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The Dudes and Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Noel Boggs record Just Like Two Drops Of Water, I Was Sorta Wonderin', T-T-Tucy-Ty, Hoein' Cotton and Las Vegas Nevada, in Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Flamboyant American pianist Liberace wins £8,000 damages in the High Court, London, England, UK, Europe, against UK newspaper the Daily Mirror, which had published an article implying that he was homosexual.
Bobby Darin plays the tenth night in a month long engagement at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, opening for comedian George Burns.With Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, in the grip of a blizzard, a concert by Liberace at the 1200-seater Monticello Theater attracts an audience of just four people. Nevertheless, the flambouyant pianist performs his full show for them.
Bobby Rydell plays the tenth night in a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as support to comedian George Burns.
Wanda Jackson is playing during a month of shows at The Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the eleventh night of a pre-Christmas season in The Congo Room of The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Bill Haley And His Comets play the thirteenth night of a three-week season at The El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley leaves Memphis, Tennessee, USA, en route for Los Angeles, where he is scheduled to film Viva Las Vegas with Ann-Margret.
Elvis Presley records Viva Las Vegas, at MGM Sound Studios in Culver City, California, USA. Glen Campbell plays guitar on the session. The song, which will become the title track for Presley's next movie, is written by Doc Pomus and Mort Schuman.
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Elvis Presley is at MGM Studios in Los Angeles, California, USA, for pre-production work on his next movie Viva Las Vegas.
Elvis Presley begins filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
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Presley is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering
at No60.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos play the last night of a week at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
When The Benny Goodman Orchestra plays at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the show is broacast live on radio as part of the All Star Parade of Bands New Year Show.
The Green, Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.Elvis Presley continues with his comeback season of concerts at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley begins rehearsals in Conference Room C of the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in preparation for a four-week season of concerts at the hotel.
Elvis Presley continues with his four-week second season at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson plays at Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg, Germany, Europe. The concert is taped and will, in due course, be released as an album.
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The Bee Gees play their first 'One Night Only' concert at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The show, including a duet with Celine Dion, is filmed for international tv broadcast.Linda Ronstadt is barred from performing at the Aladdin Hotel And Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, after she reads selections from Michael Moore's controversial book Fahrenheit 9/11 during her show.
The Killers perform Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me live on tv show Saturday Night Live in the USA.It is revealed that The Killers’ former drummer is suing the band, claiming that he wrote the hit single Mr Brightside.
The Killers play the second of two nights at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rapper The Game is refused permission to showcase his new range of sneakers at Magic Marketplace in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, because the organisers believe he was involved in the shooting of rap mogul Suge Knight.
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The three-day long Lollapalooza Festival 2013 begins in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the three days of the event include The Killers, Mumford And Sons, Vampire Weekend, The Cure, Phoenix, Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey and Two Door Cinema Club.
The 2014 Billboard Music Awards event is held at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Justin Timberlake wins as top artist, top male artist and top Billboard 200 Artist for his The 20/20 Experience. Other multiple award winners include Imagine Dragons, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. One extraordinary aspect of the night was a 'performance' by a 'hologram' of Michael Jackson 'singing' Slave To The Rhythm with a live five-piece band and sixteen dancers onstage. (In fact the 'hologram' is actually an old stage magician's trick called Pepper's Ghost which uses a mirror to create a moving onstage image)
Britney Spears plays another show in the fourth leg of her Piece Of Me residency at The Planet Hollywood Theater Of The Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
A$AP Rocky performs at Drai's Beach Club - Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Blink-182 play for the AT And T Developer Conference at the Palms Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, during the Consumer Electronics Show.
On their Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at The Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.On their Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at The American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, USA.It is reported that Jesse Webb, a fan who invaded the stage during Britney Spears' Planet Hollywood residency in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in 2017 has now secured a plea deal to avoid going to jail.
On their 135-date Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at The Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Five Finger Death Punch play at Papp Laszlo Sportarena, Budapest, Hungary, Europe.1951 |
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