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The Geisha, billed as "The most delightful of all musical comedies", is playing at The Manhattan Beach, New York City, USA.
Blackface entertainer Josephine Gassman And Her Picaninnies play during a six-night run at The Empire Theatre, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, Oceania.
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.
Harvey Fuqua is born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He will go on to lead Harvey and the Moonglows, and to be major producer at Motown.
Big Bill Broonzy records You May Need My Help Someday and Rising Sun Shine On for ARC in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy records Mountain Blues, Bad Luck Blues, I Can't Make You Satisfied and I'm Just A Bum for Bluebird Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Singing cowboy Stuart Hamblen records Got So Many Million Years, Just Let Me Love You and My Mary at Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hugely-respected old-time fiddler John L. "Uncle Bunt" Stephens is buried at the Hurricane Church cemetery on State Highway 55 between Lynchburg and Tullahoma, Moore County, Tennessee, USA.
Louis Jordan is playing during a two-week engagement at The Say When Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band comes to the end of three days of recording tracks for the Verve Records album The Concert Jazz Band, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Birmingham, Alabama-based gospel group The Gospel Harmonettes record Joyous Tidings, Jesus Is Real To Me and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.
The Oscar Peterson Trio plays at London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Oscar Peterson Trio plays at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eleventh of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Everly Brothers play the sixth of eight nights at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Just One Look by Doris Troy peaks at No10 on the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
Teresa Brewer, with the Shep Fields Orchestra, is playing during a two-week engagement at The Intertnational Club, Houston, Texas, USA.
It's Too Late by Wilson Pickett enters the Billboard Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No7 on the R'n'B Chart and No49 pop.
Gary McFarland and Antonio Carlos Jobim record Dreamer in New York City, USA, for Prestige Records.
Kenny Lynch and The Echoes, Elkie Brooks, Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames, Davie Jones And The King Bees (including David Bowie) and Wayne Gibson And The Dynamic Sounds appear on BBC2 tv show The Beat Room in the UK.
The Steve Miller Band plays the second of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported on this night by Carousel.
Joan Baez is among the artists appearing at The Newport Folk Festival, Fort Adams Park, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
The Rascals play in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
UK pop idol Billy Fury's backing group fails to turn up for a show at The Flamingo Club, Redruth, England, UK, Europe, so Fury entertains the crowd by accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar for forty five minutes.
When Sly And The Family Stone fail to turn up promptly for a concert appearance in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA, a riot erupts in which over 100 people are injured. The following year, the band will release the LP There's A Riot Goin' On, whose original cover shows the band-shell in Grant Park overlaid with a photo of a police car. The title track is listed on the cover but does not actually appear on the LP, or anywhere else for that matter. In 1997, Sly Stone revealed that the "track had no running time simply because 'I felt there should be no riots'."
Gene Harris And The Three Sounds record Put On Train and You Got To Play The Game for Blue Note Records at United Artists Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The rhythm track of Put On Train will 'inspire' the rhythm track of What Comes Around (1989) by The Beastie Boys.
On their British Steel tour, Judas Priest and Def Leppard play at Rockford Speedway Jam 80, Rockford, Illinois, USA.
In Between Days by The Cure enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at 15.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays during three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
Eurythmics reach No1 in the UK singles chart with There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), which comes complete with a Stevie Wonder harmonica solo.
The Revillos and The Playn Jayn play at The Tunnel Club, Greenwich, London, England, UK, Europe.
On the last night of The Cure's North American tour, at a concert in The Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA, a fan called Jonathan Moreland jumps on stage and stabs himself several times, because he has been jilted by his girlfriend. The audience cheers enthusiastically, assuming it all to be part of the show.
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As a preview for his upcoming world tour, Paul McCartney plays an unannounced show at The Playhouse, London, UK, for fan club members plus staff of EMI and MPL.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays at The Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
On his Nude Tour, Prince plays at Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain, Europe.
The Rolling Stones, with Bob Dylan as their special guest, play in Espace Grammont, Montpellier, France.
The Dave Matthews Band and Ray Lamontagne play at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Centre, Darien Centre, New York State, USA.
Elton John plays at The Colosseum, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Muse play at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago IL, USA.
Midge Ure plays an outdoor acoustic show as headliner of the West Wiltshire Show in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
A-Ha release their ninth album, Foot Of The Mountain, on the Universal Music Record Label.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, California, USA.
Bon Iver play at Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain, Europe.
Paul McCartney, Mike Oldfield, Dizzee Rascal, Arctic Monkeys, Emeli Sande and others perform live in the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, London, England, UK. It is later revealed that all of the live acts were paid £1 each for their perfomances. They had all agreed to play for free, but the £1 fee was necessary to validate their contracts.
Professor Green plays live at the UCFC-Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, UK, as part of the Legends of MMA fight event.
The Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter, with The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, play at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA.
Simple Minds play at Auditorium Cavea, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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