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The musical Aunt Hannah, billed as "full of catchy music' is presented at The Bijou Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 21 performances.
Musical comedy The Rounders is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 36 performances.
The Geisha, billed as "The most delightful of all musical comedies", is playing at The Manhattan Beach, New York City, USA.
Musical comedy The Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances. The show is advertised as including a chorus of 100 persons.
The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
Peter Welin of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, is granted US Patent No US694450 A for his invention of a new type of music-roll for automatic musical instruments.
The Bostonians troupe performs the musical comedy The Serenade at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Bijou Musical Comedy Co. presents A Trip To Chinatown at The Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
"The fascinating musical success" The Burgomaster, whose cast of 80 features "The Famous Girley Chorus of Youth, Beauty and Grace", is playing at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
"Venetian Serenaders" The Five Nosses, "Statuesque Singer" Marie Dresser and "Singing And Dancing Comedians" The Knight Brothers are providing the musical entertainment at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Weber And Fields' burlesque musical extravaganza Fiddle Dee Dee is playing at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
Musical fantasy The Storks is presented at The Dearborn Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.A new theatre, The Opera House, opens in DuBois, Pennsylvania, USA. During silent movies, an in-house orchestra performs a musical soundtrack. The theater contains two balconies, with tickets for less expensive seats. The top balcony is nicknamed "peanut heaven" because younger patrons tended to throw peanuts and shells onto the people below. The venue will later change its name to The Avenue Theatre. Broadway stars including Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald, Ray Bolger and Buddy Ebsen will perform at the theatre.
Avery And Hart, and their own company, are starring in the comedy success The Sons Of Ham at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA. The musical Forty-five Minutes From Broadway, with music and lyrics by George M. Cohan, opens at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 90 performances.
A feature by prominent composer and violinist Leo Oehmler in this month's edition of New York City-based magazine The Musical Observer is entitled "Ragtime : A Pernicious Evil And Enemy Of True Art".
Alexander Van Vliet Feldman is born in New York City, USA. He will become a respected musical arranger and bandleader under the name Van Alexander. His arrangement of A-Tisket A-Tasket, for example, will provide Ella Fitzgerald with one of her biggest hits.
The Chicago Band performs a concert in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA, playing popular songs, light classics and songs from musicals.
Musical The Blue Paradise is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. A review in The Evening Journal hails it as "Replete with good music and excellent songs." The show will run on Broadway for 356 performances.An "extraordinary tri-star constellation of comedy, song, dance and novelties" opens for a week at The Hippodrome, Youngstown, Ohio, USA. The show includes "The Best Sellers - a musical fantasy based on modern fiction", and performers such as Hermine Shone, Jack Wyatt's Scotch Lads And Lassies, William Seabury and others.
Orchestra leader and arranger Nelson Riddle is born in Oradell, New Jersey, USA. He will provide musical arrangements for Nat 'King' Cole, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and many others.
Calvin Owens is born in Houston, Texas, USA. He will find success as a trumpeter, bandleader, and composer/arranger, spending many years as musical director with B.B. King's touring bands.
The musical Love Comes Along, starring Bebe Daniels, opens at cinemas in the USA.
Much-loved light opera and musical star Ferris Hartman dies of starvation in a hotel room in Oakland, California, USA.
The musical Red, Hot And Blue, with songs by Cole Porter, plays at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 183 performances.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
The movie Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and others, opens at cinemas in Austria, Europe.
The musical comedy, Call Me Madam, with music by Irving Berlin and starring Ethel Merman, is playing at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 644 performances.The musical revue Michael Todd's Peep Show is performed at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 278 performances.
The musical comedy Where's Charley? is playing at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of forty-eight performances.
The MGM musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel, is released to cinemas in Italy, Europe. Ten songs in the film are composed by Irving Berlin.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.Crazy Man Crazy by Bill Haley And His Comets enters the Billboard Juke Box Chart in the USA where it will peak at No12. It is generally regarded as the first recognized rock'n'roll recording to register on the national American musical charts.
British teen movie musical It's Great To Be Young, featuring popular Irish singer Ruby Murray, is released to cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
Bobby Darin records What'd I Say, My Bonnie, Tell Me How You Feel and Tell All The World About You for Atco Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session features Rene Hall [gt], Glen Campbell [gt], Red Callendar [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Richie Frost [drums], Ray Johnson [piano], Plas Johnson [tenor sax], Nino Tempo [tenor sax] and The Blossoms (Darlene Love, Fanita James, Gloria Jones). Musical arrangements are by Jimmie Haskell.
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The musical comedy film Bye Bye Birdie has its premiere in New York City, USA. The film, based on Elvis Presley being drafted into the US Army, stars Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke, with Jesse Pearson as fictitious pop idol Conrad Birdie (a pun on Conway Twitty), along with Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell. TV show host Ed Sullivan appears as himself.The second edition of US tv's Judy Garland Show is taped, with guests Mel Torme and Count Basie and his Orchestra.
Paul Anka plays the second night of a one-week run in the starring role of the musical play What Makes Sammy Run at the 54th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Judy Garland is seen appearing as the host in an ABC-TV Special The Hollywood Palace, in the USA.
It is reported that record producer Nick Venet has recently completed overseeing musical segments for two movie projects, Out Of Sight and Skater Dater. Out Of Sight, a spy spoof, utilises the talents of Gary Lewis And The Playboys, Dobie Gray, The Turtles, Freddie And The Dreamers, The Knickerbockers and The Astronauts.
Judy Garland celebrates her 45th birthday by having dinner with Tom Green in the Pump Room of the Ambassador East Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Petula Clark stars in This Is Petula Clark, the first of her own BBC-1 tv series, live from London, England, UK, Europe, with musical accompaniment by The Breakaways and an orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, continues its second leg at the State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
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