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Blackface musicians Dan Emmet, Billy Whitlock and others form The Operatic Brothers And Sisters who begin their career with a week of outdoor performances in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
Billed as 'The Sweetest Singer On The Stage', Mr Chauncey Olcott appears in the new comedy Garrett O'Magh, at The Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical play The Circus Girl, starring Miss Florence Young, is presented at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Pastor's Theatre in New York City, USA, is offering entertainment from The Crane Brothers And Belmont, Rube Minstrels, Manley And Rose, Frank O'Brien, The Bell Trio and Josie And Willie Barrows.
Country fiddler, singer, banjo player and blackface humourist Ruey Collins, better known as Curley Collins, is born in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, USA.
Fred Astaire, with Johnny
Green And His Orchestra, records the Jerome Kern composition A Fine
Romance, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nat 'King' Cole makes his recording debut as a member of Eddie Cole's Swingsters, in a session for Decca Records.
Singer, songwriter and pianist Frank Luther records I Cried For You for Decca Records in the USA.
Larry Fotine And His Orchestra play the first of a week of shows at Coney Island Amusement Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Cole Porter stage musical Kiss Me Kate, closes at Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, after a total of 1077 performances.
The Blues Jubilee at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, features Fats Domino, Clyde McPhatter, The Coasters, The Six Teens, The Teen Queens, The Turks and Oscar McLollie.
Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and other jazz
notables are in Nola Studios, New York City, USA, recording soundtrack music
for the film Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Frank Sinatra plays the seventh of ten nights at The 500 Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The Isley Brothers, produced by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, record Tell Me Who and Say You Love Me Too, for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
Brook Benton plays the seventeenth night in a month of gigs at Robert's Show Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Beverly Craven is born in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), South Asia. She will find success as a pop singer and songwriter after moving to the UK in the mid-60s.
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys play at The New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Maryland, USA.The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, UK.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the first of two nights at The Wagon Wheels, Peabody, Massachusetts, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The stage musical 
Patti Page is playing during a week of shows at Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.Bob Dylan begins recording sessions for his next album, Desire, at Columbia Records Studios, New York City, USA. Eric Clapton plays guitar.
Jack Bruce And Friends play at The Venue, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rush and Max Webster record Battle Scar at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Fall play at The Pickup Bank Free Festival (aka Deeply Vale), Borough of Blackburn, England, UK, Europe.
Kingsmen Day is declared in Portland, Oregon, USA, in honour of the city's hometown heroes, The Kingsmen, who made Louie Louie a garage rock classic.
When Ozzy Osbourne performs Jailhouse Rock at Wormwood Scrubs prison in London, England, UK, Europe, the audience storms the stage. Ozzy will later describe this moment as his "last good memory of the eighties."
On their Behind The Mask tour, Fleetwood Mac play the last of three nights at Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Squeeze.
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A Bob Dylan Tribute Show takes place as part of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, New York State, USA. Artists performing include John Gorka, Mary Gauthier, The Paperboys, Lucy Kaplansky and Jimmy LaFave. A live album, the Nod To Bob Workshop is recorded during the event.
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The While in the UK to promote their album Foot Of The Mountain, A-ha play a brief live set and conduct a signing session at HMV Westfield, London.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play the second of two nights at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
During his Up And Coming Tour, Paul McCartney plays at The Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.Will Young steps in as a last-minute replacement when Tom Jones is forced to pull out of his Olympics-associated performance in Hyde Park, London, UK, because he has contracted bronchitis.
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