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Musical comedy The Casino Girl is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 105 performances.
The comic opera Merrie England is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 120 performances.
The Bostonians troupe performs the musical comedy The Serenade at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
"The fascinating musical success" The Burgomaster, whose cast of 80 features "The Famous Girley Chorus of Youth, Beauty and Grace", is playing at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.Bernard Addison is born in Annapolis, Maryland. His jazz guitar will be heard on recordings by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, The Mills Brothers and others.
Ernest Carl 'Wimpy' Jones, who will play steel guitar, guitar, bass, piano, banjo and drums with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, is born in Uniontown, Alabama, USA.
Monty Norman, big band vocalist with the Orchestras of Ted Heath, Stanley Black and others, is born in London. Norman is, however, best known as the composer of the James Bond Theme.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the first night of a week at the Surf Beach Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.David Thompson is born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He will find success as a country music singer and recording artist in the 70s and 80s.
Fats Domino, The Dells, The Spaniels and The Flamingos play at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Jackie De Shannon records Heaven Is Being With You, for Liberty Records. The song is written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Cynthia Weil.
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.Willie Dixon records Weak Brain! Narrow Mind!, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The track will appear on the album Chicago Blues from Spivey Records.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows are in Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, recording Whatcha' Gonna Do About It and Just A Little Bit Too Late.
Driving home at the end of a day of Filming in Twickenham, near London, England, UK, John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles write Help!, which will become the title track of their next film.
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Big Brother And The Holding Company play the first of two nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
During their Sounds Of Ireland tour, The Irish Rovers' are playing a week of shows at The Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.Having already played one show today, Joy Division play a second gig, at The Moonlight Club, London, UK.
Prince plays the first of two nights at Lakeland, Florida, USA.
Wilko Johnson plays at The Richmond, Brighton, England, UK, Europe, supported by Number One Son.
Queen And Paul Rodgers play at PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy, Europe.
When The Black Keys play at The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA, the show is filmed and will be released as the DVD Live At The Crystal Ballroom.
The two-day long Cape Town International Jazz Festival comes to an end at various locations around Cape Town, South Africa. Artists appearing during the event included award-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves, jazz-funk king Maceo Parker, smooth jazz guitarist Peter White and legendary South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela.
The Sonics play on the last night of Le Beat Bespoke 6 Weekender in The Venue, Great Portland Street, London, UK.
On their Keep Calm And Play Louder Tour, McFly play at The Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, UK.
Bette Midler posts a Tweet stating that streaming company Pandora paid her just over $114 for more than 4m song plays during a three month period. Soon after, Pandora disputes Midler's figures, stating that they paid "more than $6,400" for the plays.
B.B. King plays an "erratic" concert at Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, for which he later apologises, claiming it was caused by a combination of missing his diabetic medications and exhaustion after a 1600 mile bus trip from Las Vegas, Nevada.
On his Gemini tour, Macklemore plays the second of two nights at The 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.At Bournemouth Crown Court, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe, Richard Hutter (aged 55) of Matchams Close, St Leonards, Dorset, is sentenced having previously pleaded guilty to 13 offences under trademarks and copyright legislation and one offence of money laundering, contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act. He is ordered to pay over £373,000 and given a suspended prison sentence for the sale of illegal copies of vinyl records.
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