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The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
The Empire Gaeity Co. is presenting a new Burlesque, About Town, at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Samba vocalist 
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The musical production The Burgomaster, "with a company of 65 people", is presented at The Columbia Theater, Washington DC, USA.
American ragtime composer/pianist Scott Joplin, dies of syphilis in Ward's Island Hospital, New York State, USA.The musical comedy Up She Goes is presented at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 256 performances.
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra record Little Peach and Toddle Along for Okeh Records in New York City, USA.
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra record Little Peach and Toddle Along for Okeh Records in New York City, USA.
Edward Wente at Bell Labs files patent No. 1,812,389, establishing the basic principle of the direct-radiator loudspeaker with a small coil-driven mass-controlled diaphragm in a baffle with a broad midfrequency range of uniform response. [Whatever that means].
The musical show The Wonder Bar is presented at The Nora Bayes Theatre on Breoadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 76 performances. Set in a Parisian nightclub in 1929, the show stars Al Jolson and features music by Robert Katscher with lyrics by Irving Ceasar.
Mack Lunsford, His Westerners and The Texas Ranch Girls play the second of two nights at The Ace Theatre, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.Poet, musician and author Gil Scott-Heron is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Many critics will come to regard him as the father of rap music.
Hank
Williams And The
Drifting Cowboys play at The Robinson Memorial Auditorium in
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. 3:00 & 8:00 pm shows. Also on the show is Lefty
Frizzell.
Billie Holiday, backed by The Wardell Gray Quartet, is playing at The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the fifth of six nights at The Hippodrome, Manchester, England, UK.Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Remo Four, Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes, The Big Three, Dale Roberts And The Jaywalkers, Ray And The Del-Renas, Derry And The Seniors, Johnny Rocco And The Jets, The Pressmen, Cilla Black and Ricky Temple play in an All-Night Rock Session at The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
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The
Kingston Trio play the tenth night of a two-week season at
The
Hungry i, San
Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles release a jukebox version of their single Twist And Shout / Misery on Parlophon Records in Italy, Europe.
Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, takes out a lease on The Saville Theatre in London, England, UK, where he will begin staging rock shows.
Nina And Frederik begin a one-week season at Tito's, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.The Troggs record Wild Thing and With A Girl Like You at Regent Sound Studio, London, England, UK.
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The Move play at The Marquee in London, England, UK, for the first time, as support to Gary Farr and the T-Bones.
The Turtles are playing during a five-night engagement at The Hullabaloo Club, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Dick Dale and The Palace Guard.The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) by Harpers Bizarre peaks at No13 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. The song is written by Paul Simon.
The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck and The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Odeon, Ipswich, UK.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Split Enz and The Sports play at Armidale University, Armidale, Australia, 
Willie Nelson's tour bus (with Willie inside) is hit on a slush-covered highway in Nova Scotia, Canada, when a car crosses the centre-line of the Trans-Canada Highway, six miles east of the town of Truro. The car driver is killed but no-one in the bus is injured.
Fish and Stage Dolls play at 
During an eighteen-date European tour, Bruce Springsteen makes his BBC Top Of The Pops debut, live by satellite from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 
When Kiss headline at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, Texas, USA, their opening act Ted Nugent verbally attacks Latin-American immigrants, yelling, "If you’re not gonna speak English, get the fuck out of America." Understandably, he gets himself banned from the venue.
Michael Jackson is given the Humanitarian Award from The African Ambassadors' Spouses Association, A.A.S.A., for his worldwide humanitarian efforts, particularly in Africa. The ceremony is held at the Embassy Of Ethiopia, Washington, DC, USA.The five-day long Byron Bay Bluesfest comes to an end at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay, Australia. 104,244 fans havel attended over the five days of the event to see artists including Paul Simon, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite, Santana, Iggy And The Stooges, Wilco, Jason Mraz, The Lumineers, Rodriguez, Ben Howard and more. Artists appearing today include Paul Simon, Mavis Staples, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Tony Joe White, Zac Brown Band, Ben Howard, The Beards and The Lumineers.
On their A Head Full Of Dreams tour, Coldplay play the second of two nights at Estadio Unico de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentinia, South America.
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On their Revolution Radio tour, Green Day play at The Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
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