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It is reported that guitarist T-Bone Walker has quit the major label, Capitol Records, and signed a new contract with the independent Imperial Records in the USA.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
Swing harpist Olivette Miller is playing during two weeks of shows at The Blackhawk, Chicago, Illinois, USA.George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers record Savoy Blues, When You Wore A Tulip, Walkin' With The King and other material for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
Cannonball Adderley and his combo leave New York City, USA, to begin a three-week-long tour of Europe.
The highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Tenderly by Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra entering at No67.
Benny Hill, Jess Conrad and Dickie Valentine appear on UK tv pop show, Thank Your Lucky Stars, filmed at Teddington Studios, Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
Cliff
Richard And The Shadows make a
live
appearance on the The Rudi Carrell Show on tv in Holland, Europe. The Shadows mime to their current number one hit Wonderful
Land and Cliff mimes to Do You Wanna Dance, When The Girl in Your
Arms and The Young Ones.
Ray Charles plays the sixth night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Maxine Brown plus Don And Juan.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest
movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Drifters play the fifth night of a six-day season at The Buckingham Club, Manchester, UK.
The 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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Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
At the D rake Hotel, East 56th Street, New York City, USA, Jimi Hendrix records some demos.
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.On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play in Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, supported by Rail.
R.E.M. play at The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe, supported by My Bloody Valentine.
As part of the Arena arts series, BBC-2 tv in the UK screens a "musical of the eighties" entitled Ligmalion, which features Sting, Gary Glitter and Alexei Sayle.
The Beverly Sisters play at The Hippodrome, London, England, UK, Europe.
On his Trash tour, Alice Cooper plays at Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, California, USA.The Sisters of Mercy play at The Fieldhouse, Colorado University, Boulder, Colorado, USA, supported by Danielle Dax.
The Black Keys release their second album, Thickfreakness, on Fat Possum Records in the USA.
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Bob Dylan And Merle Haggard play the first of two nights at Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Paul Simon releases a new album, So Beautiful Or So What, on Hear Music in Germany and The Netherlands, Europe, and in Australia, Oceania.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, The Philippines, Asia.
The movie Soul Surfer is released to cinemas in the USA, featuring country music star Carrie Underwood in her movie acting debut, playing a church counsellor for a youth group.
On his All The Hits All Night Long tour, Lionel Richie plays at The Mercedes Benz Arena, Shanghai, China, Asia.
Janelle Monàe plays at The Birmingham Institute, Birmingham, England, UK.
Animal Collective play at The Stanser Musiktage Festival, Stans, Switzerland, Europe.
On their The M A N I A tour, Fall Out Boy play at The Zenith, Munich, Germany, Europe, supported by Against The Current and MAX.Manic Street Preachers announce a pair of arena concerts to benefit NHS workers, planned to take place after the coronavirus pandemic has ended. The trio announce two shows at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe, on 4 and 5 December 2020.
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