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Boston-born popular singer Andrew Mack is appearing in "His Greatest Success" Tom Moore, at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA. The newspaper ad for the show urges "Hear Mack's sweet songs".
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra are playing during a six-week residency at The Raymor Ballroom, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Patty Larkin is born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. She will find acclaim as a folk-pop singer-songwriter based in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Ames Brothers record Shadrack, Blind Barnabas, Dry Bones and Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho at Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
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Coffee house folk duo Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber appear on the front cover of Broadside of Boston Magazine. They will go on to form 60s cult psychedelic combo The Holy Modal Rounders.
Mitch Miller And His Sing-Along Gang appear at The Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show also features Leslie Uggams.Fabian, Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Clanton, Freddy Cannon, Bobby Vinton and others play in The Biggest Show Of Stars For 63, in The Forum, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Jazz alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis are recording tracks for their Verve Records LP Blue Pyramid in New York City, USA.
The Butterfield Blues Band, The Charles Lloyd Quintet and The Ultimate Spinach, play the first of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The two-day long Boston Globe Jazz festival begins at The War memprial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Gary Burton.
As riots spread in the aftermath of Martin Luther King's Assassination, James Brown plays a concert at the Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, which is broadcast live on tv, a strategy reckoned to have reduced the amount of rioting in that city.Lawyer Henry Steingarten writes to Jimi Hendrix about various worrying legal matters, including the recent cancellation of various live dates.
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The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, begin their first national tour, playing in cities across the U.S.A. including Boston, Cincinnati, Tennessee and New York City. Tonight's opening show is at The Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 
R.E.M. play at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Hüsker Dü.
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers begin a British tour at The Riverside, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, UK, Europe.
On their Here We Come Again Tour, The Monkees play in Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.
On his Nothing Like the Sun tour, Sting plays at the Great Woods Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Aerosmith play the last of three nights at the Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on the Pump Tour.
The Chick Corea Elektric Band releases a new LP, Inside Out, on GRP Records in the USA.
On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the first of two nights at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the second of two nights at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
On their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play the second of two nights at Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.
John Mayall And The Blues Breakers play at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Eddie Kirkland And The Energy Band, Boston Baked Blues and The Arlo West Blues Band.
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Step By Step by New Kids On The Block is certified as a triple-platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. 
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As the last date on their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play at Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith breaks his knee during a concert in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, delaying the band's Nine lives tour and necessitating camera angle changes for filming of the video for 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.'
Actress/singer Rebecca Pidgeon signs a two album deal with Fuel Records at her home in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Influential rapper Guru, best-known as front man for Gang Starr, dies in New York City, USA, aged 43, after a long battle with cancer. He had been in a coma for several weeks.
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Underoath play Pixies play at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This is the first gig for their new bassist Paz Lenchantin.
50 Cent, Calvin Harris, Ed Sheeran, Eric Church, Iggy Azalea, Lil Jon, Lorde, Meghan Trainor, One Direction, Paramore, The Pretty Reckless Train and Weezer play on the second day of The iHeartRadio Music Festival 2014, in MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On her 1989 World Tour, Taylor Swift plays the first of two nights at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Vance Joy, Shawn Mendes and HAIM.
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