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The continuous Vaudeville show at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, features The Russell Brothers, The Harmony Four, Carrie Scott, Carson And Willard, The Reese brothers, The Brothers Bright, The Knight Brothers and others.
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.
Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré is born in Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cuba, Caribbean. He will find success as vocalist and recording star Benny More, known as El Bárbaro del Ritmo.The musical revue Earl Carroll's Vanities Of 1926 opens at The Earl Carroll Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 303 performances.
The musical film Marianne, starring Marion Davies, opens in the USA. It introduces the song Just You, Just Me, composed by Jesse Greer with lyrics by Raymond Klages, which will become a jazz standard.
Al Bowlly, accompanied by Ray Noble and his Orchestra, records The Touch Of Your Lips and Goodnight Sweetheart for HMV Records in London, UK.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra open at The Strand, New York City, USA. Also on the bill are Kay Starr, Bunny Briggs, The Carr Brothers and Peanuts Holland.
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson plays the first night of two weeks at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The popular Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate is playing at The Music Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play in Edgemont, South Dakota, USA, supported by Linda Manning.
Vaughn Meader, and folk group The Au Go Go Singers (featuring two future Buffalo Springfield members, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay), play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
At The Hilton Hotel, London, England, UK, The Rolling Stones have business meetings with entrepreneur Allen Klein, who is keen to become their manager.
The First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the second night in a month of dates at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Country Joe And The Fish and Iron Butterfly play at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, USA.Birth, Spyrogyra, Gum Boot Smith, The White Myth, Stuart Butterworth and Phil Renwick play in an open-air event on the bandstand in Queen's Park, Bolton, UK. Also on the bill is a little-known Merseyside-based band called Ibex, whose singer, Fred Bulsara, will find greater fame as Freddie Mercury of Queen.
When The Tubby Hayes Big Band plays at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, the show is broadcast live by the BBC.
Katherine Elizabeth King is born in Atlanta, Georgia. She will find acclaim as singer, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Kaki King.
On their The Game tour, Queen play at The Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.Two months after their marriage, Jerry Lee Lewis' fifth wife, Shawn, is found dead in their home in Mississippi, USA, from an accidental overdose of prescribed drugs.
The Everly Brothers release the single On The Wings Of A Nightingale, written for them by Paul McCartney, in the UK.
On his Sites Of Scottish Cultural Significance tour, Jesse Rae plays at The Ice Rink, Inverness, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones flies from New York City, USA, to San Francisco, California, to begin rehearsals for his upcoming solo tour of Australia, Oceania.
The Fixx play at the Warwick Musical Tent, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA.
Paul McCartney holds a press conference in New York City, USA, at the start of a North American tour.
Pete Townshend of The Who announces, in a web posting, that he is working on on another rock opera project, Floss, which he describes as 'in the style of Tommy and Quadrophenia'.
On her Pearl Jam play the second of two nights at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Bad Religion.
George Michael pleads gulty in Highbury Magistrates Court, North London, England, UK, to possessing cannabis when he was arrested in July after crashing his car into a high street shop. Judge Robin McPhee gives Michael a six-month interim driving ban but sentencing is deferred until a later date.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder and Charlie Haden raise $1m for the Silverlake Conservatory Of Music with a benefit show at Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California, USA.On her Get $leazy tour, Ke$ha plays at The Charter One Pavilion At Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their 40th Anniversary tour, KISS play at The First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Strokes, HAIM, Blood Brothers, Flying Lotus, Blood Orange, Darkside, Jamie xx, Built To Spill, Earl Sweatshirt, Four Tet, The Murder City Devils and MacDeMarco play at the FYF Fest, LA Sports Arena And Exposition park, Los Angeles, California, USA.Lovers On The Sun by David Guetta reaches No1 in the Official Singles Chart in the UK.
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