3rd April

A banquet is served in The Town Hall, Sharon, Massachusetts, USA, accompanied with instru­mental music and appropriate after-dinner addresses, in commemoration of the successful lecturing tour under­taken in 1802 by the veteran Continental woman soldier Deborah Sampson Gannett of Sharon.

The Topsey Turvey Burlesquers are appearing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Character singer Lizzie B. Raymond, minstrel act Lew Hawkins, singing and dancing duo Lavender And Tomsom, novelty instrumentalists Mallory Bros And Brooks and banjo and xylophone Virtuoso Musical Thor are among the performers at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.

The musical comedy The Prince Of Pilsen is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of four months.

The musical production The Burgomaster, "with a company of 65 people", is presented at The Columbia Theater, Washington DC, USA.

The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.

Doris van Kappelhoff is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She will grow up to become internationally successful singer and actress Doris Day.

Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy record Cloudy and Puddin' Head Serenade for Decca Records in the USA.

Ray Pearl And His Orchestra play at Casino Gardens, Ocean Park, California, USA.

Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys play at The High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.

Jazz and r'n'b bandleader Todd Rhodes and Honey Brown play at Springbrook Gardens, Lima, Ohio, USA.

Fats Domino plays the last of three nights at the 5-4 Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers play the third night of two-weeks at the Palladium, London, UK.

In the UK, the BBC bans airplay of The Coasters song Charlie Brown because the lyric includes the word 'spitball' which is deemed too offensive for radio broadcast. Two weeks later, once the meaning of the term has been explained, the BBC will change its mind and allow the song to be played. [censorship]

Shout! Shout! [Knock Yourself Out] by Ernie Maresca reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart. (1962)

Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, Mark Wynter and Julie Grant play the third night in a week of shows at The Empire, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.

Rory Storm And The Hurricanes play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

Solomon Burke reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles chart in the USA with Got To Get You Off My Mind, for the first of three weeks.

The Paul Bley Quintet plays at The Contemporary Centre, New York City, USA.

The Teen-Age Fair, billed as "The World's Fair For Teen-Agers" is taking place at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Artists appearing over the course of the ten-day event include Sonny And Cher, The Regents, The Challengers and Joey Paige. The event also includes dance contests, Surfing movies, a Miss Teen International Pageant, karate demonstrations, fashion shows and Model Car Drag Strip Racing.

Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The final overdub session for the Bob Dylan album Self Portrait is held in Columbia Records Music Row studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Charlie Daniels adds guitar and Albert W. Butler adds sax and clarinet to the song Alberta.

The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.

Split Enz and The Sports play at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania.

Chariot play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Split Crow.

Yeah Yeah Noh play at The One In Twelve Club, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.

Tears For Fears play at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

Bruce Springsteen ends a brief Australian tour with two nights at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

On The Pulse Beat play at The Royal Standard, London, England, UK, Europe.

45 South play at Club Royal, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.

Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan dies of lung cancer at her home in Hidden Hills, California, USA, aged 66.

The Grateful Dead play the first of three nights of concerts in Atlanta, Georgia, during which local police will confiscate 4,856 tabs of acid, 29 bags of mushrooms, 24 lids of marijuana, one vial of crack and 18 nitrous oxide cylinders. 57 arrests will be made.

J ukebox The Ghost play at The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

On her Gimmie Love tour, Carly Rae Jepsen plays at Kobe World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan, Asia.

Enisferum and Fleshgod Apocalypse play at Trix, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.

On her We Were Here Tour, Lights plays at The Capitol Centre, North Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Seafret play at Antigua Fàbrica Estrella Damm, Barcelona, Spain, Europe.