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The Russell Brothers, Etta Butler, Prevost And Prevost, Stelling And Revelle, Donahue And Nicholls, Lavender And Tomson and Hamilton Hill play at the Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
The Strollers, with Eddie Foy, John Henshaw, Marie George, D.L. Don and "a battalion of pretty girls" is presented at The Metropolitan Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA.
The Bostonians troupe performs the musical comedy The Serenade at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.The New City Club Burlesquers are appearing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
The musical 
The Prince Of Pilsen is playing at The Metropolitan Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Actress and singer Marie Cahill is starring in Nancy Brown at The Bijou Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA.
Lydia Yeamans Titus, Hayes And Healy, The World's Trio, The Four Emperors Of Music and The Schenk Brothers are appearing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Prince's Orchestra records Hello Frisco Medley for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.My Foolish Heart by Billy Eckstine reaches No1 in the UK popular songs chart, based on sheet music sales.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, closes at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 740 performances.
Three popular singers, Petula Clark, Francoise Hardy and Rosy Arme, are presented with chocolate discs which they eat at a specially-arranged photo session.
The Top 5 Singles in The Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, oceania, on this day are as follows :1. SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES
2. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
3. Hello Mudduh,Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman
4. It's All In The Game - Cliff Richard
5. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the sixth of thirteen nights at the Oriental Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Rolling Stones, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Mike Berry and The Mojos, play at the Capitol, Cardiff, Wales.
Shotgun by Junior Walker And The All Stars enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No4.
Tom Jones records What's New Pussycat, with Burt Bacharach as arranger, for Decca Records in London, England, UK.
The High Flying Birds (formerly The Squires), featuring Neil Young, play at The Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada. This proves to be their last gig together.
Kassner Associated Publishers send a cheque for £27 5s 3d for royalties to Dave Davies, guitarist with The Kinks.
The instrumental backing track for the song Now I'm On My Own is recorded in Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The song is initially allocated to The Dalton Boys but is eventually released as by Paul Petersen.
Chet Atkins records Charlie Brown and Rhythm Guitar in RCA Victor Studio,1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Who play at 
Jim Morrison of The Doors visits the home of Elektra Records owner Jac Holzman in Los Angeles, California, USA, to give his son Adam a birthday gift of an African thumb piano.The Troggs release a new single, Little Girl, in the UK. On the same day, they appear on BBC1-tv show All Systems Freeman, hosted by Alan Freeman, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Tommy James And The Shondells headline a KIRZ radio concert in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Elvis Presley continues his month-long second season at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Sly And The Family Stone play at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK. Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix both attend the show but a plan for the pair to meet has to be abandoned because they are seated in separate boxes on opposite sides of the venue. Earlier in the day, Clapton had bought a left-handed Stratocaster for Hendrix but is, in the event, unable to give him the gift.
Style-punk Hazel O'Connor releases her most successful single, Eighth Day, on A+M Records in the UK.
Prince plays the first of six nights at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island, New York, USA, where he sells almost 100,000 tickets.
Level 42 play at The Apollo, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.1.3m people attend when Jean-Michel Jarre plays his Rendez Vous Houston open-air concert in Houston, Texas, USA.
On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the second of two nights at The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. During this show, Madonna invites her father, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, onstage to sing Happy Birthday to him.
We've
Got It Goin' On, the debut single by The Backstreet Boys, peaks at No69 on the Billboard Singles
Chart in the USA. It will be back.
On her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day attends the show.
Polly Samson, wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, helps police to rescue a man attempting to commit suicide in freezing water near her beach-side home in Hove, East Sussex, UK. The man - who resisted being rescued - is then taken to the Royal Sussex Country Hospital, where he is arrested and sectioned.
During the fifth leg of her Piece Of Me residency, Britney Spears plays at The Planet Hollywood Theater Of The Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jack White and Loretta Lynn are added to the Nashville Music City Walk Of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
On their On her Emerald Island tour, Caro Emerald plays at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by Irit Dekel.
During a solo tour to promote awareness and donations for The Trussell Trust charity, which supports a network of foodbanks around the UK, Glenn Tilbrook plays at St. John's Church, Farncombe, Surrey, England, UK, Europe,1901 |
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