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The "scintillating musical comedy" Sally In Our Alley is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 100 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Comedy musical The Rogers Brothers In London, is playing at The Knickebocker Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run which will last until October 31.
The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in the Panther Room at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.Dino Valente, best-known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist with San Francisco-based band Quicksilver Messenger Service is born in New York City, USA.
Warney Ruhl And His Orchestra play in The Vanity Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
Harry Roy And His Orchestra play during a week of shows at The Empire Theatre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.
The anarchic 1941 musical comedy movie Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson opens in Finland, Europe.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Dean Martin is playing during three weeks at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Songwriter Tommy Barnes is born in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. His biggest successes will be the platinum single Indian Outlaw by Tim McGraw, and the gold single My Love by Little Texas.
Jimmy Rodgers plays during a week of shows at The Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA.The Biggest Show Of Stars For '61 package tour plays at Wichita Forum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, with stars including Brook Benton, The Platters, Del Shannon, Dee Clark, The Drifters, Gary 'US' Bonds, Gene McDaniels, The Jarmels, Curtis Lee, Phil Upchurch, The Cleftones all backed by Paul Williams And His Show Of Stars Orchestra.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Everlovin' by Ricky Nelson, entering at No63.
Glen Gray (leader of The Casa Loma Orchestra) spends the first of two days undertaking promotional activities for his new LP, Shall We Swing?, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play a lunchtime session at The Cavern, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4+2, The Checkmates and The End, play at The City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK, Europe
George Harrison of The Beatles is photographed by Leslie Bryce at his home, Kinfauns, in Esher, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, for a feature in the monthly Beatles Book magazine.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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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.
Singer/songwriter Tim Buckley plays a gig at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London, England, UK, Europe.
Free play at The Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, for the first time, supported by Gordon Smith.The Jackson 5 release their debut single, I Want You Back, in the USA. The word "Five" in their name has now been changed to the numeral "5" at the behest of Motown Records boss, Berry Gordy.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
Bob Marley is given results of tests in the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York City, USA, which confirm that he is suffering from cancer in his brain, lungs and stomach.
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Singer-songwriter Barb Jungr spends the first of three days at Mark Angel Studios, London, UK, recording her album Every Grain Of Sand : Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan for Linn Records. Every song on the album is written by Bob Dylan.
It is announced that Britney Spears has severed her business ties with Larry Rudolph, the man who discovered her and became her manager for nine years.Tommy Lee, drummer of Motley Crue, begins studying at the University of Nebraska, for an NBC 'reality' tv show in which he takes classes in chemistry, literature and the history of rock'n'roll.
Robbie Williams begins rehearsals in London with producer Trevor Horn for his upcoming BBC Electric Proms show at Chalk Farm, London.
The Dearloves, Eastern Hollows, Dead Stars and Memphibians play at The Mercury Lounge, New York City, USA.
Slash begins a tour of the UK with a show at The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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On her Madame X tour, Madonna cancels a show at The Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA, because of an injury.1902 |
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