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The Three Westons are providing 'musicalities', Alf Holt does 'whistling and mimetic comedy', and Jessie Dale is the 'phenomenal girl baritone' on the fifth of seven nights at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Kenneth Spearman Clarke is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as jazz drummer Kenny Clarke, nicknamed 'Klook'. Clarke is regarded as having been a major influence on the development of bebop drumming and in a career lasting five decades he provided the pulse for Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Benny Carter, to name but a few.
Popular singer Nora Bayes appears in concert at The Nora Bayes Theatre, New York City, USA.
Clive Dunn is born in Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe. He will find fame as a comedy actor in the tv series Dad's Army, but will also score a one-off No1 hit in the UK in 1971 with the novelty song Grandad.
Domenico
Modugno, best known for his international hit single Volare [aka
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu], is born in Polignano A Mare, Italy, Europe.
The Seven 'Hot Air' Men, featuring Phil Napoleon on trumpet, record Harlem Madness and Navy Blues for Columbia Records in the USA.

Country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins And His Band play the second night of an engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Johnny Otis And His Orchestra, with vocalist Linda Hopkins, record Doggin' Blues, Chitlin Switch, Warning Blues and Living And Loving You, for Savoy Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker plays at The Open Door, a club near Washington Square, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Judy Garland closes at the end of a lengthy season at The Palace Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the twenty-sixth night of a six-week season at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to find fame as The Swinging Blue Jeans] play the evening gig at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Johnny Sandon and The Searchers.
The hit single The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
The Tornados appear on BBC Radio show Parade Of The Pops at the Playhouse Studio, London, UK.
The Group Scene 64 tour continues at The Granada, Kettering, UK, with The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, Swinging Blue Jeans, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates and Marty Wilde.
The Birds, including future Rolling Stones' guitarist Ron Wood, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. supported by Ricky Vernon and The Pathfinders.




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Loretta Lynn records Fist City, I've Got Texas In My Heart and Living My Lifetime For You at Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos record Hello Happiness Goodbye Loneliness, Don't Let True Love Slip Away and The Great Judgement Day in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

With So Emotional, Whitney Houston becomes the first woman to score six consecutive US No1 hits, a feat previously achieved only by The Beatles and The Bee Gees.

Balynda 'Lyndie' Benson-Gorelick, wife of jazz saxophonist Kenny G, files for legal separation after 20 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
On her Spirit Indestructible Tour, Nelly Furtado plays at The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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