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Billy Mayerl is born in Tottenham Court Road, London, UK. He will find success as a jazz and popular music pianist and prolific composer.Singing comedian Arthur Lane is heading the bill at The Unique Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA. Also on the bill is "accomplished soubrette" Edith Fletcher.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.Ambrose And his Orchestra record Mean To Me, A Precious Little Thing Called Love, You're The Cream In My Coffee and Don't Hold Everything in Chelsea, London, UK, for Decca Records.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
Nat King Cole is playing during a week-long engagement at The Three Rivers Club, Syracuse, New York City, USA.
The highest new entry on the Billboard Best-Selling Pop Albums Chart in the USA is Big Band Bash by Billy May on Capitol Records entering at No5. With A Song In My Heart by Jane Froman remains at No1.Joel Castleberry is born in Gadsden, Alabama, USA. he will make a career as a drummer, working with Linda Ronstadt, Joe South, Emmy Lou Harris and others.
Liberace, Chandra Kaly and His Dancers and The Al Donahue Orchestra take part in a revue in the Marine
Room of the Edgewater Beach
Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA .
The Johnny Griffin Orchestra records Holla, Jubilation and So Tired in Plaza Sound Studios,New York City, USA. These tracks will appear on his Riverside Records album The Big Soul Band.
The Coasters, The Isley Brothers and Betty Carter play the sixth night of a week at the The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Rick Nelson performs Yes Sir, That's My Baby on tonight's edition of ABC-tv show The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
James Brown plays the final night in a week at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Pigmeat Markham, The Sensations and Yvonne Fair.
Barbra Streisand plays the tenth night of two weeks at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Sarah Vaughan records A Taste Of Honey and Moanin' for Roulette Records at United Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows top the bill when the new £400,000 ABC Theatre opens to a specially invited audience, in Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
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The Fourmost play the second night in a week of cabaret appearances at The Flamingo, Darlington, UK.Zoot Money And His Big Roll Band record a live album, Zoot!, at Klook's Kleek in The Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London, UK. Guitarist in the group is Andy Summers, later to become a member of The Police.
Backing vocalists Lynn Hughes and Mary Ellen Simpson leave San Francisco group Big Brother and the Holding Company.
Spirit and the Illinois Speed Press play the third of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Entering at No69, the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the USA is I Turned You On by The Isley Brothers.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play a second night at The Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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On her Foreign Affair tour, Tina Turner plays the last of three nights at The Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
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On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at Mesker Amphitheatre, Evansville, Indiana, USA.
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Before Depeche Mode and Primal Scream play this night's gig at The Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA, members of Primal Scream are arrested for swimming naked in the local river.Michael Jackson begins the second leg of the HIStory World Tour, with a show at Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany, to an audience of 55,000.
Neil Young is obliged to cancel European tour dates, having accidentally sliced a finger open while cutting a ham sandwich in half during rehearsals.
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The 19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a three day event, begins in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the course of the event include Bo Diddley, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and James Cotton.
When Guns N'Roses play at The O2 Arena, London, UK, it is learned that frontman Axl Rose has banned fans attending the show from wearing t-shirts featuring the band's former guitarist Slash.
Rocketman, a biographical musical film based on the life of musician Elton John, is released to cinemas in the USA.On his 35th Anniversary Transform tour, Howard Jones plays at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by China Crisis.
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