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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The 3-act musical comedy The Girl Who Smiles is playing at The Longacre Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.
The 
Ray Noble And His Orchestra, with Merriel Abbott and the Hunt Ball Revue, play at The Empire Room, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA. From this date, the show is enhanced with the addition of extra entertainers including Chick And Lee, The Debonairs, Gary Stone and The Abbott Dancers.The Biggest Show Of Stars Of '60, featuring Brenda Lee, Fabian, Johnny Preston and others, plays at The Auditorium, Ottawa, Canada.
Kathleen Stobart plays at the Modern Jazz Club, Deer's Leap, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. (1960)
N.B. Click here to visit SwindonMusicScene for an in-depth look at this era of Swindon music.
Vocalist Mildred Anderson records the album No More In Life for Bluesville Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Tennesse Ernie Ford releases a new single, Little Klinker, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Tony Allen And The Twilighters record It Hurts Me So, The Trakey-doo and other tracks for Bethlehem Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence play at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
The Beatles play two shows, lunchtime and evening, at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
Duke Ellington And John Coltrane record Big Nick, for Impulse Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Roy Orbison hits No1 in the USA with Oh, Pretty Woman, in both the Billboard and Cash Box singles charts.
Kenny Ball and Susan Maughan are playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Turtles are playing during twelve nights at Golden Gate A-Go-Go, Golden Gate Race Track, Berkeley, California, USA, with Miss Judy Mac.
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 Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) has its British premiere at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. (N.B. This was made possible because censorship of plays was abolished in the UK by the Theatres Act 1968, which was approved on July 26) The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
On their Mirage tour, 
The Little River Band plays at Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
On his Texas Flood World Tour, Stevie Ray Vaughan plays at Tom's Point After, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Frank Zappa undertakes a day of press and media interviews in London, England, UK, Europe.
On their Ultimate Silly Tour, Haze play at The Heron Club, Yeovilton, Somerset, England, UK, Europe.
10,000 Maniacs play at Maxwell's, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
The Boothill Foot Tappers play at Hatfield Polytechnic, Hatfield, England, UK, Europe.Always Guaranteed by Cliff Richard enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No5 during a 25-week run.
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Couldn't Stand The Weather by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is certified as a platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Port, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
The Stereophonics end a UK tour with the last of three nights at Cardiff Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
On her 
On the third leg of his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Saenger Theatre, Mobile, Alabama, USA, supported by Bert Jansch.
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