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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Columbia Burlesquers with Nellie Florede ['The Lily Of Melody'], play at The Gayety Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.Ambrose And his Orchestra record 'S Wonderful, Roll Away Clouds, Somewhere and Song Of The Sea, at Hayes, Middlesex UK, for HMV Records.
Bing Crosby and The Boswell Sisters play the eleventh of fourteen nights at The Paramount Theatre, Times Square, New York City, USA.
Dick Robertson And His Orchestra record Happy Days Are Here Again and While We Danced At The Mardi Gras for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Danny Kaye is headlining at The Palace Theater, New York City, USA, during a lengthy run of shows.Andy Cox, guitarist for British bands The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals, is born in Birmingham, UK.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
The Willis Brothers are playing in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA.Brook Benton, Maxine Brown, The Marcels and Shep And The Limelites play the third night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Manny Albam And His Orchestra record Exodus, Majority Of One, The Green Leaves Of Summer and Paris Blues for Impulse Records in New York City, USA.
Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Three, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Carl Perkins, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western play in The Music Hall, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The Beach Boys play at a Surf Night in the Presbyterian Church on 54th and Mullen in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Having just arrived from Texas, Janis Joplin plays her first West Coast gig at The Coffee Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco, California, USA, where she passes the hat to raise some cash.Big Brother And The Holding Company play the second of three nights at the Soul City Club, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Felicia Sanders and Vaughn Meader are playing during two weeks of shows at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.By the time of their first of two gigs at The Festival Hall, Melbourne, during an Australian tour, Pete Townshend of The Who and Ronnie Lane of The Small Faces have become almost constant companions.
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The Famous Jug Band plays at The Talisman Hotel, Hitchin, Herfordshire, England, UK, Europe,
Canned Heat play at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Renaissance.
The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver play at City Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.Yoko Ono donates '250,000 to the Strawberry Field old people's home in Liverpool, UK, which had inspired The Beatles' song Strawberry Fields Forever.
Yoko Ono is in The Dorchester Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe, for a day of media interviews.Grammy-winning producer Ron Kersey dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Kersey was a member of The Trammps, co-writer of the hit single Disco Inferno, and one of the main keyboardists of MFSB, playing on many Philadelphia International hits.
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It is reported that Sting has been forced to apply for a Certificate of Lawfulness for a piggery at his home, Lake House, Great Durnford, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, because planning officials have learned that it was "not constructed with the original design approved by the council".
In an interview with UK tabloid The News Of The World, Robbie Williams declares that, despite previous statements to the contrary, he has no plans to re-join Take That.
White Rabbits release their second studio album, It's Frightening, in the UK on Mute Records.
Angels And Airwaves play at the premiere of the film Kokowaah in Berlin, Germany, Europe.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at The HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
Benji Madden of Good Charlotte marries actress Cameron Diaz after having been engaged for seventeen days and acquainted for seven months.
Demis Roussos dies, aged 68, from an undisclosed illness,, in Ygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece, Europe.
Walk The Moon play the second of two nights at The Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Kelly Clarkson begins a North American tour with a show at The Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
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