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Japanese musician Ten-Ichi heads the Vaudeville bill at The Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Also on the bill are Lockhart's Elephants, The Waterbury Brothers And Tenney (a musical act), Talkative Miss Norton, The Flood Brothers and Grovini And Murray.
Capt. Webb's Educated Seals And Sea Lions are heading the bill at The Orpheum, Los Angeles, California, USA. Also on the bill are singer/storyteller Gus Williams, novelty comedy musicians Collins And Madell, Mme Adelaide Herrmann, Charles KennaHaverly's Minstrels, featuring George Wilson - The King Of Fun -Makers, are appearing at The California Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Kalamazoo Gazette-News in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, reports that "The Gibson Mandolin Company will be ready for operation next Thursday. The machinery is nearly all in place and will take but a few more days to put it in condition for operation."
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. 
Singing cowboy Gene Autry ends a string of twenty one-nighter shows with a gig at The Municipal Auditorium, New orleans, Louisiana, USA.Elvis Presley plays the last of four nights at the Lyric Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band plays at the Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Bill Black And His Combo are playing during a three-week engagement at The Roundtable, New York City, USA. They are joined by rockabilly artist Jumping Gene Simmons as an extra vocalist.
Santo And Johnny are playing during a long engagement at The El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Recently appointed as manager of The Beatles, Liverpool-based record shop manager Brian Epstein has begun sending copies of their German single My Bonnie, to record labels in the UK, seeking a deal for the band.Cannonball Adderley records Groovy Samba, Saudade and other tracks, in New York City, USA, for the Riverside Records album Cannonball's bossa nova.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Ray Charles is playing during a week of two shows per night at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson II plays at the Star Club, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, backed by The Yardbirds.
Leon McAuliffe and His Swingin‘ Western Band play at Regan Ranch, Stafford, Texas, USA.
Peggy Lee is recording tracks for her album In Love Again at Capitol Tower, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Marlene Dietrich is playing at The Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of three weeks.
Johnny Cash, The Statler Brothers and Hank Williams Jr play in The Center Opera House, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
Peter And Gordon play the third night of a week at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Hoyt Axton opens at The Troubadour, Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Move release their UK debut single, Night Of Fear. With its chorus hook "Just about to slip your mind, Just about to trip your mind", is can be identified as one of the earliest British psychedelic singles.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane play the tenth of fifteen nights at the Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
Moby Grape play the last of three nights at the 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Jeff Beck plays the third of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, with Spirit as support.
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Talking Heads play the first of three nights at The Keystone, Berkeley, California, USA.
The 1964 teen beach movie musical Bikini Beach, starring Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Little Stevie Wonder and The Pyramids, finally gets its European tv premiere with a screening in Portugal.
Curiosity Killed The Cat play at The Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Mariah Carey's seven track mini-album, MTV Unplugged, becomes the first MiniDisc title to be commercially released in the USA.Primal Scream, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Kills play at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK.
The Darkness play at Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK.
Murderdolls and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play at The Forum, London, England, UK.
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Country superstars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw begin a residency at The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Steve Poltz, Griffin House and Pomplamoose play at Cafe Du Nord, Swedish-American hall, San Francisco, California, USA.Prog rock bassist, guitarist and songwriter Greg Lake dies in London, England, UK, Europe, aged 69, of cancer. Best-known as a member of supergroup Emerson, Lake And Palmer (ELP), he was also a founder member of King Crimson.
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