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The Passing Show Of 1915 continues its lengthy run at The Winter Garden, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show is billed as featuring "Enthralling Visions of Girls Divinely Fair".
James P. Johnson, known as the father of stride piano, records Scouting Around and Toddlin', for OKeh Records in New York City, USA.
The musical comedy Mercenary Mary closes at the Longacre Theatre, New York City, USA, after a run of 136 performances. The show included songs by William B. Friedlander and Con Conrad.
The musical review Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book plays the last of eight days at The Ambassador Theatre, 219 West 49th Street, New York City, USA. The show features songs by Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf and others.
Country star Webb Pierce is born in West Monroe, Louisiana, USA.
Vocalist, pianist and male impersonator Gladys Bentley records Worried Blues for OKeh Records in New York City, USA.
Ronnie Biggs is born in Lambeth, London, UK. He will find notoriety in 1963 as a member of the infamous Great Train Robbery gang, and will later record tracks with The Sex Pistols, Die Toten Hosen and others.
Jimmie Rodgers records Train Whistle Blues, Everybody Does It In Hawaii and Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues, for Victor Records in Dallas, Texas, USA, under the supervision of Ralph Peer.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the fifth night of a week at the Surf Beach Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
Ray Noble And His Orchestra record Harlem Nocturne for Columbia Records in the USA. Theirs is the first recorded version of the song, which will become a jazz standard.
The George Shearing Quintet begins a two-week engagement at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Charlie Ventura's Big Four record After You've Gone, Love Is Just Around The Corner, Ol' Man River and O.H. Blues for Norgran Records in New York City, USA.
The Charlie Ventura's Big Four record After You've Gone, Love Is Just Around The Corner, Ol' Man River and O.H. Blues for Norgran Records in New York City, USA.
Eddie Calvert, aka The Man With The Golden Trumpet, plays at The Theatre Royal, Plymouth, UK.
Frankie Ford releases a new single, You Talk Too Much, on Imperial Records in the USA.
Peggy Lee is playing during three weeks of shows at The Pigalle Club, London, England, UK, 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.
Connie Francis spends the first of two days recording tracks for the MGM Records LP Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites, at Bradley Film And Recording in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Gene Vincent plays at The Town Hall, Airdrie, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Paul Jackson, bassist with 80s hitmakers T'Pau, is born in Telford, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Charles plays in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz singer Paula Greer records The Sweetest Sounds, Shall I Try Again and Close Your Eyes, for Motown Records in the Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
With his novelty hit song Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah rising up the Billboard Singles charts in the USA, comedian Allan Sherman stands in for host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on tv in the USA.
The Caravelles enter the Singles Chart in the UK with You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry which will peak at No6.
The Beatles, dressed as London city businessmen, appear on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in the USA.
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra with The Four Freshmen and June Christy play in the Summer Of Stars concert series at The Arie Crown Theatre, McCormick Pace, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Claude Gray records Mean Old Woman and Then Cry You Away in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Gary Lewis And The Playboys record Time Stands Still at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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.
Herbie Mann plays at The Great American Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Todd Rundgren's Utopia play at The Dr. Pepper Summer Music Festival in Wollman Skating Rink, New York City, USA.
Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship marries Sara Kendrick in San Francisco, California, USA.
Win play at The Flesh Exchange, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Europe.
In an interview in UK rock paper NME, Johnny Marr of The Smiths speaks about his reasons for leaving the group.
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Elvis Costello And The Rude 5 play at Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan, USA.
Elton John is undergoing six weeks of rehab treatment for bulimia and also for his drug and alcohol addictions, in the Parkside Lutheran Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play at The Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jackson Browne plays in The Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Lyle Lovett plays in The Paramount Theatre, Austin, Texas, USA.
The Beach Boys play a live show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
In the first episode of series 2 of UK tv sitcom Phoenix Nights, the characters Max and Paddy sing Tony Christie's 70s hit single, [Is This The Way To] Amarillo, while driving a group of elderly Asian gentlemen to the mosque. The broadcast prompts public and media interest in the song which is, eventually, re-released and goes to No1.
Joe Melson, co-writer with Roy Orbison of such hits as Only The Lonely, Blue Bayou and Running Scared, is inducted into the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame at the Garden Plaza Hotel in Jackson, Tennessee.
Fairport Convention play at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury, England, UK.
Bob Dylan plays at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bob Dylan plays in The Jones AT+T Stadium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Joan Osbourne plays at The City Winery, New York City, USA.
On her ArtRave : The Artpop Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at Key Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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