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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.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The musical comedy Naughty Nancy is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 77 performances.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Floyd Cramer is born in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Although self-taught as a pianist, he will become one of the architects of the Nashville Sound, playing with Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley and many others.
Popular pianist and bandleader Charlie Kunz plays the last of seven nights at The Hippodrome, Lewisham, London, UK.
Ocarina virtuoso Bernie Ladd records Potato Salad and Sweet Not Sour for Decca Records in the USA.
Guy Lombardo And The Royal Canadians record Ten Pretty Girls, Sweet Someone, I Want To Be In Winchell's Column and When The Organ Played O Promise Me for Victor Records in the USA.
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Basie and his Orchestra, with Billie Holiday on vocals, play the seventh night of a two-week engagement at The Meadowbrook Lounge, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Singing cowboy Roy Rogers and Dale Evans play at The Municipal Auditorium, Canton, Ohio, USA.The stage musical My Darlin' Aida, a modern re-make of the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, opens at Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 89 performances.
Bluegrass group The Webster Brothers record Seven Year Blues, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Columbia Records.
Blues guitar star Pee Wee Crayton plays at Lee's Club Sensation, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Liverpool-born hitmaker Frankie Vaughan enters the UK singles chart with Milord, which will peak at No34 during a six-week run.
The first Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars package tour plays in Omaha, Nebraska, with acts including Paul Anka, The Drifters, Duane Eddy, Lloyd Price, LaVern Baker, Annette, The Coasters, The Skyliners and Bobby Rydell.
Nashville-based country session guitarist Hank Garland records the album Jazz Winds From A New Direction.
Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Jet Harris And The Jetblacks,Sounds Incorporated and The Breakaways play at The Granada, Tooting, UK.
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.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Del Shannon, Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, The Bachelors, Duffy Power, Cilla Black, Bryan Burdon and The Blue Diamonds play at The ABC, Luton, England, UK, Europe.
UK soul/r'n'b band Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers record I Can't Stand It at Abbey Road, London, UK The song is a cover version of an American hit by The Soul Sisters.
Heinz And The Wild Ones, including guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple, play as part of a pckage tour at The Gaumont, Watford, UK. The tour also features The Hollies, The Dixie Cups, Jess Conrad, The Tornados and Wayne Gibson.
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A single-sided 45rpm 7-inch acetate of This Bird Has Flown by The Beatles is cut at Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, by Vic Gann. The song will be released as Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), on the album Rubber Soul.
A new young folk singer, Sandy Denny, plays at The Leduce Contemporary Folk Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is playing during two weeks at The Sahara, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Yes, The Pretty Things, Chicken Shack and Sam Apple Pie play at The Actuel Music Festival, Amougies, Belgium, Europe.
David Bowie plays the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
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.
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones flies to Jamaica, Caribbean, to continue work with Chuck Berry on the film Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll.
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In the wake of the release of Opel, a compilation of former Pink Floyd leader Syd Barrett's demos, his brother is interviewed on BBC Radio One. He confirms that Syd is alive, well and interested in painting, but has no contact with the other members of the group.
When Beth Orton plays at The University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK, she is supported by Liverpool band Shack.
The Lemonheads perform their classic album It's A Shame About Ray in full at The El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On her 1989 World Tour, Taylor Swift plays at The American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, USA, supported by Vance Joy.
Taylor Swift’s album 1989 notches up an entire year in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 Albums Chart in the USA. It is currently at No9. On his Saint Pablo tour, Kanye West plays the last of three nights at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the second of two nights at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.1902 |
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