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The Madison Square Roof Garden in New York City, USA, is offering "pretty girls and catchy music" in the Japanese comic opera Otoyo.Dick Willebrandts, respected European jazz pianist, orchestra leader and recording artist, is born in Rotterdam, Holland, Europe.
The Gumm Sisters play the first of three nights at the Fox West Coast Theatre, Long Beach, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will go on to achieve stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
Maxine Sullivan, accompanied by by Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra, records St. Louis Blues, Spring Is Here and other tracks in New York City, USA.
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Al Jolson, Martha Raye, Ruby Keeler, Jack Whiting and "America's Most Beautiful Girls" are appearing in the musical comedy Hold On To Your Hats at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Frankie Carle And His Orchestra play at The Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Louis Jordan's Tympany Five plays during two weeks of shows at The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.Marv
Johnson, The Miracles and Barrett
Strong begin a week of shows at The The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Pat Boone plays during nine nights at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia.
The Beaulieu Jazz Festival, Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, featuring Johnny Dankworth, James Cotton, Kenny Ball's Jazzmen, Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson, Terry Lightfoot and others, ends in riots when members of the crowd begin to climb the scaffolding which supports the lighting rigs being used for the tv broadcast. Among the audience is a young Rod Stewart.
Bob Dylan participates in a 12-hour radio broadcast from Riverside Church, Manhattan, New York City, USA, a Hootenanny Special, which also features Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Eric Von Schmidt. Afterwards, he meets seventeen year old Suze Rotolo, who will become his girlfriend, and the inspiration for Dylan songs including Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Boots of Spanish Leather and Tomorrow Is a Long Time.
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Barbra Streisand plays the thirteenth of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club , Detroit, Michigan, USA.Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Marvin Gaye, The Spinners and Hattie Littles play the sixth of ten nights at the Driftwood Lounge in the The 20 Grand Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Johnny Cash begins a month-long tour at The American legion Auditorium, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA.
Ken Curtis (aka Festus from the tv series Gunsmoke) records spoken introductions to In My Home Town, Ballad Of Hawk Haggen, Streets Of Dodge City and other tracks, for Capitol Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.Big Brother And The Holding Company and The Charlatans play the second of two nights at the California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Iveys play at Langland Bay Hotel, Swansea, South Wales, UK, Europe, supported by Eyes Of Blue.The first Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) single, 10538 Overture, enters the UK singles charts.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at Saratoga Perfect Arts, Saratoga, California.
Silverhead, Flash, Back Door and Beckett play at Alexandra Palace, London, UK. Beck, Bogert And Appice were originally booked to top the bill but cancelled when Tim Bogart was injured in a motor-cycle crash.
Bob Dylan is working on Black Diamond Bay, Oh Sister, Mozambique and other songs in Studio E, Columbia Records Studios, New York City, USA, during sessions for the album Desire.
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.
Frank Sinatra is playing during seven nights at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Duran Duran are working on the songs Girls On Film and Tel Aviv in AIR Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
Nick Mason (drummer of A US entry visa is denied to Boy George, while immigration officials check his medical records.
Bootsy Collins And Bootsy's Rubber Band play at the Summerstage, Central Park, New York City, USA.
On her Farewell Tour, Tina Turner plays the second of two nights at Woburn Abbey, Woburn, England, UK. The audience includes Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Kate Bush and Princess Diana.A white-supremacist plot to assassinate Ice-T and Ice Cube is uncovered by the FBI, and revealed to the UK in NME, following the firebombing of the offices of the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People in Tacoma, Washington, USA. On the same day, Elton John auctions his entire record collection, with proceeds going to AIDS charities.
Pamela Anderson marries 
Ke$ha plays at The House Of Blues, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
Sykur release a new single, Curling, on Wall Of Sound Records in the UK. The track is taken
from their EP Mesopotamia.
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