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The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra are playing during a six-week residency at The Raymor Ballroom, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Dick Kuhn And His Orchestra record Yankee Doodle Medley Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 for Decca Records in the USA.
John Lee Hooker records Boogie Chillen No2 for Sensation Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Mindy Carson is playing during two weeks at The Mocambo, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Ink Spots play during a week of shows at The Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.Bill Haley and His Comets are recording a cleaned-up version of Big Joe Turner's Shake, Rattle And Roll. Haley tells a reporter, "We steer clear of anything suggestive". (censorship)
The Everly Brothers' All I Have To Do Is Dream enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA on its way to No1.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley continues recording songs for the film G.I. Blues at RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald is playing during a season at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.The Marcels, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Ernie K-Doe, Freddie King, and Marv Johnson play the first of seven nights in a special presentation, The Stars Of The Swinging Sixties, at The Tivoli, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Country-gospel quartet A star-studded package tour, The Biggest Show Of Stars for 1961, featuring Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, The Shirelles,The Drifters, Bo Diddley, Ben E. King and Chuck Jackson plays in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Helen Shapiro appears on UK tv show Juke Box Jury, broadcast from the BBC TV Theatre, Shepherd's Bush Green, London, UK.
Despite facing severe losses, The Twist Spectacular Tour plays the last 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.
The National Association of Record Merchandisers declares Elvis Presley to be the Best-Selling Male Vocalist of 1961. Connie Francis is best-Selling Feamale Vocalist, and Mitch Miller and The Gang is Best-selling Vocal Group.
Adam Faith, Eden Kane, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Dave Berry and The Undertakers play at The Granada, Maidstone, UK.
The Beatles film a pub interior sequence at Twickenham Film Studios, St Margaret's, Twickenham, UK, for their second film, Help! On the same day, they are filmed being given a Grammy Award for Hard Day's Night by Peter Sellers. In the evening they meet up socially with Bob Dylan.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys completes recording of the song Let Him Run Wild at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Mills Brothers are playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Buffalo Springfield play at The Valley Theatre, Tarzana, California, USA, supported by The Illinois Speed Press.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the last of three nights at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Sweden orders Frank Sinatra to pay a special tax on his upcoming show because he'd performed in South Africa in violation of the artistic boycott of that country.
Carrie Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts, is awarded triple-platinum status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays the second of two nights at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Taj Mahal and Shemekia Copeland play in The Enmax Hall at The Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.On their English Electric tour, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [OMD] play at The Winter Gardens, Margate, UK.
On her Diamonds World Tour, Rihanna plays at The Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Carla Olson launches her new album, Have Harmony, Will Travel with a gig at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California, USA. Guests include PF Sloan, Scott Kempner, Rob Waller, Gary Myrick, Rick Clark, James Intveld, Peter Lewis, Carla Olson, John York and Pat Robinson.
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