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Thousands of spectators gather beside the Mississippi river in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to await the arrival of the winner of "The Steamboat Race Of The Century" between The Robert E. Lee and The Natchez. The winner is the Robert E. Lee, and the event will inspire the 1912 song Waiting For The Robert E. Lee, which will become a popular standard, recorded by Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Al Jolson, Benny Goodman and many others.
Isidore Caesar is born in Manhattan's Lower East Side, New York City, USA. He will find fame as lyricist and composer Irving Caesar. Although he will be credited with over 700 compositions in his long career, he is perhaps best-known as the lyricist of Tea For Two, Swanee, Just A Gigolo and Animal Crackers in My Soup.
Musical comedy The Bohemian Girl is playing at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA. It is described as having, "Fifty electric fans in continual motion" plus "Ice cream and ices served free at every performance".Annie Turner is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, She will become a respected gospel singer and pianist.
The Len Fillis Novelty Quartet records I'll Never Ask For More, Deep Night and Carolina Moon for Columbia Records in London, UK.
Bryan Davies is born in Manchester, UK. After moving to Australia, he will enjoy a No1 hit single there with Dream Girl in 1961.
Jerry Gray And His Club 15 Dance Band play the last of five nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
Singer-songwriter, harmonica virtusoso and recording artist Julian Dawson is born in London, England, UK.The Kingston Trio Trio is signed up to perform for one week at The Purple Onion Club, San Francisco, California, USA. The residency will prove so successful that it will last for seven months.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers and others play at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
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.
Barbra Streisand plays the second night of two weeks at The Town'n'Country, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
I Remember You by Frank Ifield enters the UK Top 30 singles chart, where it will peak at No1 during a twenty-one week stay.
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Adam Faith, The Crickets, PJ Proby, The Applejacks and Barry St John play in The Big Beat Night at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Johnny Stuart And His Band play at The Hermitage Ballroom, Hitching, Hertfordshire, UK. The show also features "glamourous vocalist" Cole Roberts.
Doris Troy and Paddy, Klaus And Gibson play an afternoon show at Notre Dame Hall, Leicester Square, London, England, UK.When Jane Fonda throws an Independence Day party in Malibu, California, USA, musical entertainment is provided by The Byrds.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.Another in the series of Sound-Out Mini-festivals begins in Woodstock, New York State. Running over the Labor Day weekend, this one features Tim Hardin, Major Wiley, The Blues Magoos, Chrysalis and Happy And Artie Traum.
The original line up of Deep Purple plays its final live gig, at the Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales.
The Carpenters enter the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with I Need To Be In Love which will peak at No25
Cliff Richard enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Devil Woman, which will become his biggest hit in America.
Buffalo, New York State, USA, radio station WHLD-FM (WKSE-FM) switches to an album rock format, under the call-sign WZIR, Wizard 98+.
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers, Green On Red, The Boothill Foot Tappers and Doctors Children play at The Electric Ballroom, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe. Compere for the night is Andy Kershaw.
Bob Dylan plays at the Farm Aid II benefit concert, Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
On her Compositions tour, Anita Baker plays at The World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
When Morrissey plays at Les Eurockeennes Festival, in Belfort, France, Europe, he drapes himself in a Union Jack flag and uses enlarged photographs of skinheads as a stage backdrop. When he repeats this stunt later in the UK, he will be pilloried by the NME (New Musical Express) as a fascist and a racist.It is reported that Sir Elton John has collapsed during a flight from France to Ireland, on his way to attend the wedding of Victoria 'Posh Spice' Adams and footballer David Beckham.
Foals and Two Door Cinema Club play at the month-long iTunes festival in The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK.
Country music acts Katie Quick, Jason And The Haymakers and others headline the Illinois Lottery Stage at the 2010 Taste of Chicago, in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
During her Via a website posting, r'n'b artist Frank Ocean reveals that his 'first love' was a male. The media immediately interpret this as meaning that Ocean is gay.
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During their During the European leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Letnany, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, supported by Biffy Clyro. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
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