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The musical comedy The Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances.
The musical comedy The Strollers is being presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of seventy performances.
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 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.
Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole rises from No3 to No1 in the Cashbox
Magazine Top Ten Juke Box Tunes Chart in the USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson II [Alex 'Rice' Miller] records Do It If You Wanta, Stop Crying, Come On Back Home, West Memphis Blues, I Cross My Heart, Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues, Pontiac Blues and Cool, Cool Blues, for Trumpet Records in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. His band on this session includes Elmore James on guitar.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra are playing at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Having opened at The Theatre Royal, Bristol, England, UK, the musical Salad Days now transfers to The Vaudeville Theatre, London, where it will run for 2,283 performances.Drummer W.S. Holland joins Johnny Cash's backing duo, The Tennessee Two, transforming it into The Tennessee Three.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
The Jazz Crusaders play at The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
jazz keyboardist and filmscore composer Jack Wilson plays the first of two nights with his big band at The Lindy Opera House, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Fourmost release a new single, Here, There And Everywhere, in the UK on Parlophone Records. The song is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
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The Righteous Brothers are playing during a month-long engagement at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Hugh Masekela and Jimmy Smith are playing during a ten day season at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Terri Lynn Sauson is born in Montreal, Canada. She will achieve success as country singer, songwriter and recording artist Terri Clark Layla by Derek And The Dominos - including Eric Clapton and Duane Allman on guitars - peaks at No10 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA. It will be their only hit single.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia.
Stevie Wonder signs a $13m, 7-year recording contract with Motown Records in the USA - the largest in the industry at the time.
Denys George Irving, better known under the name Lucifer which he used as his identity for rock music projects, dies aged 32 in a hang gliding accident at Mill Hill, Sussex, UK.
Danse Society play the first of two nights at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac meets with the rest of the band to discuss his recent decision not to tour in support of their latest album, Tango In The Night. The meeting ends in a screaming match in the driveway between Buckingham and his former partner Stevie Nicks. She subsequently identifies this as the date on which "the new history of Fleetwood Mac began."
The highest new entry in the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia, Oceania, is She Ain't Worth It by Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown entering at No23. It will peak at No8.
The Tite Curet Alonso dies in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, due to repiratory failure after being hospitalized in April, 2003. He was one of the most respected songwriters working in the Salsa genre, with hits including La Tirana and Plantacion Adentro.
U2 play at The Parc De Sports Charles Ehrman, Nice, France, Europe, supported by Keane and The Zutons. 
The Big Chill Festival at Eastnor, Stratford On Avon, England, UK, features artists including Keren Ann Zeidel.
The Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, closes down after 25 years of presenting rock shows by artists including The Cure, The Police, U2, Tina Turner, Marillion, Miles Davis, Metallica, The Tragically Hip, Les Rita Mitsouko, Jean-Jacques Goldman, King Crimson, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The three-day-long Lollapalooza Festival opens at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing on this day include A Perfect Circle, Muse, Crystal Castles, OK Go and Tinie Tempah.Nicki Minaj plays in Central Park, New York City, USA, for ABC tv's Good Morning America show.
Popular British/Australian entertainer and hit-maker Rolf Harris is arrested for a second time on suspicion of sexual offences being investigated by the Operation Yewtree investigation in the UK.
During their Mechanical Bull Tour, Kings Of Leon play at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On her Live 2016 Tour, Adele plays the first of six nights at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.1900 |
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