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William Hooley records Lincoln's Speech At Gettysburg, for Gram-O-Phone Records of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Musical comedy The Casino Girl is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 105 performances.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.The All Black musical show Chocolate Kiddies, featuring the dancers Rufus Greenlee and Thadeus Drayton, with music written by Duke Ellington and performed by The Band, aka The Chocolate Kiddies Orchestra, is performed at The Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany, Europe, during a run of 65 performances.
Billie Holiday and the Count Basie Band play the fourth of seven days at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Henry King And His Orchestra play at The Trianon Ballroom, Southgate, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rainer Jaromir Ptacek is born in East Berlin, Germany, Europe. After moving to the USA, he will find success as blues-oriented guitarist and singer-songwriter Rainer.
Singer and popular songwriter 
Sophie Tucker plays during a two-week engagement at The Empire Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Stairway Of Love reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. This position is achieved by combining sales of two versions of the song, one by Michael Holliday and one by Terry Dene.
Folk star Bob Gibson and gospel quartet The Grandison Singers are playing at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Shirelles release a new single, Don't Say Goodnight And Mean Goodbye, on Scepter Records in the USA.
Billy J Kramer
And The Dakotas make their television debut in the USA, performing their hit Little
Children on CBS-TV's Ed
Sullivan Show in New York City.
The Dave Clark Five play at Divine's Silver Dollar Ballroom (aka The Rave), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
A bank holiday special, The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride), is broadcast by the BBC Light Programme in the UK.
Glen Campbell releases a new single, Guess I'm Dumb, in the USA. The song is produced and co-written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Jerry Jeff Walker records Mr Bojangles and Round And Round at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Filming of The Rolling Stones for French avant-garde director Jean-Luc Godard's documentary film One By One continues at Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The film will eventually be released under the title Sympathy For The Devil.
Johnny Cash begins his own ABC-tv series, with Bob Dylan as his guest. The show is recorded at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Deep Purple, with recently-joined singer Ian Gillan, record a new
single, Hallelujah, at De Lane Lea Studios, Kingsway, London, UK.
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On their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
On their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, supported by Jay Boy Adams. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
Rush play the fourth of five nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their End Of The Road tour Status Quo play the first of two nights at Trentham Gardens, Stoke On Trent, England, UK, Europe.
The Smiths begin a North American tour at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Billy Bragg. Drag queens are hired to warm up the audience for the first night in Chicago, but are booed off stage. 
Michelle Shocked releases three new albums, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Got No Strings and Mexican Standoff.
The singles Somebody Told Me and Mr. Brightside by The Killers are both awarded double-platinum status in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards dines with former US president Bill Clinton at Craft, a restaurant in New York City, USA.Sing by Gary Barlow And The Commonwealth Band, featuring The Military Wives, reaches No1 in the iTunes UK download chart.
On the North American leg of their I'm With You tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.The four-day-long Swedenrock Festival continues in Solvesborg, Sweden, Europe. Acts appearing today include Europe, Saxon, Krokus, Doro, UFO and Asia.
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