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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.Jack Stapp is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He will become program director of WSM Radio, and will co-found Tree Publishing, which holds copyrights for numerous hit songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and I Fall To Pieces.
McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans record China Boy and Sugar, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Okeh Records. Notable players include guitarist Eddie Condon and drummer Gene Krupa.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines records his first version of A Monday Date for QRS Records in Long Island City, Queens, New York State, USA.
Ray
Noble And His Orchestra, with vocalist Val Rosing, make the first
recording of Try A Little
Tenderness for HMV Records in London, UK.
The Garland Sisters [formerly The Gumm Sisters] appear in 'Frolics' at The Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
Larry Vuckovich is
born in Kotor, Yugoslavia. After moving to San Francisco, California, USA, in 1951, he will
become an acclaimed jazz pianist and recording artist.
Big Bill Broonzy And His Memphis Five record I'm Still Your Sweetheart Baby, Down And Lost In Mind, Let's Have A Little Fun and Messed Up In Love and other tracks for Vocalion Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Doris Day records the songs Lullaby Of Broadway, Fine And Dandy, In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town and I Love The Way You Say Goodnight, with the Norman Luboff Choir and the Buddy Cole Quartet, for her Columbia Records album Lullaby Of Broadway.
When The Charlie Parker Quintet plays at Birdland, New York City, USA, the show is broadcast live by WJZ radio.The Walt Disney animated movie Cinderella [subtitled A Love Story With Music] is released to cinemas in Italy. The film includes the songs A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.
Sonny Thompson And His Orchestra are playing during a string of dates in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
British comedy trio 
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.Bobby Darin plays the second night of two weeks at The Latin Casino, Merchantville, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley is filming scenes for his tenth movie Kid Galahad in Culver Studios, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Popular singer and guitarist Val Doonican presents his regular show Your Date With Val on BBC Light Programme Radio in London, England, UK, Europe.Martin Adam Friedman is born in Laurel, Maryland, USA. He will find fame as Marty Friedman, guitarist of Megadeth.
Bobby Rydell continues with his three-week engagement at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson plays at St. George's Hall, Bradford, UK, supported by Louis Jordan.
Sergio Mendes records The Dreamer, So Danco Samba and Maria Moita for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on his album Sergio Mendes - The Swinger From Rio.
In the afternoon, The Walker Brothers, Wilson Pickett and The Small Faces record appearances on tv show Here Comes the Pops at Rediffusion Studios, Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe. The show is broadcast later that evening.Moby Grape play the last of three nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
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.After spending a night in jail, Jimi Hendrix goes on trial in Canada, for his 1968 drug possession charges, before Judge Joseph Kelly in Court Room No. 15, Court House, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
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Nancy Nevins, vocalist of Sweetwater [the first band to take the stage at Woodstock] is seriously injured when a drunk driver smasher into her car on Ventura Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. Nevins suffers brain damage and goes into a coma, effectively ending her career.
After spending a night in jail, Jimi Hendrix goes on trial in Canada, for his 1968 drug possession charges, before Judge Joseph Kelly in Court Room No. 15, Court House, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.Free record a live session for BBC Radio One show Top Gear at the Playhouse Theatre, London, UK.
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The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
When Courtney Love appears on the ABC TV show '10 Most Fascinating People' in the USA, she states that she wished she had done 'eight thousand million things differently' to have prevented the death of her husband Kurt Cobain.The Bob Dylan Documentary No Direction Home is nominated for two Grammys - Best Compilation Soundtrack and Long Form Music Video. The audiobook of Chronicles, Vol 1, as read by Sean Penn, is nominated for Best Spoken Word Album.
The Killers play at the Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Africa.
The String Cheese Incident play the first of three nights at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On the third North American leg of his 20/20 Experience World Tour, Justin Timberlake plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Reggae star Buju Banton is released from McRae Correctional Institute, Georgia, USA, after serving a seven-year sentence imposed on him at the end of his trial in 2011 for drugs and guns charges.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the second of four shows at The Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.1901 |
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