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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 comic opera Merrie England is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 120 performances.
Actor and singer Ben Hendricks with The Swedish Ladies Quartet is appearing at Cordray's Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Described as 'Vaudeville top-notchers', Imro Fox And Co, The Montrose Family, Libby And Trayer (in their Artistic Musical Potpourri), Sailor And Barbaretto, Snyder And Buckley (the Merry Monarchs Of The Musical World), Wm Friend And Co and Arthur Deming (The Emperor Of Minstrelsy) are appearing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
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.The Virginians, a jazz ensemble formed by banjoist Michael Danzi and conducted by Teddy Kline begin an engagement at The Ambassadeur, Berlin, Germany.
Mike Riley And His Orchestra record I'm Hatin' This Waitin' Around, Jammin' and That's Southern Hospitality for Decca Records in the USA.
Cootie Williams And His Orchestra play the second of seven nights at The Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys record Tater Pie for MGM Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
Judy Garland is playing during a four-week concert engagement at The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Ink Spots play during a week of shows at The Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The family of James Marshall Hendrix (later to become Jimi Hendrix) has now moved to 26th Avenue/Washington St, Seattle, Washington, USA, so the boy enrols at the nearby Leschi Elementary School.
Faron Young records Sweet Dreams for Capitol Records in Castle Studio [founded by Paul Cohen] in The Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Henry Mancini records Breakfast At Tiffany's, Holly, The Big Heist and other tracks for RCA Records in the USA.
Gary U.S. Bonds , Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Mark Wynter and The Fleerekkers play at the Colston Hall, Bristol, UK.
Liverpool-born Billy Fury releases a new single, Last Night Was Made For Love, in the UK on Decca Records.
Paul Anka plays the fifth of seven nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Despite facing severe losses, The Twist Spectacular Tour plays the fourth of five nights at St Nicholas Arena, New York City, headlined by Chubby
Checker with Joey Dee And The
Starliters, Dee Dee
Sharp, The
Dovells and The Carroll Brothers.
Little Boy Blues play the second of three nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Rush.
A new music studio, Wally Heider Recording, is opened in San Francisco, California, USA. It will soon become the studio of choice for all of the top local bands.Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble perform live from The Maltings, Farnham, UK, on late night BBC tv rock show The Old Grey Whistle Test.
The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.
On their Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor of Queen spend a night on the town with Elton John in Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Butthole Surfers play at The Chance, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA, supported by Beme Seed.Young British jazz star Jamie Cullum plays in the Jazz Marquee at the Outlet Village as part of the second Swindon Arts Jazz Festival .
Phil Lesh, bassist for The Grateful Dead, does a book-signing appearance for his book 'Searching for the Sound: My Life with The Grateful Dead' at Barnes And Noble, Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, USA.
Laurie O'Leary, long-time manager of London's much fabled Speakeasy Club, and a close associate of gang bosses The Kray Twins dies in his sleep, aged 72, after many months of illness.
Mary Chapin Carpenter releases a new album, The Age Of Miracles, in the USA. On the same day, she is awarded the 'Spirit of Americana' Free Speech in Music Award at The Newseum, Washington DC, USA.
On their first tour together in over twenty years, the surviving members of The Beach Boys play at New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The State Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Rolling Stones play a 'secret gig' at the 700-capacity Echoplex club, Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. The show was announced on Twitter earlier in the day, tickets, at $20 a person, went on sale 30 minutes later and were allocated by a random lottery among the 2,000 people who showed up at The El Rey theatre to claim them.
Kanye West appears on the cover of Time magazine in their issue featuring The 100 Most Influential People of the year.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at Welcome To Rockville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.1901 |
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