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Klaw And Erlanger's Troubadours are appearing in The Liberty Belles at The Madison Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.
Friedrich Adolf Richter of Rudolstadt, Germany, Europe, is granted Patent No. US740925A for his invention of an improved type of star-wheel for music-boxes.
Carmen Nicholas Mastandrea is born in Cohoes, New York State, USA. He will find success as jazz guitarist and banjo player Carmen Mastren, working with Tommy Dorsey, Adrian Rollini, Glenn Miller, Sidney Bechet and others.
Jimmy Featherstone And His Orchestra play the second night in a month of shows at The Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Millie Small, whose biggest hit will be the ska/bluebeat novelty song My Boy Lollipop, is born in Clarendon, Jamaica, Caribbean.
The Paramount Pictures movie Isn't It Romantic? is released to cinemas in the USA. Jazz singer Pearl Bailey has a featured role in the cast.
Hank and Audrey (Hank Williams and his wife) release a new single, I Heard My Mother Praying For Me, on MGM Records, in the USA.
The Heidelberg Singers with Smiling Fritz are playing at Math Igler's Casino, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ray Pearl And His Musical Gems are playing during a month at The Texas Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jerry Kennedy's Dancing Guitars (including Boots Randolph on sax) record His Latest Flame, Little Sister, Heartbreak Hotel and other Elvis Presley covers at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The Rabin Band, Barbara Kav, Colin Day, Ray Pilgrim, The Hound Dogs, Arthur Greenslade And His Swingin' Piano, Groovin' Don Sanford, Rockin' Rex Morris, The Razz-Ma-Tazzem, George Melly and Mick Mulligan perform live on the BBC Light Programme radio show Go Man Go.
King Of The Whole Wide World, from the Elvis Presley EP Kid Galahad, enters the Billboard US Best-Selling Singles chart, where it will peak at No30 during a four-week run.
Billy Fury, Joe Brown, The Karl Denver Trio, The Tornados, Marty Wilde, Daryl Quist, Dickie Pride, Larry Burns and The Ramblers play at The ABC, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
A package tour featuring Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Dee Dee Sharp, The Shirelles, The Checkerboard Band and others plays in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
James Brown, Solomon Burke, The Crystals, The Dovells, The Olympics, Lou Christie, Little Johnny Taylor and others play at Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Elvis Presley begins pre-production work for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Gary Lewis And The Playboys record She's Just My Style at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. It will peak at No3 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. They also record Sure Gonna Miss Her which will peak at No9.
The Alan Price Set plays at Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London, England, UK, Europe.Sad Eyes by Robert John reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA.
Rock musical movie Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John and featuring music by the Electric Light Orchestra [E.L.O.], opens to cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
A court case in which Bob Dylan's former manager Albert Grossman is suing him for more than $1m of unpaid royalties and other payments, begins.
Dusty Springfield appears in concert at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, in a show specially televised by LWT.Guns N' Roses and Metallica play the last show in a co-headlining 25-date US tour at The Kingdome, Seattle, Washington, USA, with Motorhead and Body Count as the opening acts.
Marilyn Manson appears in court in Clarkston, Michigan, facing charges of indecent assault.
Lady Gaga comes to the end of the European leg of her Born This Way Ball Tour with a gig at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, Europe. During the show she vomits on the stage three times.
Kylie Minogue and her British actor fiance Joshua Sasse announce that they will not marry until same-sex marriage has been legalised in Australia.In his ongoing feud with Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber mocks Swift's recently released 'banana' video in an Instagram Live clip. In the video Swift is seen post-surgery, in tears because of a banana.
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