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William Edward Cotton is born in Smith Square, London, UK. he will find fame as bandleader and radio personality Billy Cotton.
The Miyo San Operetta Company, Dave Gennaro And Ray Bailey (billed as "originators of the real ragtime cake walk") and singing comedienne Blanche Ring are among the acts on offer at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Country and blues musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist Cliff Carlisle is born in a log cabin on a tobacco farm in Taylorsville, Kentucky, USA. (N.B. Some sources give Carlisle's date of birth as 1904.)
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.Sippie
Wallace, aka The Texas Nightingale, records Dead Drunk Blues, Lazy Man Blues, The Flood Blues and Have You Ever Been Down?, for
Okeh
Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Cornet on this session is
played by Louis
Armstrong.
Singing trio The Gumm Sisters play the fourth of seven nights in 'The Big Stage Show' at the Million Dollar Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
The stage musical Great To Be Alive! closes at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after completing 52 performances.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a week at The Sky Bar, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 
The New Palmer Bar in Detroit, Michigan, USA, is bombed. The incident is one of many linked to attempts by gangsters to gain control of the lucrative juke box business in Detroit.Elvis Presley records Big Boots for the soundtrack of the film G.I. Blues, at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, but is dissatisfied with the material.
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.
Neil Sedaka and Anita Bryant are playing during eight nights at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia.
US President Lyndon Johnson writes to Elvis Presley's manager, Col. Tom Parker, thanking both for the recent charity concert which raised funds for amemorial to the USS Arizona, which had been sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour.The Twistival, featuring Bobby Vee, The Ventures and Jo Ann Campbell, plays the third of ten nights at Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines, Asia.
Andy Stewart releases a new album, Andy Sings Songs Of Scotland, in Canada on Capitol Records.A late night jam at the Eel Pie Hotel on Eel Pie Island, London, UK, finds two future guitar gods, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, plus The Rolling Stones' bassist Bill Wyman sharing the stage.
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Stan Getz And Bill Evans record Funkallero, But Beautiful and other tracks for a joint album, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Rolling Stones play at The Jack Russell Stadium, Clearwater, Florida, USA. On the same day, Keith Richards tapes the guitar lick which will be used in (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
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The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Joe Tex is playing during seven nights at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Pink Floyd play at the International Pop Festival, Palazzo Dello Sport, Rome, Italy, Europe.Diana Ross And The Supremes complete work on the song Can't Take My Eyes Off You at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles leaves London, England, UK, Europe, with his wife Maureen to begin a holiday in The Bahamas, West Indies, Caribbean.
The Amherst Student magazine of Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA, gives a favourable review to rock musical The Dream Engine, which has recently opened at the Kirby Theater in Amherst. The production is written by and stars Jim Steinman, who will find greater fame as the composer of Meatloaf's best-remembered early hits. On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play at The Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
On his The Concert tour, Mike Oldfield plays at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Whippets play at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sky play at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Teddy Riley, founder of the style known as New Jack Swing, achieves his first chart entry in the USA as part of the group Teddy Riley And Guy, with My Fantasy.
On their Hot In The Shade Tour, Kiss play at The Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, USA.
With their show at Plaza Anti Imperialista, Havana, Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba, Caribbean.
Lurrie Bell, The Screamin' End and Jimmy Burns play at Buddy Guy's Legends club in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Donald 'Duck' Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. And The MGs and contributed to such classics as In The Midnight Hour, Hold On, I'm Coming and [Sittin' On] The Dock of the Bay, dies in his sleep, aged 70, while on tour in Tokyo, Japan, Asia. On their Made In Germany tour, Rammstein, play at The Palace of Auburn Hills , Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Speaking at a Senate hearing in Washington DC, USA, Sir Elton John states that AIDS could be eradicated in his lifetime, but only if the US government continues funding the fight against the virus.
Bearfoot Beware play at The Waldorf, Manchester, England, UK.
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