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Musical comedy The Casino Girl is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 105 performances.
The Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra records Selections From Carmen and Hungarian National Air for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
A "High Class Vaudeville" show at The Bijou Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, features the combined talents of Girard And Gardner, The Rozinos, LaFavre's Dogs, Cats And Monkeys, The Harmony Four, Vermette And Dionne, gweorge H. Wood, Dollie Rathburn Chesley and others.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.The Red Heads record Dynamite, Wild And Foolish and Hi-Diddle-Diddle, for Pathe Actuelle Records in New York City, USA.
Chick Webb And His Orchestra record When I Get Low I Get High for Decca Records in the USA.
Alfred Lion, founder of Blue Note Records, assembles a group of musicians in a recording studio in New York City, USA, and names them The Port of Harlem Jazzmen. During the session they will record tracks including Mighty Blues, Rocking the Blues, Port of Harlem Blues, Daybreak Blues and Weary Land Blues.
Mildred Becker Schultz of San Francisco, California, USA, registers copyright on her song Good Old Army. Eleven years later, she hears the song The Blacksmith Blues being played on a television show and believes that the melody has been plagiarised from Good Old Army. She will then sue Tune Towne Tunes, copyright holders of Blacksmith Blues.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.American soul and blues guitarist Charles 'Skip' Pitts is born in Washington DC, USA. He will become best known for his distinctive 'wah-wah' style, prominently featured on Isaac Hayes' title track from the 1971 movie Shaft, but he is also widely considered one of the architects of soul, R'n'B and funk guitar.
Dearie by Lisa Kirk And Fran Warren, on RCA Victor Records, enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA. It will peak at No29 during a two-week stay on the chart.
KEWC radio goes on the air in Cheney, Washington, USA. In 1986 it will adopt a jazz format and will go on to considerable success as Jazz 89.5 KEWU-FM.
Steve Ellis, best known as vocalist for hit-making 1960s band The Love Affair, is born in Edgeware, London, UK.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the thirty-first night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Hal Otis is playing during a two-week engagement at The Cairo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Saxophone star Earl Bostic records Velvet Sunset, Moonglow, Linger Awhile and Ain't Misbehavin'.
The Three Flames are playing during a five year engagement at The Bon Soir, New York City, USA.
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.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson releases a new single, Right Or Wrong, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Stranger On the Shore which will peak at No1 during a 15-week run on the chart.
Elvis Presley's seventeenth movie Girl Happy is premiered in the USA. It will not open to the public until the 14th.
Chess Records of Chicago, Illinois, USA, buys new business premises at 320 East 21st Street, which will supercede their former office and studio building at 2120 South Michigan Avenue.Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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Traffic play the first of four nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, 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.On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play in The Stampede Corral, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, supported by Rail.
On his About Face tour, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd plays at Tivoli Hall, Strasbourg, France, Europe.
The Chevalier Brothers play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rita Coolidge is one of the stars of the Country Music Festival at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
Former Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson reveals publicly that he has the AIDS virus, having tested positively for HIV more than a year earlier. 
Bob Dylan is awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for music. The citation notes his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
In an interview with noisey.vice.com Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 reveals that he is still learning how to walk following his collapse a year earlier because of alcohol abuse.
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