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The musical comedy The Wild Rose is presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
Musical extravaganza, The Defender, is playing at The Herald Square Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of sixty performances. The show is best remembered for introducing the song In The Good Old Summer Time, which will become a popular standard.
The Chutes, Fulton Street And Tenth Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA.
Hughey Emmett, Leonard And Leonard, Howard Chambers, The Rosseaus, Olivio and Avery And Hart are providing the entertainment every afternoon and evening at
Popular vocalist, orchestra leader and saxophonist Charlie Barnet records Emperor Jones for Variety Records in New York City, USA. Later versions of this tune, recorded by Duke Ellington and others, will be re-named Jubilesta.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
Ray Pearl And His Musical Gems are playing during a month at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The musical Hazel Flagg, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Hilliard, is playing at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 190 performances.
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.
Frankie Avalon plays the last of five days at The Frolics, Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald records White Christmas, Sleigh Ride and other tracks, at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records.
The Pendletones, who will find fame after a name change to The Beach Boys, spend the fourth of five days rehearsing in Hawthorne, California, USA.
Nino Tempo And April Stevens play the third of fourteen nights at Eddy's Bar And Grill, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Duane Eddy continues with his eight week season at the Beachcomber Club, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall, UK.
Jeff Coffin, multiple Grammy-winning saxophonist with Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Dave Matthews Band and others, is born in Massachusetts, USA.
A proposed concert by The Beatles at Ramat-Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia, does not take place because it has been turned down by The Committee of Education and Culture of the Knesset (Parliament). The Committe has stated that The Beatles "have no artistic level sufficient enough and that they cannot add to the spiritual and cultural life of the youth in Israel". One Jerusalem newspaper reports that "Some of the committee members have said during the debate that The Beatles shows cause sexual arousal and that is why it should be better not to bring th em over."
The Byrds play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, with The Ivy league, Quiet Five, and The Impacts. Later, The Byrds go on to play at Blaises, Knightsbridge, London, where the audience includes John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend of The Who and others.
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The Righteous Brothers are playing during a month-long engagement at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Muddy Waters plays the fifth of six nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Buffalo Springfield and Richie Havens.
Aerosmith play
at Max's Kansas City, New York City, USA. The band is seen at this show by Columbia
Records boss Clive Davis, who subsequently signs them to a $125,000 deal
with the label.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Peter Skellern begins recording a new album, Still Magic, for Ariola Records at R.G.Jones Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Helene Fischer is born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Europe. She will find huge success as a singer in the schlager genre in Germany.
The Jelly Roll Kings, Honey Boy Edwards, Little Willie Littlefield, Jimmy Nelson and The Big Town Playboys play in the South Bank Blues Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The album Garcia Live Volume Two by The Jerry Garcia Band is recorded live at The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA.
Randy Jo Hobbs, bass guitarist of 60s pop-rock band The McCoys, is found dead of heart failure, aged 45, in a hotel room in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
UK indie band Ride play their last ever date, at the Benicassim festival, Spain, Europe. The Charlatans are also on the bill.
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Lily Allen announces via a Twitter posting that she is pregnant. She posts a picture of herself with a mock-up of a front page story about her pregnancy in UK tabloid newspaper The Sun.
Rihanna, Ke$ha and Travie McCoy play at The Molson Amphitheatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Popular British/Australian entertainer and hit-maker Rolf Harris is arrested for a second time on suspicion of sexual offences being investigated by the Operation Yewtree investigation in the UK.
It is announced that Black Sabbath: 13 3D, a 3D maze attraction based on the music
of Black Sabbath, is to open in September at Universal Studios
Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Florida, USA.
George Duke, Grammy-winning keyboardist/ composer/ arranger/ producer, dies in hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA, at the age of 67, following a battle against chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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