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The musical farce The Belle Of Bohemia is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 55 performances.
Woods And Moss (Pen Woods And Laura Moss) open at The People's Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA, for a two week engagement.The 'fashionable vaudeville' show at The Grand Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, features Capt. Webb's Educated Seals And Sea Lions, The Andreassen Brothers, Lizzie Evans And Co, Libsey And Thayer, Florence Bindley, Orth And Fern, Lizzie Wilson and George W. Day.
Vocal duo Correll And Gosden [better known as radio stars Amos'n'Andy] record I Never Knew What The Moonlight Could Do, Elsie Schultz-en-Heim, I Just Wanna Be Known As Susie's Feller and Kiss Your Little Baby Goodnight, for Victor Records in The Webster Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra record Ozark Blues [In Yale Blues Time] and Alligator Crawl, for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA.
Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters and Jesse Crawford play the fifth night of a week at The Paramount Theatre, Times Square, New York City, USA.
At the end of a tour of Sweden, Europe, Charlie Parker flies to Paris, France, Europe, and moves into an apartment owned by Kenny Clarke and Annie Ross.
Jackie Gleason records What Is A Girl? and What Is A Boy? for Decca Records in New York City, USA. Both tracks are humourous recitations with orchestral accompaniment.
Blind street composer Louis
'Moondog' Hardin gives evidence in New York Supreme court in a
$100,000 damages suit alleging that Alan Freed, a deejay for WINS Radio, New York City, USA, is
using his music and his name without permission. [Freed was
broadcasting under the name Moondog].
Blues vocalist and guitarist Smokey Hogg dies of cancer [some sources say a ruptured ulcer], aged 46, in McKinney, Texas, USA. He was also an alcoholic, which presumbaly contributed to his poor state of health.
Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No1 during a 27-week run.
The Various Artists compilation LP Stars For A Summer Night reaches No1 on the Billboard albums chart in the USA. The album features performances by Dave Brubeck, Les Brown, Billy Butterfield, Ray Coniff, Percy Faith, The Harmonicats and more.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Johnny Cash and his future wife June Carter play their first show together, at a gig in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Neil Sedaka enters the UK pop singles chart with Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen, which will peak at No3 during an eighteen-week run.
Rockabilly vocalist 
Elvis Presley continues with 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.
Brook Benton, with Shelby Singleton as producer, records After Midnight, Going Going Gone, Daddy Knows and So Little Time for Mercury Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Kingston Trio play at Springlake Amusement Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Brook Benton records A Sailor's Love Song and Only A Girl Like You for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley throws a new Year Party at the Manhattan Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with entertainment provided by David Porter (composer of Hold On I'm Comin), vocalist Vaneese Williams and two rock groups, The Guillotines and The Willie Mitchell Band.
Sixteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen and his Freehold, New Jersey, USA, band The Castiles, enter the Mr. Music recording studio in Bricktown, New Jersey, USA, and tape That's What You Get, which is intended as their first single. Unfortunately, it does not get released.
On a tour to promote their second Smash Records LP, Love Lost And Found, Jay And The Techniques play in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.Steppenwolf, Charlie Musselwhite, The 4th Way and The Indian Head Band play the last of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and June Carter begin a British tour at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Little Richard plays the third of seven nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
First generation San Francisco hippy band The Grateful Dead play in the Field House, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA.
Janis Joplin attends the 10th Annual Reunion party at her former high school in Port Arthur, Texas, USA.To demonstrate his disgust for the phenomenon of disco music, deejay Steve Dahl causes a riot by blowing up a huge pile of disco records with dynamite during a White Sox vs Detroit Tigers game at Kamisky Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Fans bringing disco records to burn are given entrance to the game for just $1.
While Talking Heads are recording in Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean, a baby boy, Robert, is born to band members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.
Hank Williams, Jr., The Bama Band and David Allan Coe play at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
When Twisted Sister play in Midland, Texas, USA, the local police chief warns the band that the local sheriff wants to arrest the band. He advises the group members not to use any bad language onstage because if they do, he will not be able to get the group out of town safely.
Los Lobos are among the acts play as part of the Summerfest at The Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Kiss play at The Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.Metallica complete their recording sessions for Garage Inc, a 27-song double album of cover versions, at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California, USA.
Maximum Joy by Liverpool band Frankie Goes To Hollywood enters the UK pop albums chart, where it will peak at No54 in its week of entry.
Brian Wilson plays at The Saratoga Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga, New York State, USA.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at The Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, South America.
On the North American leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play at The Quebec City Summer Festival, The Plains Of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Umphrey's McGee play the first of two nights at The Fillmore, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.1900 |
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