Madonna is sued by her next door neighbour, Donald Robinson in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, because her hedge blocks his view. 
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Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez is found floating in an inner tube off the coast of Florida, USA. A small boat in which he had been fleeing Cuba for asylum in the USA had sunk, killing his mother, Elizabeth Broton, and five others. Elian's story will inspire Manic Street Preachers to write their song Baby Elian.
Rihanna releases her sixth album, Talk That Talk in The USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Italy.Kris Kristofferson, Darius Rucker and Lyle Lovett take part in the event The History of Country Music : From Barn Dances to Pop Charts, at the White House, Washington, DC, USA, in the presence of First Lady Michelle Obama.
On their Mylo Xyloto tour, Coldplay play at The Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia.
Europe begin their Bag of Bones UK tour at The o2 Academy, Birmingham, with special guests StoneRider.
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