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The Trocadero Quartette present "Their black-face character creation - The Telephone Agent" during a week at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA. Also on the bill are The Hungarian Gypsy Band, "comedy trick violinist" Chevriel and "The Dainty Singing And Dancing Comedienne" Kitty Fox Allen.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Samuel B. Turner of Chicago, Illinois, USA, applies for a patent for his invention of a device which relates to improvements in mechanical music-charts.Van Fleming records Singin' In The Rain and Your Mother And Mine for Brunswick/Vocalion Records at the Merchandise Mart studios in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Delloreese Patricia Early is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She will grow up to find fame as singer-actress Della Reese.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen-week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.The Tommy Whittle - Keith Christie Quintet records Lullaby In Rhythm, Lullaby Of Birdland, Lullaby Of The Leaves and Lullaby Of Broadway, for Esquire Records in London, UK. The group line-up is Keith Christie (tb, v-tb), Tommy Whittle (ts), Derek Smith (p), Arthur Watts (b) and Eddie Taylor (d).
Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man by Lonnie Donegan spends the last day of two weeks at No1 in the UK pop music singles chart.
Country music tv series Ozark Jubilee, broadcast from Springfield, Missouri, USA, has its name changed to Country Music Music Jubilee.Ruth Brown, Dante And The Evergreens, The Olympics, Ben E. King and Jimmy Jones play at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee record a spontaneous jam session in a studio in Los Angeles, California, USA. The results will be released as an album entitled Lightnin' Hopkins And The Blues Summit.
Leon McAuliff And The Cimarron Boys are playing during six days of gigs at The Chestnut Inn, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
John D. Loudermilk records Mr. Jones at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tennbessee, USA.
Elvis Presley arrives in Crystal River, Florida, USA, to begin making his next movie, Follow That Dream.Rick Nelson and Timi Yuro play the first of two nights at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The Small Faces undertake their second recording session at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK.
Dusty Springfield records La Bamba and Needle In A Haystack in Philips Studios, Stanhope Place, London, England, UK, for Philips Records.
The Kinks play two shows in O'ahu, Hawaii, USA, one of which is a special afternoon concert for US Army personnel.
Having been convicted on a homicide charge Little Willie John enters Walla Walla State Penitentiary, Washington, USA. He had stabbed railroad worker Kenneth Roundtree on October 18, 1964, while drinking after a show at The Magic Inn in Seattle.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Elvis Presley is spending a week on vacation in Palm Springs, California, USA.
The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, plays the second of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA. On this night they are supported by the Frost and Gold.The Seekers announce that they will split at the end of the week, with all but lead vocalist Judith Durham giving up performing completely.
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Swedish pop stars Agnetha Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus get married. They will begin working on each others recordings and will, in due course, form the globally successful group 
Tom Waits is recording his sixth album, Heartattack And Vine, during a month of sessions at Filmways/Heider studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
On their End Of The Road tour Status Quo play the first of two nights at The Coliseum, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.
On their Brothers In Arms tour, Dire Straits play the sixth night of a thirteeen-night stand at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Stingrays play at The Clarendon, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, supported by The Prisoners, Demented Are Go and The Pharaohs.
The film Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty and Madonna, has its European premiere in London, England, UK.
The Allman Brothers band and Blues Traveler play at Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, Florida, USA.
The Dixie Chicks perform at The American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, despite an anonymous threat that group member Natalie Maines would be shot on stage. Maines had recently made controversial comments about President George W. Bush, and the Iraq war. Maines is escorted to the show by police and afterwards directly to the airport.
Rachel Stevens entertains sports fans in Trafalgar Square, London, England, UK, as they await the news that London has won the race to stage the Olympic Games in 2012.
Singer/actress Samantha Mumba appears in court in Dublin, Eire, Europe, for driving without tax, insurance or a licence. 
In an interview on the UK's BBC Radio One, Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age claims that he sacked bassist Nick Oliveri from the band some months earlier because he had been physically abusing his girlfriend.
Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum marries Nashville publicist Cassie McConnell in The Bahamas, Caribbean.
eBay bids for tickets to Michael Jackson's upcoming Memorial Event in the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, reach as high as US$3,000. Most offers, however, are in the $100 to $200 range.Casey Chaos, lead singer of punk rock band Amen is arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after allegedly crashing his SUV into at least three parked cars in a residential neighborhood in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The T In The Park Festival, Balado Airfield, Kinross, Scotland, UK.It is announced that a newly-discovered species of crustacean (aquatic creatures with shells), found only in the Caribbean, has been named Gnathia marleyi in honour of Jamaican singer and songwriter Bob Marley.
Bruno Mars and Ellie Goulding play at The Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On his Swings Both Ways Tour, Robbie Williams plays the second of two nights at The LG Arena, Birmingham, UK.
Demonical, The Brains, Nunslaughter, Warfect and Savage Annihilation play at Le Klub, Paris, France, Europe.
After a marathon five-hour set, Damon Albarn has to be carried off stage by a security guard when he refuses to end his performance at Roskilde Festival, Denmark, Europe.
During their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, supported by Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993. Also, at this gig, for the first time in 26 years the band is joined by drummer Steven Adler who plays on two songs.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at The Main Square Festival, Citadelle D'Arras, Arras, France, Europe.
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