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Joseph Wieser of Brooklyn, New York City, USA, applies for a patent for his invention of a pedal mechanism for self-playing attachments for pianos.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
Popular singer and actress Marie Cahill is appearing in the two-act musical Nancy Brown at The Bijou Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Cryin'
Sam Collins records Yellow Dog Blues, Loving Lady Blues, Jail
House Blues, Riverside Blues and The Devil In The Lion's Den in
Richmond, Indiana, USA, for Gennett Records.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.The Zoot Sims Quintet record All The Things You Are, You Go To My Head and Tickle Toe [The Scene Is Clean] for Gazell Records in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Singer and songwriter John Miles is born in Jarrow, Tyne And Wear, UK. He is best known for his 1976 Top 3 UK hit single, Music [Was my First Love].
Nat King Cole is playing during a week at The Earle Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.The highest new entry in the Cashbox singles chart is Learnin' The Blues by Frank Sinatra, entering at No40.
Stranger In Paradise by Tony Martin enters the UK popular singles chart at No11. It will peak at No6 during run of thirteen weeks on the chart.
Ian Walter Nelson is born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. He will find success as saxophonist Ian Nelson of 70s prog-rock band Be Bop Deluxe.
Stuck On You, by Elvis Presley reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers continue with a three-week engagement at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand .
Elvis Presley has a fifteenth day of location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!.
Jerry
Butler, The Miracles, The
Marvelettes, Ben E. King, Maxine Brown and
Betty Everett play the fourth night in a week at the Regal
Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Dizzy Gillespie records Coolie, Duke On The Run and other tracks at Nola Recording Studios, New York City, USA.
Buffalo Springfield play at Dorton Arena in the State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the last of fifteen nights at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Supertramp, led by Swindon-born Rick Davies, enter the UK album charts with Even In The Quietest Moments, which will peak at No12.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.Queen Ida, the first female accordion player to lead a zydeco band, plays at The Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, California, USA.
Bob Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as co-producer. Knopfler also plays guitar on the album, along with former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor. On this day, Dylan works on the song Foot Of Pride.
The Christians enter the UK singles chart with Born Again, which will peak at No25 during a seven-week run.
During a radio interview, 
The Black Crowes re-union tour plays at The Grand Casino, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA.On the second leg of their Unleashed tour, Fleetwood Mac play at the BankAtlantic Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
On his My World tour, Justin Bieber plays at Sentul City International Convention Center, Bogor, Indonesia, Asia.The Henrik Frieschlader Band begins recording the album House In The Woods at Megaphon Tonstudios, Arnsberg, Germany, Europe.
Justin Timberlake and Frank Ocean are among the music stars attending the TIME 100 Gala, Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World in New York City, USA.
Loudon Wainwright III is interviewed live and performs a couple of songs on the Breakfast show on BBC1 tv in the UK. (2013
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