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The musical comedy The Wild Rose is presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
Singer and actress Blanche Ring, billed as "Darling of the Gallery Gods" is headlining at the Crystal Gardens Theatre, New York City, USA, along with Wayburn's Minstrel Misses.
The musical revue, The Passing Show Of 1915, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 145 performances.
Rhapsody In Black No6, a programme of 'Music in ebony from Harlem to Savannah', featuring Elisabeth Welch, Evelyn Dove, Frisco and The Georgia Crackers with The Dance Orchestra conducted by Billy Ternent is broadcast on the BBC Home Service radio station in the UK.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
The musical Hazel Flagg, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Hilliard, is playing at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 190 performances.Learnin' the Blues by Frank Sinatra peaks at No2 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
Judy Garland opens for a season at the Cocoanut Grove in the The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Freddy Martin And His Orchestra.
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Shirley Bassey is playing during a summer season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Popular singer Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Singing cowboy Rex Allen is performing at the Days Of 47 Rodeo, Salt Lake City, USA.
The Beatles play the second of three Sunday night engagements at Blair Hall, Walton, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
A new musical production, Money, starring George Coe, David Rounds and Barbara Quaney, is playing at Upstairs At The Downstairs, New York City, USA, during a run of 214 performances. The show's book and lyrics are by David Axelrod and Tom Whedon, while the music is by Sam Pottle. 
Alexis Korner's Blues Band plays at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Hollies.
Jan And Dean perform Surf City on tv's Steve Allen Show in KFMB Studios, San Diego, California, USA.
The Beatles play the second date in a six-day season at The Odeon, Weston-Super-Mare, England, UK, Europe, supported by Gerry And The Pacemakers and Tommy Quickly.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on his latest movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
The Dexter Gordon Quartet do a live radio broadcast from Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The 1965 KQV Summer Shower of Stars in the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, USA, features Gene Pitney, Gary Lewis, Dobie Gray, The Hullabaloos, Brian Hyland, Bobby Goldsboro, The Crystals and The Reflections.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features The Kinks performing You Really Got Me and Set Me Free; plus Jimmy Velvet performing History Of Love.
Simon And Garfunkel, Dave Berry, Marianne Faithfull, The Moody Blues, The Pretty Things and P.J. Proby appear on UK tv series Ready, Steady, Go! The Hideaways are the first group to play at the re-opening of The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, in the presence of local MP Bessie Braddock and then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Mothers of Invention and Alice Cooper play at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country Joe And The Fish play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles finish their recording of Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Si Tu Dois Partir, the only hit single by Fairport Convention, enters the UK singles chart. The song is a French translation of the Bob Dylan composition, If You Gotta Go, Go Now.
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The Ayatollah Khomeini tells a mass gathering of his subjects in Teheran, Iran, Asia, that, "Music is no different from opium. Music affects the human mind in a way that makes people think of nothing but music and sensual matters ... Music is a treason to our country, a treason to our youth, and we should cut out all this music and replace it with something instructive."The Damned play at The Top Rank, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Ruts and The Irritators.
A report in the newspaper USA Today states that album sales in the USA have increased by between 20% and 100% for artists who performed in the Live Aid Concerts on July 13. Examples include the first four Led Zeppelin albums, reportedly selling double and triple their normal volume, albums by Black Sabbath, Crosby Stills And Nash and The Who all selling 50% more than usual. Phil Collins' albums are said to have sold out on the weekend of Live Aid, according to some retailers.
The Woodentops play an anti-heroin benefit show at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Bert Sommer, a folk singer, songwriter and actor who was briefly a member of baroque-pop group The Left Banke, dies in Troy, New York State, USA, after a long battle with a respiratory illness.The travelling Lollapalooza Festival plays the second of three nights at Irvine Meadows, Irvine, California, USA, with a line-up featuring Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Living Colour, Ice-T, Nine Inch Nails, BH Surfers and The Rollins Band.
The first day of the Lollapalooza '05 festival is held at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Pixies, Weezer, The Killers, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab For Cutie and Arcade Fire.
Blink-182 play the first night of their reunion tour at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Amy Winehouse appears in the City Of Westminster magistrates Court, London, England, UK, Europe, to face charges of using "deliberate and unjustified violence" against dancer Ms Sherene Flash who had asked to take her photograph at a charity ball in Berkeley Square, London, the previous September.
On their Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is arrested by NYPD officers on marijuana possession charges in a parking lot outside the Coliseum Mall, Queens, New York City, USA.
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The Pet Shop Boys perform their composition A Man From The Future, with The BBC Concert Orchestra and The BBC Singers, at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, as part of the 2014 Proms season of concerts.
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