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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 Wizard Of Oz is playing at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fred R. Hamlin's musical extravaganza
"Character singers" The Mortons, "talented vocalists" Banks And Winona Winters, "Phenomenal Baritone" Susie Fisher are providing musical entertainment at The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Weber And Fields' burlesque show Fiddle-Dee-Dee is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Freddie Hubbard Septet records Body And Soul and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Impulse Records.
Jay Whidden And His Band, record Hello Sunshine Hello, Blue Hills Of Pasadena, In The Heart Of The Sunset and Ninette, in London, UK, for Imperial Records.
Singing trio The Gumm Sisters play the last of seven nights with the Gilmore Circus at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, adopts a Top 40 rock 'n roll format. The first song played is Alley-Oop by The Hollywood Argyles.
Elvis Presley begins filming for the movie G.I. Blues, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley releases a new single, I Feel So Bad / Wild In The Country, on RCA Records in the USA.
In the course of a robbery, two members of rock'n'roll quartet Jackie And The Starlites murder 73-year old Dr Emil Markussen in his apartment in New York City, USA.
The Stanley Brothers record I'll Fly Away, Heaven's Light Shining On Me, We Shall Rise and other tracks in King Studios, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Neil Sedaka plays the last of seven nights at The Forty Thieves Lounge, Bermuda, North Atlantic.
Roy Orbison, Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Granada, East Ham, UK.
The American Folk, Blues And Gospel Car avan plays at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, featuring such acts as Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Muddy Waters, Reverend Gary Davis, Otis Spann and Cousin Joe Pleasants.
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The Beatles Second Album knocks Meet The Beatles off the No1 slot in the Billboard Album Chart in the USA.
Mississippi Fred McDowell records tracks for the album Fred McDowell Volume 2 for Arhoolie Records in Berkeley, California, USA.
Brenda And The Tabulations are playing during ten nights at The Nixon Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Steppenwolf, supported by Travel Agency, play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Supremes are recording the track He's My Sunny Boy at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Producer of the session is Smokey Robinson.
The Who preview their new rock opera, Tommy, for the press at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, England, UK, Europe.
Organisation, a group including two future members of Kraftwerk, Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider, plays at the Pop And Blues Festival in the Grugahalle, Essen, Germany, Europe.
Bob Dylan oversees vocal overdubs by Carolyn Dennis, Jo Ann Harris and Helena Springs on the song Baby, Stop Crying, at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California.
Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Larry Clinton dies of cancer, aged 75, in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms Tour plays the second of two nights at the City Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia.
The Alarm play at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, supported by The Faith Brothers.
The ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards are held in the USA. Winners of awards for the Most-Performed Songs From Motion Pictures are Partyman by Prince (from the movie Batman), Birthday Suit by Rhett Lawrence and Dean Pitchford (from Sing) and Surrender To Me by Richard Marx and Ross Vannelli from Tequila Sunrise. Elmer Bernstein wins the Lifetime Achievement Award.
On her Aphrodite World Tour, Kylie Minogue plays the first of three nights at The Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, USA.
The LP 100 Years Of Robert Johnson by The Big Head Blues Club, is released in the UK. The album features Big Head Todd And The Monsters, B.B. King, Charlie Musselwhite, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm and others.
Gary U.S. Bonds , Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Mark Wynter and The Fleerekkers play at The Granada, Kingston, UK.
In the early hours of the morning, after playing a gig in Santiago, Chile, South America, Liam Payne of One Direction posts several emotional Tweets which fuel speculation that he has split up with his girlfriend Sophia Smith.
James begin their Girl At The End Of The World tour with a gig at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK.
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On their The M A N I A tour, Fall Out Boy play at The Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China, Asia.
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