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The musical extravaganza Chris And The Wonderful Lamp, with music by John Philip Sousa, is playing at The Victoria Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 58 performances.

Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, opens at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 125 performances.
The musical comedy



Billy Hayes is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He will find success as a songwriter, his best-known hit being Blue Christmas, recorded by Elvis Presley and many others.
Popular vocalist Joy Nichols, who will find success with her many appearances on the British radio show Take It From Here, is born in Sydney, Australia.
Noble Watts is born in DeLand, Florida, USA. Under the name
Noble 'Thin Man' Watts, he will play saxophone live and record
with artists including Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis. As a
solo performer he will release a series of singles on Baton Records, including
the instrumental hits Hard Times [The
Slop] in 1957 and Jookin' in 1961.
Patricia Routledge is born in Birkenhead, The Wirral, Cheshire, UK. She will come to success as a Tony Award-winning stage actress and singer, before finding huge popularity on the British tv series Keeping Up Appearances.
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra come to the end of a Californian tour which included one-nighters in San Francisco, Oakland and elsewhere.
During an extensive national tour, singing cowboy Gene Autry plays in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
The Rolling Stones are working on the song Wild Horses in Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.

The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling US singles, is Too Much Talk by Paul Revere And The Raiders entering at No54.
New Musical Express (NME) reports that the British Musicians Union is planning to ban the use of stand-in musicians on pop records made by British groups. The action follows the admission that The Love Affair used session players on their hit Everlasting Love.
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Pink Floyd play at Patronaat, Terneuzen, Netherlands, Europe, and also at Concertgebouw, Vlissingen, Netherlands.
The day after trouble breaks out at a Led Zeppelin show, police raid the band in their hotel room in Scarborough, Australia. No drugs are found.

When the J. Geils Band appear on New York City tv's Joe Franklin Show, they re-create their Centerfold single video by forming a human pyramid and splashing each other with paint.

Tour manager Gerry Stickells and promoter Harvey Goldsmith begin planning The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Queen's offices in Pembridge Road, London, UK.



Gotye plays at Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Europe, supported by Wiltshire-born singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin.

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