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The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.Musical comedy The Show Girl is presented at Wallack's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 64 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run. Judy Perkins and Patsy Montana are among the artists appearing
in package show at the CIrcle B Ranch near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The show features stars from two radio stations WKRC of Cincinnati
and WIBC of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Frankie Laine and Patti Page play the eleventh night in a three-week season at The Paramount Theater, New York City, USA.
Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play the thirteenth night of four weeks at The Cafe Rouge in The Hotel Statler, New York City, USA.
Jimmy Palmer And His Orchestra play the seventh night of four weeks at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mockin' Bird Hill [aka Mockingbird Hill] by Les Paul and Mary Ford is the current No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
B.B. King records She's Dynamite at Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for RPM Records.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack.
Every Beat Of My Heart by The Pips [later to become Gladys Knight And The Pips] is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA, entering at No70.
Freddy Cannon plays the first of three nights at The Hillside Theater, Jamaica, New York State, USA.James Brown plays the third night in a week at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Pigmeat Markham, The Sensations and Yvonne Fair.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers play the seventh night of a two-week season at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Skylark Records singing harpist Sue Evans And The Scamps are playing during a six week engagement at The Dunes, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
In the UK, outrageous rocker Screaming Lord Sutch launches his own pirate radio station in a fort on the Thames Estuary.
Billy Fury, Cilla Black, The Hollies, Frieddie And The Dreamers and The Four Pennies appear live on UK tv show Top Of The Pops.
Cher releases a new single, her version of Bob Dylan's All I Really Want To Do, in the USA.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Monkees record You're So Good and Oklahoma Backroom Dancer at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
B.B. King is plays during three nights at The Shapes Club, Denver, Colorado, USA.The second day of the three day long Ozark Mountain Folkfair is held at Oak Hill Ecopark, Eureka Springs, Kansas. Artists appearing over the course of the event include The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, The Earl Scruggs Revue, John Lee Hooker, Lester Flatt And Nashville Grass, Big Mama Thornton, John Hartford, Mance Lipscomb, Clifton Chenier, James Cotton, Johnny Shines, Jimmy Driftwood and others.
When Elvis Presley takes his five year old daughter Lisa Marie to see the Jackson 5 play at the Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada, she meets Michael Jackson for the first time.
Crash’n’Burn, Canada's first punk rock club, opens in Toronto, Ontario. The club has been started by pioneering Canuck punk combo The Diodes. In the coming months it will host gigs by The Diodes, The Viletones, Teenage Head, The Nerves, The Poles, Dishes and others. 
Andy Blade releases a new single, Break The News, in the UK. Blade was previously a member of Eater.
Ray Charles is playing during six nights at Granny's Dinner Playhouse, Dallas, Texas, USA.Andy Blade releases a new single, Break The News, in the UK. Blade was previously a member of Eater.
When Alicia Keys and her music producer boyfriend Swizz Beatz attend a Keep A Child Alive charity ball in London, UK, it is learned that she is pregnant and that the couple plan to marry later in the year. Bryan Ferry appears at the same event.
Martina McBride sings the US national anthem before the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana, USA.Sinead O'Connor releases a new single, Old Lady, on One Little Indian Records in the UK.
Sparrow And The Workshop release their third album, Murderopolis, on Song, By Toad Records in the UK.
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Brandon Flowers of The Killers appears on BBC tv show Breakfast in Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK, to promote his second solo LP and his current UK tour.
Lew (real name Sara Lewis) releases her debut LP, Black Feathers on DME Records in the UK.
On his Botanical Gardens tour, Don McLean plays at The Aura Arena, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, Europe.
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