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The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Comedy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of just over one month.Lexey And Miller [singing and dancing acrobats], The Telephone Girls [in a dainty tabloid musical comedy, Bogart And Nelson [The Lady And The Minstrel] and others are appearing in a celebration of Mardi Gras week at Poli's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
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.The Shrine Auditorium, home to the Grammy Awards, MTV Music Awards, American Music Awards and several Oscar and Emmy Awards, opens at 665 West Jefferson Boulevard, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Percival Mackey's Band records Along The Old Lake Trail, In The Swim At Miami, Why Don't You Say So? and Polly, Put The Kettle On, for Columbia Records in London, UK.
Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.Argentinian composer, violinist and tango bandleader Edgardo Donato records No Te Cases [Don't Get Married].
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Alberto Spinetta is born in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Playing guitar and singing with bands including Almendra, Invisible and Spinetta Jade, he will become regarded as one of the fathers of
Argentine rock.
Danny Kaye is headlining at The Palace Theater, New York City, USA, during a lengthy run of shows.Jody Williams [with Willie Dixon on bass] records Lucky Lou for Argo Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The track will be released as the b-side of the single You May under Williams' pseudonym Little Joe Lee. Otis Rush will copy the intro from Lucky Lou for his 1958 Cobra Records track All Your Love [I Miss Loving] and Fleetwood Mac will adapt it to provide the basis of their song Black Magic Woman.
Johnny Horton performs Sal's Got A Sugar Lip, Whispering Pines and Sink The Bismarck on popular radio show The Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Also appearing on the showare Jimmy Martin And The Sunny Mountain Boys.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at the Community War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York State, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
Mark Dinning, The Everly Brothers, Rod Lauren, Jack Scott, Robin Luke and Jimmy Jones appear on the Dick Clark Show on ABC-tv in the USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.The film Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, opens in Denmark, Europe.
The Brother Jack McDuff - Gene Ammons Quintet records Mellow Gravy, Strollin' and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Aspiring rock singer Janis Joplin hitch-hikes from Port Arthur, Texas, USA, to San Francisco with her friend Chet Helms.
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.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a long engagement at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Timebox play at The 
The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sam And Dave, Joe Tex, Arthur Conley and Clarence Carter play at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.I'll Be There by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, peaks at No4 in the UK pop singles chart.
Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales play at Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Blues performer Taj Mahal marries Inshirah Geter, and they will go on to have six children.
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.
Carl Feaster, lead vocalist of successful 50s doo-wop group The Chords, dies of cancer in New York City, USA.XTC enter the UK singles chart with Senses Working Overtime. It will become their biggest hit, peaking at No10.
On their 
Mariah Carey receives a $28m buyout from EMI/Virgin Records after completing just one album of a five-album deal.When The Strypes play at The Old Blue Last, London, UK, Noel Gallagher [formerly of Oasis] turns up to watch the show.
Lady Gaga performs live at the 27th Annual Producers Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Century City, California, USA.
In a Twitter message, Katie Diamond (wife and manager of Neil Diamond) reveals how touched the couple have been after receiving messages from fans in Australia and New Zealand who say they are donating their ticket refunds for the shows Diamond has had to cancel (because he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease) to research into the disease.
On her Mental Illness tour, 
On his Bone On Bone tour, Bruce Cockburn plays at Jack Singer Hall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Gloryhammer play at Hirsch, Nuremberg, Germany, Europe, supported by Nekrogoblikon and Wind Rose.1901 |
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