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The musical farce The Belle Of Bohemia plays at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 55 performances.
Harry Gilfoil plus Klaw And Erlanger's Troubadours, featuring "thirty of the hansomest young women on the stage" perform in Harry B. Smith's comedy The Liberty Belles at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Tom Coakley And His Orchestra, with Kay Thompson on vocals and piano, play at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The October edition of British music publication Rhythm is published, including an item in the Talk Of The Town section about the use of drugs among "coloured musicians" in the USA. It states, "They say it gives them a new type of elation - two minds - turns them into higher beings than men (while the effect lasts). Under this influence they play hotter and hotter and keep at it incessantly. This remarkable statement has solved for me one of those problems that have been worrying me for a long time. I refer to those ghastly noises under strange titles that the coloured orchestras record, and which are hailed as inspirations of genius by musical journalists who are less enlightened than our own musical staff. It also accounts, no doubt, for that gasping for breath that the blacks call singing."
Vocalist and keyboard player Wade Flemons, who will score r'n'b hits as a solo artist before going on to become a founder member of Earth, Wind And Fire, is born in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. 
Judy Garland's new contract with MGM is filed in The Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA. Because she is no longer a minor, her salary is increased from $600 a week to $2000.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
Twelfth Street Rag by Pee Wee Hunt is at No1 in the Billboard magazine Best-selling Popular Records chart in the USA.
The movie musical An American In Paris receives a special screening at the Academy Award Theatre on Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Ronald Reagan, head of the Screen Actors Guild, is the moderator for a forum discussion on the picture.Singer Bob Savage, singer Betty Lou Barto, jazz pianist Erskine Butterfield and The George James Orchestra play at Cafe Society, New York City, USA.
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.T-Bone Walker plays the ninth night of a two-week stay at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Music parodist Stan Freberg, who has recently released a send-up of The Crew-Cuts' hit Sh-Boom, is reported in Billboard magazine saying, "I hope this puts an end to r'n'b."
Elvis Presley releases his second single, Good Rockin' Tonight, on Sun Records in the USA. On the same day, Elvis also plays at Sleepy-Eyed John's Eagle's Nest Club, Memphis, Tennessee.
Guitar Slim, Muddy Waters, The Flairs, The Jewels, Marvin And Johnny, Chuck Higgins, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, The Platters and The Robins, later to become The Coasters, play in The Gene Norman Show at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Eric Dolphy Quartet plays a live session for the Swedish Broadcast Station, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
The Coasters record My Babe, Bad Blood and Just Like Me in Atlantic Records Studios, New York City, USA.
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra record Quintile for Capitol Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Haley And His Cometscontinue with a lengthy season at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Folk singer Glenn Yarbrough pre-record an appearance for tv show The Steve Allen Playhouse in the USA.
Little Walter plays at the Broadside Club, Willesden Green, London, UK, backed by folk guitarist Bert Jansch.
The Geordie Beat Show, a package tour featuring The Merseybeats, Joe Cocker and The McKinleys, plays at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK. (The Merseybeats leave the tour after this show).
Sammy Kaye And His Band play at The Cedarbrook Country Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Rolling Stones, Unit 4+2, Mike Sarne, and The Spencer Davis Group play at The Gaumont, Southampton, England, UK.
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Lightnin' Hopkins, Alice Stuart, Charlie Marshall, Flamenco Bodega, Barry Oliver, David And Tina, The Pine Valley Boys and David Spence play in The Folk Festival Fireside Concert, Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA.Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The United States of America play the first of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rockets.
John Reid, manager of Elton John, is charged with assault and battery, following an incident in which he struck a doorman at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA, with a cane, as he and Elton left for the airport.
Because the front of New York City's Dakota block is thronged with an ever-increasing number of fans, all hoping to catch sight of John Lennon on his way to the recording studio, Sean's bodyguard, Doug MacDougall, suggests stepping up security. Yoko Ono rejects the idea.
On her Wild Heart tour, Stevie Nicks plays at the City Of Hope Benefit Concert, Tempe, Arizona, USA.On their Born Again tour, Black Sabbath play at Pavillon Des Sports Del Champel, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe.
Larry Coryell plays at Club Soda, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
On his Dream Of The Blue Turtles tour, Sting plays the third of seven nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
On her Foreign Affair - The Farewell Tour, Tina Turner plays the sixth of seven nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
After having played 213 performances, the musical All Shook Up, based on the music of Elvis Presley, closes at The Palace Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Richard Thompson plays the last of three nights at the Lyric Theatre, London, England, UK, supported by Dar Williams.
Harry Connick Jr. plays the first of two nights at the Chateau St, Michelle, Woodinville, Washington, USA.
On the European leg of his Symphonica - The Orchestral Tour, George Michael plays at the Palacio De Los Deportes, Madrid, Spain.
On their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play the second of six nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, supported by Jamie Lawson and Augustana.
Honky-tonk-style singer and songwriter Jean Shepard dies of Parkinson's Disease, aged 82, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA. Her hits included Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar), A Satisfied Mind and the Ferlin Husky duet, A Dear John Letter.
On their The M A N I A tour, Fall Out Boy play at The Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, USA, supported by Machine Gun Kelly and nothing,nowhere.1900 |
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