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Musical comedy The Rounders is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 36 performances.
Josephine Gassman And Her Rollicking Louisiana Picaninnies are among the cast of 'Vaudeville entertainers' appearing at The Opera House, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania.
Popular soprano Mabel McKinley heads the bill at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA, along with Charles Dickson, The Great Harbecks, Mosher Houghton And Mosher, Young And Devoie, Julian Rose, and The Wang Doodle Comedy Four.
Sheet music for the song Ever Since Then, written by Clement Scott and Sigford Stenhammer, is given away as a supplement to the New York Herald, New York City, USA.The Elevator Man Going Up, Going Up, Going, Going Up!, a song by Irving Berlin, is published in the USA.
Tommy LiPuma is born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. LiPuma will enjoy a long and acclaimed career as a pop and jazz record producer, working in many capacities over the years with artists as diverse as Randy Newman, Jackie DeShannon, Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole and Dr. John to name but a few.
Thomas Norris Tolleson is born in Palacios, Texas, USA. He will find success as country and rockabilly singer, pianist and recording artist Tommie Tolleson.
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.Lady Sings The Blues, the autobiography of Billie Holiday, is published by Doubleday Books in the USA. The book later serves as the basis of a Holiday biopic in the 70s, starring Diana Ross.
The Coasters and The Falcons play the third night in a week of shows at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Nat King Cole records Silent Night, Away In A Manger and The Happiest Christmas Tree, for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Blues harmonica star Slim Harpo sings Rainin' In My Heart on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in W-fil Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Dave
Brubeck Quartet record The Trolley
Song and This Can't Be Love for Columbia
Records in New York City, USA.
The Ward Singers record Let The Train Roll Easy, Who Is It?, Just Over The Horizon, Move Along, Don't Let This Harvest Pass and Great Judgement Morning for Savoy Records in the USA.
The Ronettes record Be My Baby at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Phil Spector as producer and the famed Wrecking Crew session team.
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She's So Fine, on Parlophone Records, becomes the first of five No1 hits for The Easybeats in Australia, Oceania.
Lightnin' Hopkins plays the sixth of thirteen nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rising Sons [including Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal].
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos record Only You (Can Break My Heart) for Capitol Records in the USA. It will give Owens his seventh No1 single on the Billboard Country Music Chart.
Spirit, Pyewacket and Stillborn Time play the second of two nights at The Sound Factory, Sacramento, California, USA, with lights by Jerry Abrams Head Lights.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
Roomful Of Blues play the second of two nights at The Bottom Line, New York City, USA, with special guest Jimmy Witherspoon.
Julian 'Greasy' Medlin of country music comedy band The Hired Hands dies in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
While promoting their latest LP, Fand, The Enid play at The Fulcrum Centre, Slough, England, UK, Europe.
The LP Heart Of Stone by Cher is certified as double-platinum by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Alice Cooper, Pretty Maids, 24-7 Spyz and Talisman play at Karlskoga-Festivalen Nobelstadion, Karlskoga, Sweden, Europe.
On their World Violation tour, Depeche Mode play the first of two nights at Cynthia Woods Memorial Pavilion, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.Walking In Memphis by Marc Cohn peaks at No13 on the Billboard US pop singles chart. The song will provide a hit again for Cher in 1995 and for Lonestar in 2003.
Blues clarinettist and leader of Dejan's Olympia Brass Band, Harold 'Duke' Dejan, dies after a long illness, aged 93, in New Orleans, Lousiana, USA.
R.E.M. play at Kingston Communication Stadium, Hull, England, UK, supported by The Zutons and Idlewild.
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at The Paramount Theatre, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Mickey Gilley is left temporarily paralyzed from the neck down when a 'love seat' falls on top of him, crushing four vertebrae, in Branson, Missouri, USA. The 73 year-old is helping a neighbor move some furniture when the accident occurs. 
N-Dubz and Example play at the month-long iTunes festival in The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK.At the year's half-way mark, it is announced by Nielsen SoundScan that Adele's album 21 is the year's biggest selling album so far in the USA, with 2,517,000 units sold.
On the seventh leg of their 360 Degree Tour, U2 play at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Interpol.
Crosby, Stills And Nash play at The Ntelos Wireless Pavilion, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Rihanna files legal papers in Manhattan, New York City, USA, suing her former accountants, Berdon LLP, accusing the company of mismanaging her accounts between 2005 and 2010. The singer is seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages and lost revenue, claiming that the accountancy firm collected "exorbitant" commissions and bungled her tax affairs.
The Dave Matthews Band plays the second of two nights at The FirstMerit Bank Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
As part of the Forest Live series of concerts, Tom Odell plays at Thetford Forest, near Brandon, Suffolk.
Following an outcry from critics of Saudi Arabia's human rights record, The Human Rights Foundation, based in the USA, writes an open letter to Nicki Minaj urging her to cancel her headlining show the Jeddah World Fest in Saudi Arabia, Asia, on 18 July.
Celine Dion headlines the first night of The British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe.1900 |
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