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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.Bud And Joe Billings, a pseudonym for Frank Luther and Carson Robison, record When It's Springtime In The Rockies, Barnacle Bill The Sailor No2 and Sleepy Rio Grande, at Victor Studio, Trinity Baptist Chuirch, New York City, USA for Victor Records.
Adrian Legg is born in Hackney, London, UK. His rarely rivalled mastery of the guitar will lead to him frequently being described as 'the guitarist's guitarist'.
Jazz pianist Larry Green plays the second night of a ten-day engagement at Bill Green's Casino, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jimmy Lewis records All The Fun's On Me, I'm Still In Love, I've Gotta Right To Love and Slippin' And Slidin', for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Pee Wee King is playing during a week of shows at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The movie musical Lullaby Of Broadway, starring Doris Day, Gene Nelson and The Page Cavanaugh Trio, opens at cinemas in Finland, Europe. The songs in the film are composed by George Gershwin.
It is reported that young entrepreneur Berry Gordy Jr of Detroit, Michigan, USA, has announced plans to start his own recording label. The label will become the Motown Records empire.
Hank Thompson plays during a three-week engagement at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Neil Sedaka plays the eleventh of fifteen nights at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The New Stan Getz Quartet, with Astrud Gilberto, plays during a month of dates at The Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, USA.
The Rolling Stones play at The Civic Auditorium, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Byrds. On the same day, The Stones also record an appearance on tv show Shivaree. This is also the first day on which Stones' guitarist Brian Jones takes LSD, at the urging of acid-evangelist Ken Kesey and his group, The Merry Pranksters.
John Lennon of The Beatles attends a party for Johnny Mathis, thrown at the Montague Mansions, London, home of EMI executive Norman Newell.
The The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, plays at the Chinese R'n'B Club in the Corn Exchange, Bristol, UK.
The Electric Flag and It's a Beautiful Day play the last of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country Joe and The Fish play the first of three nights at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tony Joe White records his composition Polk Salad Annie for Monument Records in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA.
Steppenwolf appear on UK tv's Joe Brown Show, and also play live at The Marquee, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane is arrested for marijuana possession at the Royal Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald releases a new single Sunshine Of Your Love/Hey Jude, in the UK on Polydor Records. (Hey Jude is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles]
Buffy Sainte-Marie and The Nice and Colwell-Winfield play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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The first USA For Africa royalty cheque is paid, amounting to $6.5m.
Rick Springfield plays at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe. This is his first-ever UK concert.
Randy California plays at The Royal, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.On her Heart Of Stone tour, Cher plays at The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Neil Diamond makes an unannounced appearance at the annual graduation ceremony in New York University, from which he had dropped out in 1962.
The town of Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, names its post office after Frank Sinatra, who was born there.
M.C. Hammer, N.W.A., Ice-T, Young M.C., Above the Law, Tone-Loc, Digital Underground and Michel'le - under the name of The West Coast Rap All-Stars - release a collaborative anti-gang violence single, We're All In The Same Gang, in the USA.
Bob Dylan begins the North American leg of his 2008 tour with a gig at The Palladium, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curtiba, Brazil, South America.
On his Botanical Gardens tour, Don McLean plays at The U sher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Former One Direction member Niall Horan plays at The MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Lewis Capaldi and Fletcher.
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