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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 Empire Gaeity Co. is presenting a new Burlesque, About Town, at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Topsey Turvey Burlesquers are appearing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.Tony Williams is born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. He will become lead singer with The Platters.
Popular vocalist Mindy Carson plays the seventh night of a two-week season at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
T-Bone Walker records Strollin' With Bones, The Sun Went Down and Glamor Girl in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Imperial Records.
Al Morgan plays the eighth night of two weeks at The Lookout House, Covington, Kentucky, USA.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
Teddy Foster And His Orchestra are playing at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.Ray Charles marries Della Beatrice Howard Robinson, one of the original members of his vocal backing group The Raelets, at the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Dallas, Texas.
Andy Williams records I Like Your Kind Of Love, in New York City, USA, for Cadence Records.
Guitarist Jack Eubanks, with Boots Randolph on saxophone, records After The Rain and Since I Met You Baby, at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, Mark Wynter and Julie Grant play the fifth night in a week of shows at The Empire, Newcastle, England, UK, EuropeBarbra Streisand records Don't Rain On My Parade and People for Capitol Records in New York City, USA. Both songs originate from the Broadway musical Funny Girl in which Streisand is currently starring.
The Drifters play the second night of a six-day season at the Buckingham Club, Manchester, UK.
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The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.Paul McCartney of The Beatles flies from Los Angeles, California, USA, to Denver, Colorado, to be with Jane Asher on her 21st birthday, held at The Quorum Restaurant.
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On their second Tour of North America, The Cream play at Back Bay Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play the fourth of six nights at the Ice House, Glendale, California, USA.
John Lee Hooker, Loading Zone and Mother Earth play the second of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
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.Jazz-rock band Chicago plays the first night of a week at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The entire week of shows is recorded and will be released as a 4-LP set entitled Chicago At Carnegie Hall. It will become the best-selling box set by a rock act, until 1986 when Bruce Springsteen releases the Live/1975-85 5 LP live box.
During a gig in Eastbourne, UK, Ciaran Bourke, singer, multi-instrumentalist and founder member of internationally popular Irish folk group The Dubliners, suffers a brain aneurysm which will cause paralysis, forcing him reluctantly to leave the group.
A country-flavoured version of Who's Sorry Now by Marie Osmond enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No40, remaining on the chart for just two weeks.
The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.
Paul Young plays at Yeah Yeah Noh play at The Half Moon, Herne Hill, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Tears.
Nirvana spend the fourth of five days recording at Smart Studios, owned by producer Butch Vig, in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.The Sisters of Mercy play at The Riviera Theater Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Danielle Dax.
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana commits suicide in Seattle, Washington, USA. His body will not be discovered until three days later.
On her Live At Last Tour, Anastacia plays the first of two nights at The Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, Europe.
Two hundred and twenty seven tracks by Smashing Pumpkins are finally made available for download through online music stores.
On her Breakaway World Tour, Kelly Clarkson plays at The Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.On their Final Frontier World Tour, Iron Maiden play in the parking lot at Expotrade Arena, Curitiba, Brazil, South America.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
On his On their English Electric tour, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [OMD] play at The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
On her Set The World On Fire Tour, Alicia Keys plays at The Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at Emo's, Austin, Texas, USA.
On their 135-date Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
Mtthew Edwards And The Unfortunates release their third LP, The Birmingham Poets, on December Square Records.1901 |
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