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Maggie Cline, Truly Shattuck, Carrie Graham, Fields And Ward and John W. Ransome play at Hashim's Academy Of Music, Washington DC, USA.
The musical comedy Miss Bob White, written by Willard Spenser, is playing at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Fred Irwin's Big Show presents two Burlesques, Are You An Eagle and At Gay Coney, at Kernan's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Sousa And His Band are playing at The Queeen's Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
The comic opera A "large section" of the US Marine Band is playing at Chevy Chase Lake, Washington DC, USA.
The Bostonian Burlesquers open at The Gayety Theatre, Washington DC, USA. The show is billed as "bright, breezy and buoyant".
Nesuhi Ertegun is born in Istanbul (aka Constantinople), Turkey, Europe. With his brother Ahmet Ertegun, he will move to the USA in 1935 and will become one of the founders of Atlantic Records, as well as a respected record producer.Bennie Moten and His Orchestra play the final night of a week of shows at the Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Palomar Supper Club opens at 713 Burrard Street at Alberni in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It will become the place in town for big-name entertainers, including The Ink Spots, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at the Carolina Warehouse, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Forest Park Highlands, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The Adams Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra perform an All George Gershwin Concert Program, featuring Earl Wild playing Rhapsody In Blue, for one night only at Constitution Hall, Washington DC, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play a live concert in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Del Wood records Margie, The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You, Listen To The Mockingbird and Washington And Lee Swing at Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Chuck Berry, Shirley And Lee, The
G-Clefs and Buddy And Ella
Johnson, play the fifth night of a week at the Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Jimmy Charles, Jimmy Jones, The Vibrations, The Clovers, The Bobbettes and Marie Knight play the third night in a week at the The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Jimmy Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] is given a two year suspended sentence for his part in a car theft, at Seattle Court House, Seattle, Washington, USA. The sentence is light because he has decided to enlist in the US Army.
Recording studio owner Hite Morgan registers copyright on The Beach Boys' song Surfin' with The Library Of Congress, Washington DC, USA.
Although Duke Ellington and his Orchestra are currently playing during a residency at Basin Street East, New York City, USA, Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn make use of the band to undertake a recording session for Verve Records during which they record Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Stardust, Jeep's Blues and other tracks.
Ella Fitzgerald and Stan Getz play at The Carter Barron Amphitheater, Washington DC, USA.
The Dillards open for three weeks at The Shadows, Washington DC, USA.
Jazz trombonist and bandleader Chris Barber records Black And Tan Fantasy in London, England, UK, Europe. The song was originally recorded by Duke Ellington.
Oteil Burbridge is born in Washington DC, USA. he will find success as a jazz and blues-rock bassist and multi-instrumentalist, working with The Allman Brothers Band, The Derek Trucks Band and others.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Jackson Country Club, Jackson, Michigan, USA.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The Beach Boys, Gary Lewis And The Playboys, The Beau Brummels, The Yardbirds, The Vejtables, The Mojo Men and Alexys play at Seattle Center Colisum, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Vanilla Fudge play the last of four nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA, supported by Lothar And The Hand People and The Fallen Angels.The Youngbloods play the first of three nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA, supported by Clockwork Orange.
The three-day-long 19th Cambridge Folk Festival comes to an end at Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe. Acts featured over the weekend have included the Maria Muldaur Band, The Strawbs, Stephane Grappelli, John Fahey, Eric Anderson, Queen Ida, Roger McGough, Flaco Jiminez, Sheb Woolley, Alexis Korner, Peter Rowan, John Hammond.
Sweet Honey In The Rock play their tenth anniversary concert at The UDC Auditorium, Washington DC, USA.
Madonna is interviewed on the set of the movie, Vision Quest, in Spokane, Washington, USA. Madonna has a cameo role in the film, as a singer performing in a night club.
While The Who are playing at Tacoma Dome, Washington, USA, Pete Townshend impales his hand on the tremolo arm of his guitar. To demonstrate to the audience what has happened, he lifts the guitar up by the offending tremolo arm while it is still stuck through his hand.
Dave Dexter, Jr., an American music journalist, record company executive and producer known primarily for his long association with Capitol Records, dies aged 74 in his sleep at home in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. In a long and acclaimed career he had worked with many important figures in jazz and traditional popular music, including Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra. 
Billy Ray Cyrus, Lonestar, Trisha Yearwood and Kim Richey are among the performers at Bill Clinton's inaugural celebrations in Washington DC, USA.On his 89th birthday, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is invested as a Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honoree for excellence in performance arts at a gala event in Washington DC.
Jorma Kaukonen plays the third of four nights at Double Dose Specialty, Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, Ohio, USA.
A full-page advertisement in The Washington Post describes the singer Lorde as a bigot, following her decision to cancel a live show in Israel. The advert was placed by outspoken rabbi Shmuley Boteach's This World: The Values Network.
Triple-Grammy-Winning quintet Pentatonix plays at Anthem, Washington DC, USA.
On their 50th Anniversary Tour, 
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