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Fats Waller And His Rhythm record Lulu's Back In Town and I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter in New York City, USA.
In the PR campaign for the release of the RKO film Shall We Dance, with music by George Gershwin, The New York World-Telegram reveals that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers begin rehearsals for their movies by tackling the most difficult dance routines first.
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Severely alcoholic jazz trumpet star Bunny Berigan is discharged from Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. His doctors discover that cirrhosis has severely damaged his liver and advise him to stop drinking and stop playing the trumpet for an undetermined length of time. He does neither.Popular vocalist Dick James appears at The Empire Theatre, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK.
Gary Wayne Brown is born in Mooresville, North Carolina, USA. He will find acclaim as a singer in such bands as The Creations, The Catalinas, Bill Deal And The Rhondels and others.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the sixty-first night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
A revival of the musical Shuffle Along by Eubie Blake opens at The Broad way Theater, on Broadway, New York City, USA, but it will run for only four performances.The
Platters play the third night of a two week engagement at
Fack's II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Bing Crosby, with Malcolm Lockyer And His Orchestra, records April In Portugal for Project Records in the USA.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.Gary 'U.S.' Bonds, Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Mark Wynter and The Fleerekkers play at The Granada, Maidstone, UK.
George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles attend a party at The Pickwick Club, London, UK, to celebrate the return home from the USA of singer Anthony Newley.
Count Me In by Gary Lewis And The Playboys peaks at No2 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. It is the only single by an American act in this week's Top 10.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
Debora, the debut single by British psychedelic-folk duo Tyrannosaurus Rex, enters the UK singles chart at No34.
Love play at The Generation Club, New York City, USA. Billboard magazine describes the band as, "an effective blues rock group with folk influences."
Chris Lighty is born in The Bronx, New York City, USA. He will find success as a rap and hip-hop music mogul, managing both 50 Cent and P. Diddy.
The Supremes continue with recording of the track He's My Sunny Boy at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Producer of the session is Smokey Robinson.
American soul duo Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, Osceola and Southern Comfort play the first of three nights at the Family Dog, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lee Michaels, The Small Faces with Rod Stewart, Catfish and Shorty with Georgie Fame, play the second of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Krokus play at The Dominion Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jonathon Perkin's Silver Spurs play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
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On their Presto tour, Rush play at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Roby n Hitchcock plays at The Nick, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Young pop star Justin Bieber visits Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, USA.Ken Whaley, a rock bass guitar player, best known as a founding member of Help Yourself and Ducks Deluxe, and a member of Deke Leonard's Iceberg, Man and The Tyla Gang, dies aged 66 from lung cancer, in London, UK.
On their English Electric tour, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [OMD] play at The City Hall, Sheffield, UK.
SHINee hold the SHINee In Chicago Fanmeet at The Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.1935 |
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