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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The musical comedy Naughty Nancy is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 77 performances.
Evelyn Ormsby, ballad and operatic vocalist, makes her San Francisco debut at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Klein, Ott Brothers And Nickerson, billed as "The greatest of all musical acts."Popular pianist and bandleader Charlie Kunz plays the sixth of seven nights at The Hippodrome, Lewisham, London, UK.
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra record Running A Temperature and My Last Affair for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
T-Bone Walker lodges an appeal (No. 5297) in The Supreme Court of New Mexico, New Mexico, USA, against his conviction for transporting marijuana.
Anita O'Day, with Jack Pleis And His Orchestra, records Tennessee Waltz, Yea Boo, Something I Dreamed Last Night and If I Could Steal You From Somebody Else, for London Records in 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.
Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.Ivory Joe Hunter, The Four Blazes and Mabel Scott are playing during a week of gigs at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy records It Feels So Good, Southbound Train, Trouble In Mind and Whiskey Head Man in London, UK, for Nixa Records.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.The stage musical Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 performances.
Mike Berry plays at The Public Hall, Preston, Lancashire, UK, supported by The Outlaws, The Beatles and The Syd Munson Orchestra.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays at The Mosque Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his fourteenth film, Kissin' Cousins at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
(Down At) Papa Joe's by The Dixiebelles enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No9. Although The Dixiebelles touring group consisted entirely of black girl singers, the record was made by all-white females from The Anita Kerr Singers.
Young poet Leonard Cohen takes part in a poetry reading tour with Irving Layton, Earle Birney, and Phyllis Gotlieb at The University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.The Association are playing during two weeks at The Ice House, Glendale, California, USA.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Vic Dana performing More and The Beau Brummels performing Just a Little.
Jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike records tracks for a new album, Jazz For The Jet Set, in the first of two studio sessions in New York City, USA for Atlantic Records. Herbie Hancock plays organ throughout the album.
Jesse Fuller records the album A Session with Jesse Fuller for Fontana Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by SRC.
First of two days of the S.F. International Pop Festival at Alameda County Fairgrounds, California, USA. Over the next two days, artists will include Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Chambers Brothers, Jose Feliciano, Johnny Rivers, Eric Burdon And the Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Canned Heat.
The Elvin Jones Quartet with Salena Jones begins two weeks at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, UK.
The first 2-Tone Tour, featuring The Specials, Madness and Selecter, plays at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Curiousity Killed The Cat, Dante and The Friday Club play at The ICA, London, England, UK, Europe, during the venue's annual Rock Week.Liverpudlian band Cast enter the UK singles chart with Flying, which will peak at No4 during a five-week run.
Iron Maiden come to the end of a European Tour with a gig at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK.Air Supply, Eason Chan and Ronald Cheng play at the The Hong Kong Harbour Fest, part of a government-underwritten HK$1 billion program of high profile concerts running for almost a month, intended to help revive the economy of Hong Kong after the SARS epidemic.
Ke$ha plays at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel Providence, Rhode Island, USA, with Dan Black and Deluka.
A posthumous exhibition of works by Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones begins at Shepard Fairey's Subliminal Projects gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, to mark the 10th anniversary of his death. The exhibition, titled Dee Dee Ramone: A Memorial Exhibition, features nineteen canvases, five paintings on wood and one mixed-media work on card stock. It is set to run until November 17th.
Penelope Trappes releases her second LP, Penelope Two, on Houndstooth Records.1901 |
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