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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.
John Philip Sousa, the American "March King" and his band of 52 performers performs the first of two days in the Pavilion, Carnarvon, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe.Jazz pianist, composer and arranger Billy Taylor is born in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He will become a bandleader at Birdland in New York City, play with Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith, and author the book Jazz Piano.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra record My Greatest Mistake and Sepia Panorama, for RCA Victor Records in New York City, USA.
The Son Simms Four, with Muddy Waters on guitar and vocal, record Rosalie in Stovall, Mississippi, USA. Alan Lomax is producer, for Library Of Congress Recordings.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.Folk quartet The
Weavers play the sixth night of a month-long residency at Cafe
Society, Greenwich
Village, New York City, USA. The group includes Pete Seeger.
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 The Clovers release a new Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller composed and produced single, Love Potion No9, on United Artists records in the USA.
Gary U.S. Bonds plays the fourth night of a week at the The Rainbow Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eighth of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming of his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Bill Justis records The Stripper, Calcutta, Stranger On the Shore, Take Five, Sleep Walk and other tracks with producer Shelby Singleton in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Cliff Richard is in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, recording Where Is Your Heart, Why Don't They Understand and other tracks.
Bill Anderson records the title track for his Decca Records album Bright Lights And Country Music at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Birds, featuring future Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood, play at The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, supported by The Troggs and The Other Versions.
A full-page advertisement, part-funded by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, appears in The Times newspaper in London, UK, describing the existing marijuana law as "immoral in principle and unworkable in practice". The advert is signed by Francis Crick, George Melly, Jonathan Miller and The Beatles.
Patti Page is playing during a week of shows at Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Novelty pop hitmaker Nervous Norvus dies aged 56, at Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, USA, of cirrhosis of the liver. His solitary major hit, Transfusion (1956) was banned on many radio stations, but still reached No13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones spends the second of two days recording the Master Musicians of Joujouka in Marrakesh, Morocco, Africa. 
Moby Grape, The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, and Mint Tattoo play the second of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pink Floyd play at The Summer Music Festival, Municipal Stadium (later re-named JFK Stadium), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the bill are The Troggs, Mandala and headliners The Who, but this last group does not appear because of heavy rain which brings the event to a soggy and untimely end. Procol Harum are also listed as appearing but had to cancel because of work permit problems.The Ike And Tina Turner Revue, Ten Years After and The Flock play the last of three nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac play at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Splodgenessabounds appear on the cover of 
On her Refuge world tour, Joni Mitchell plays at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantaugh, New York State, USA.Reverend Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (Aretha Franklin's father) dies aged 69, five years after being shot during a robbery attempt at his home in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The incident left him in a coma until his death.
Roger McGuinn, formerly of The Byrds, plays at Dingwalls, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
On her Who's That Girl tour, Madonna plays at The Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA, supported by Level 42.
On their Behind The Mask tour, Fleetwood Mac play the second of two nights at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
On her Farewell Tour, Tina Turner plays the first of two nights at Portman Road, Ipswich, England, UK.
Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Mudvayne and others play in the Ozzfest in Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, Virginia, USA.
On her Pharoah Sanders plays the first of two nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, several of the British music business's richest men urge the government to create "a strong domestic copyright framework" which, they claim, will "stimulate growth in sectors where Britain has a competitive edge". Those signing the letter include Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who, Sir Elton John, Robert Plant, Professor Green, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Simon Cowell and Tinie Tempah.
Sting and Peter Gabriel come to the end of their 19-date Rock Paper Scissors tour with a show at Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
On their The Book Of Souls World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Rock In Rome Sonisphere, Rome, Italy Europe.
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