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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.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.
The movie musical Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers has its British premiere in London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical comedy Hold On To Your Hats, starring Al Jolson, is playing at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, during a run of 158 performances.
Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker plays the third night of a two-week engagement at The Blue Note Club in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hank Williams signs a contract with the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, undertaking to perform there for three years. Regrettably, he will be unable to fuflfil the contract because he will die within months.
Louis Jordan is playing during two-weeks at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
T-Bone Walker plays the eighth night of a two-week stay at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
When the package tour The Biggest Show Of Stars for 1957, featuring Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Paul Anka, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, The Bobbettes, The Drifters, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, LaVern Baker, Jimmy Bowen, Sam 'The Man' Taylor and Clyde McPhatter plays in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, the white acts are unable to perform because of local segregation laws.
Ray Charles and Sarah Vaughan play the third night in a week at the Palace Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the first of six nights at The Centennial Fair, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Russ Conway is playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Seekers and Yana are playing during a season at The Pavilion, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
UK pop singer Helen Shapiro goes into a Harley Street, London, England, UK, Europe, nursing home to have a throat operation.
Howlin' Wolf and Big Brother and the Holding Company play the second of two nights in the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The Ramones play at The State Cinema, Dublin, Ireland, Europe. All four members of future megaband U2 go to see them. In 2014, after the death of Joey Ramone, Bono of U2 will be inspired to acknowledge the influence of The Ramones in the single The Miracle Of Joey Ramone.
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Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz play at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
Basia enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA for the first time, with Time And Tide, which will peak at No26. She will enjoy considerably more success as an albums artist.
On their No Prayer On The Road tour, Iron Maiden play at King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
On her All Around The World tour, Lisa Stansfield plays at CCH, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
The Rainforest Band, including Jerry Garcia and Merle Saunders, plays at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA. The show is recorded and parts of it will be released as the LP Blues From The Rainforest.
Smashing Pumpkins co-founder and guitarist James Iha releases the album Look To The Sky on The End Records in the UK.
Bonnie Dobson plays at The 12 Bar Club, London, England, UK, Europe. Dobson's best-known composition, Morning Dew, became an international standard, covered by Fred Neil, The Grateful Dead, Tim Rose and Devo, to name but a few.
On his Purpose World Tour, Justin Bieber plays the second of two nights at Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway, Europe.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the acts playing at Rock In Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
On the North American leg of their 100-date Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode play at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, Texas, USA.
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