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Blues-gospel singer Ethel Waters (also a noted actress) is born in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. She is the daughter of a thriteen-year-old girl who had been raped.
The "scintillating musical comedy" Sally In Our Alley is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 100 performances.
The comic musical Three Little Maids, by Paul Rubens, is playing at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.An invention for the accurate recording of the sounds of the heart is demonstrated by the Columbia Phonograph Company in its studios at 1819 Broadway, New York City, USA.
The Hollywood Palladium opens on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, USA, with a dance featuring Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra with their vocalist Frank Sinatra.
Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nena, backed by Ralph Rotgers And His Latin-American Orchestra, is appearing at The Buttery in The Ambassador West Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Money Honey becomes the first of seven Billboard Top Ten R+B chart hits in the USA for Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters.
The Shepherd
Sisters, best-remembered for their 1957 US Top 20 hit Alone
[Why Must I Be Alone], play the fourth night of a week at The
Copa Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Stan Getz Quartet plays in the National Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland.
The Platters are playing during a two-week engagement at The Social Ritz Club, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
In Fort Ord, California, USA, Army private James Marshall Hendrix [later to find fame as Jimi Hendrix] receives orders transferring him to Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in a Halloween Ball at The Fulton Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.The Milt Jackson Sextet records Stella By Starlight, Invitation and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Chubby Checker is playing during two weeks of shows at The El Mocambo club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
When You'll Never Walk Alone hits the UK pop singles chart top slot, Gerry and the Pacemakers become the first act ever to notch up three consecutive No1 hits, with their first three singles.
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The Rolling Stones, supported by The Shangri-Las, play at Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California, USA.The Sons Of Adam play during a six-night booking at Gazzarri's, 319 North La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, play at The Action, Los Angeles, California, USA. Actor John Wayne is a guest at the show.
Prog rock guitarist Mitsuru Tabata is born upon October 31, 1965 in Kyoto, Japan, Asia.
Bob Dylan plays the second of two shows this month at The Back Bay Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Country Joe And The Fish play the second of five nights at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band play at the Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, plays its second gig, at the War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 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.On the Shot Of Love tour Bob Dylan plays at The Kitchener Arena, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at the Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Who, supported by Loverboy and John Cougar, end the West Coast leg of their farewell tour at Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Bill Kirchner Nonet spend the first of two days recording his album Infant Eyes for Sea Breeze Records in New York City, USA.
The last ever show to be held at The Crystal Ballroom, the premier Punk/ New Wave Venue in Melbourne, Australia, Oceania, is headlined by The Zorros.
The Christians enter the UK albums chart with their debut album, The Christians, which will peak at No2 during a 68-week run.
Michael Jackson's video for The Way You Make Me Feel, prominently featuring Tatiana Thumbtzen, is premiered on MTV in the USA. LaToya Jackson makes a cameo appearance in the video.
For the first time in four and a half years, an entire month has passed without any record produced or written by Stock Aitken And Waterman appearing in the UK charts.
Music publisher Lou Levy, founder of Leeds Music, dies aged 84 at home in Manhattan, New York City, USA. The Leeds Music catalogue included Strangers In The Night, Downtown, I Want To Hold Your Hand, C'est Si Bon and The Girl From Ipanema. The company published songs by Sammy Cahn, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Henry Mancini ,Ames Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, Les Paul, Connie Francis and Bobby Darin.
Status Quo appear on long-running UK tv soap opera Coronation
Street, portraying themselves as the band playing at the wedding
reception for characters in the show, Cilla Brown and Les
Battersby.
Leslie West, guitarist of Mountain, and Corky Laing, drummer of Mountain, are interviewed at The House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, for the Living Legends Music series.
Troubled country singer Mindy McCready is released from jail in Tennessee, USA, after serving half of a 60-day sentence for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge. 
When Pete Townshend, songwriter and guitarist of The Who, delivers the BBC John Peel lecture at the Lowry Theatre, Salford, UK, he urges iTunes to offer, among other things, A+R guidance, financial support, publishing, marketing and distribution to unsigned musicians. (2011).
Country music star Ray Price reveals, in a local newspaper interview, that he has been battling pancreatic cancer for six months.
Zucchero plays the first of two nights at The Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.1896 |
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