5th November

Anna Held is starring in the musical comedy The Little Duchess at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.

Klaw And Erlanger's Troubadours are performing in the musical comedy The Liberty Belles at The Madison Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.

Tommy Christian And His Orchestra are playing during a three-month engagement at The Mounds Country Club, East St. Louis, Illinois, USA, operated by the notorious St. Louis gangster William Patrick 'Bow Wow' McQuillan.

Jazz saxophonist, flute player and recording artist Harold McNair is born in Kingston, Jamaica.

Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra play in Fort Dix, near Trenton, New Jersey, USA.

The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.

The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack.

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.

Trumpeter/vocalist Oran Thaddeus 'Hot Lips' Page dies aged 46 of complications arising from pneumonia in New York City, USA.

Nolan Strong And The Diablos play the first night of three weeks at The Madison Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The stage musical Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 performances.

The musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, is playing at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, during a run of 92 performances.

Gene Chandler releases Duke Of Earl on Vee-Jay Records in the USA. It will sell over two million copies and reach No1 in the Billboard Singles Chart.

Little Richard and The Beatles play the fifth night of a two-week residency at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany.

Brian Wheat, bassist of heavy metal rockers Tesla is born in Sacramento, California, USA.

Chubby Checker is playing during two weeks of shows at The El Mocambo club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Popular French vocalist Barbara plays at Théâtre des Capucines, Paris, France, Europe.

Elvis Presley comes to the end of location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.

Joe Brown The Karl Denver Trio, The Tornados, Marty Wilde, Daryl Quist, Dickie Pride and The Ramblers play at The Rank Theatre, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe.

Little Richard pre-records a British tv special for Granada TV in London, England, UK, Europe.

Elvis Presley releases a new single, Tell Me Why, in the UK on RCA Victor Records.

Angelo Christopher Moore is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find success as lead singer and saxophonist for the Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Fishbone.

The Sir Douglas Quintet play the late show at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band.

Otis Redding records I Can't Turn You Loose and Just One More Day, for Volt Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Canned Heat, Lothar And The Hand People, and All Men Joy play the last of three nights at the Avalon 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.

The Temptations are playing during two weeks at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The Rolling Stones spend the last of four days rehearsing in Warner Brothers studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their upcoming American tour.

Led Zeppelin play at The Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Phil Kaufman, road manager to country rock star Gram Parsons, is fined $300 for having stolen a coffin containing Parsons' corpse from LAX Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA. After stealing the body, aided by his friend Michael D. Martin, Kaufman had driven the body out to the Joshua Tree National Monument in the Navajo Desert and set fire to the corpse.

Queen play at The City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.

Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.

Abba play the first of six nights at Wembley Arena, London.

On the Shot Of Love tour Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at The Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Star Fleet, a solo single by Brian May of Queen, featuring Eddie Van Halen, enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No65.

Iron Maiden play at The Jaahalli, Helsinki, Finland, Sweden, Europe, supported by Motley Crue.

Billed as the 'largest gathering of fashion creatives in the UK', the Ethiopian fund-raising event Fashion Aid takes place at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. The event features the combined talents of 18 top international fashion designers, 35 hairdressers, 60 make-up artists, 120 dressers, 125 models and a host of celebrities from the entertainment world. 'Superstar' attendees include Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach, Boy George, George Michael, Bob Geldof, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Madness, Michael Caine, Eurythmics, Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet, Tina Turner, Paul King, Anjelica Huston, Paula Yates and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The event is climaxed with a faux-wedding ceremony between Freddie Mercury of Queen and actress Jane Seymour. A post-event party is held at The Groucho Club in Soho, where sausage and mash is served up to the guests.

Level 42 play at The Leisure Centre, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.

Bob Dylan plays at Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The Killers play at The Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, supported by Tegan and Sara.

When Madonna presents 26-year-old dancer Lil Buck with his award at the WSJ Innovator of the Year Awards in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, USA, the audience barely responds. Madonna then instructs the audience to applaud, declaring, 'I'll tell you when there are applause moments. You need help. This is a museum crowd.' Dr. Dre and his Beats Electronics partner Jimmy Iovine are also presented with awards by Eminem.

During the fifth leg of her Piece Of Me residency, Britney Spears plays at The Planet Hollywood Theater Of The Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Guns N'Roses play to an audience of 49,836 people on the second of two nights at River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.

King Diamond, supported by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, play at The Dr. Phillips Center, Orlando, Florida, USA.