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Finchley and Hendon station is opened by the Great Northern Railway in the Church End area of Finchley, North London, UK. It will be renamed several times before becoming Finchley Central on April 1 1940, under which name it will inspire the 1966 hit single, Finchley Central by The New Vaudeville Band.
Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. Clark's New Royals are appearing twice daily at Kernan's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
Al Shean and Chas. Warren, Lewis And Ryan, The Nichols Sisters, Tom Brown, Mazuz And Mazette, Kittie Mitchell, Monroe And Sinclair and The Sandor Trio are among the thirty acts appearing all this week at Keith's Theatre, 
Burlesque and vaudeville entertainment troupe The Sheridan Company is playing during three weeks at The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand.The 'continuous vaudeville' presentation for this week at the Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, features celebrated acrobats The Montrose Family, blackface comedians The Nichols Sisters, monologist Charles Ernest, comedy pianist Carl W. Sanderson, singers and dancers The Brewers, and vocalist Hettie Kenton.
Victor Records scoops the fledgling recording industry by announcing the production and sale of the Victrola, a four-foot high console with an enclosed horn, costing $200.
Musical The Blue Paradise is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. A review in The Evening Journal hails it as "Replete with good music and excellent songs." The show will run on Broadway for 356 performances.The Columbia Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, USA, presents a burlesque show featuring The Social Maids with their 'sensational number' The Jelly Roll, described as 'the hit of the season'. The same show also offers Stone And Pillard - The Dancing Demons.
Alphonso Thompson is born in Centreville, Mississippi. Under the name Sonny Thompson he will become a much-recorded smooth r’n’b pianist in the early 1950s.
Tenor saxophonist Hal Singer, reckoned by many to be the father of the honking r'n'b / rock'n'roll sax style, is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.Benny Goodman And His Band play at The Palomar Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The operetta The Chocolate Soldier, starring Bruce Carfax, is playing during a run at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.The Lou Breese Orchestra opens for a week at The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Louis Jordan and his orchestra play the fourth of ten nights The Trocadero, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Robins, later to find international fame as The Coasters.
Eddie Calvert, aka The Man With The Golden Trumpet, plays at The Regal, Bridlington, UK.
Instrumental guitar band The Shadows release a new single, Apache, on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA.
The Everly Brothers play the third of eight nights at Freedomland Amusement Park, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
Singing cowboy Gene Autry attends a formal luncheon for broadcasters at the White House, Washington DC, USA, during which he is seated to the immediate right of president John F. Kennedy. Barbra Streisand plays the second night in three-weeks of shows at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their first British tour, The Rolling Stones play at The Futurist Theatre, Foreshore Road, South Bay, Scarborough, England, UK.
James Brown, Solomon Burke and Joe Tex play at The Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.Thelonious Monk plays the second of fourteen nights at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Grateful Dead, Albert Collins and Kaleidoscope play the last of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
In New York City, USA, The Jimi Hendrix Experience sign legal documents relating to the PPX court action, and others transferring financial control from Yameta to co-managers Chas Chandler And Mike Jeffery.
The Who play at The Municipal Auditorium Music Hall, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, supported by The New Epics, The Bo Street Runners and Flash And The Inmates. After the Kansas City show, The Who's car is rammed by another vehicle requiring an overnight hospital visit.
The Beatles gather at John Lennon's home in Tittenhurst, Kent, England, UK, Europe, to be photographed for the cover of the Hey Jude album.The first-ever music concert at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, is The Three Rivers New Orleans Music Festival, headlined by trumpeter Al Hirt and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The event draws 6,348 fans on a Saturday night.
The Gap Band, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and The Numonics play at The Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Joan Jett And the Blackhearts and Klaus Nomi play at The Ritz, New York City, USA.On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Buddy Curtess And The Grasshoppers play at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Neil Young And The Bluenotes play at the Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA.On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn, Estonia, Europe, to an audience of 75,000.
Morales Watts hold a launch party for their EP The Quarange Tree in The Piano Bar, Frome, Somerset, England, UK, Europe.
The Green Man Festival, a three-day event, comes to an end in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Artists appearing on this, the final day, include Efterklang, Joanna Newsom, Laura Marling, Mumford And Sons, Field Music, Girls and Tindersticks.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
During their 
Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden and Cold Cave play at The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, California, USA.
On their Rock Or Bust tour, AC/DC play at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Vintage Trouble. This show marks the beginning of the North American leg of the tour.
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