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A three-act musical, The Rogers Brothers in Washington, written by Maurice Levy and Harry B. Smith, is playing at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Bessie Clayton, Bud Fisher, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Josie Heather And Eddie Ross, McConnel And Simpson, Palfrey, Hall And Brown, Harris And Manion and Romalo And Delano are playing the Vaudeville show at The Palace Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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The 3-act musical comedy The Girl Who Smiles is presented at The Longacre Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy The Only Girl is playing at The Garrick Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Guitarist and singer Clarence 'Tom' Ashley of the Carolina Tar Heels and harmonica player Gwen Foster spend the last of three days of recording sessions for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA. During these three days they will record Ain't No use To High Hat Me, Bay Rum Blues. Down At The Old Man's House, East Virginia Blues, Faded Roses, Frankie Silvers, Go Way And Let Me Sleep, Greenback Dollar, Let Him Go God Bless Him, My North Carolina Home, Old Arm Chair, On Dark And Stormy Night, Sadie Ray, Sideline Blues, Times Ain't Like They Used To Be and Rising Sun Blues. This last will become internationally famed in 1964 when The Animals record it as House Of the Rising Sun.
James Otto Stewart is born in San Francisco, California, USA. He will find success as jazz guitarist Jimmy Stewart, best-known for his collaborations with jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to find international fame as Jimi Hendrix, starts kindergarten at Rainier Vista School, 3100 Alaska St, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The popular musical Guys And Dolls is playing at The Shubert Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
William Franklin Lee IV is born in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He will find success as bass player Will Lee, working with Steely Dan, James Brown, Al Green, Frank Sinatra and many others.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.RCA Records in the USA announces that the 78rpm record format is shortly to be scrapped, due to the success of the more convenient and durable 45rpm discs.
Hound Dog by Elvis Presley begins its fourth of eleven weeks at No1 in the Billboard Top Forty singles chart in the USA.
The Rene Thomas Quintet spends the second of two days recording the album Guitar Groove for Riverside Records in New York City, USA.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Soul Stirrers play the fourth night of a week-long gospel revue at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
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The Rolling Stones, Inez And Charlie Foxx, Mike Berry and The Mojos, play at The Odeon, Colchester, UK.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features James Brown performing Papa's Got a Brand New Bag; Bobby Goldsboro performing Little Things.
South Side Sound System, The Phoenix and Freedom Highway play the first of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela plays the eighth of ten nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Alecia Beth Moore is born in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. She will find success as pop, dance and rock singer and songwriter Pink.
Cameron Jibril Thomaz is born in Minot, North Dakota, USA. He will find success as rapper Wiz Khalifa.Michael Jackson receives a special award from Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK, Europe, for setting a new record for playing more dates at the venue than any other artist. His seven sell-out concerts were attended by 504,000 people, earning him another entry in The Guinness Book Of World Records.
Bop Harvey Third Estate, The Second Step, Razor's Edge and Diff'rent Drum play at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Feste Nationale Di Modena, Modena, Italy, Europe, with special guest Kim Wilde.
Louis "Moondog" Hardin, the enigmatic New York City, USA. street performer who dressed in elaborate garb and garnered great acclaim as a composer and conducter, dies of heart failure, aged 83.
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Linkin Park release their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, in the UK, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and most of Europe (excluding Hungary and Poland).
Crosby, Stills And Nash play at The San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California, USA.
The funeral of recently deceased guitarist and songwriter Joe South, is held at Mount Harmony Cemetary, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. A hugely respected session guitarist, South is best remembered for his compositions Games People Play and [I Never Promised You] A Rose Garden.
On their History Of The Eagles tour, The Eagles play at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger play at The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, England, UK.
Karen O of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs releases a new solo LP, Crush Songs on Cult Records in the UK. The album features lo-fi home recordings from 2006 and 2007 accompanied by acoustic guitar.
In an interview on the BBC Radio show Woman's Hour, Chrissie Hynde criticises some modern female singers, describing them as 'sex workers' for selling their music by 'bumping and grinding' in their underwear. 
On the North American leg of their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play the first of two nights at Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, supported by Icona Pop.
On his Purpose World Tour, Justin Bieber plays the first of two nights at Korinn, Kopavogur, Iceland, Europe.
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