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Esmeralda, billed as "The Famous Musical Queen", plays at The Chutes Amusement Park And Zoo, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical comedy The Billionaire, with music by Gustav Kerker and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, is presented during a three month run at Daly's Theatre, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
Steel guitar soloist Lemuel Turner records Jake Bottle Blues and
Beautiful Eyes Of Virginia for Victor
Records in Memphis
Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Ramblin'
Thomas records Ground Hog Blues Nos 1 and 2, Shake It Gal and
Little Old Mama Blues for Victor
Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Roy Fox and his Orchestra, with Denny Dennis on vocal, record The Glory Of Love, Rise 'n' Shine and He Was A Gentleman's Gentleman, for HMV Records in London, UK.
Blues-oriented guitarist, organist, flute player and vocalist Johnny Heartsman is born in San Fernando, California, USA.
Vocalist Helen Humes, with Pete Brown and his Band, including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, records Gonna Buy Me A Telephone for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
The Stan Kenton Orchestra, featuring Art Pepper, plays at The Palomar Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The film Young Man With A Horn [aka Young Man Of Music], opens in cinemas in the USA. The film, based loosely on the life of Bix Beiderbecke, stars Kirk Douglas as a troubled young jazz trumpeteer, and includes acting roles for popular vocalist Doris Day, and songwiter Hoagy Carmichael.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. Big Pete Deuchar And His Professors Of Ragtime play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Deuchar's band around this time included young guitarist John McLaughlin, who would go on to play with Georgie Fame and Graham Bond, before forming his jazz fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
The Coasters record Little
Egypt, Girls Girls Girls and Weddin' Days in New York City, USA, for Atlantic
Records. The session is produced by Jerry
Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Influential Sun Records' recording artist Rosco Gordon - he is said to have inspired ska music - marries Barbara Kerr in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
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.Ferlin Husky records Just Another Lonely Night, It Scares Me, Somebody Save Me and Stand Up, at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfa, with Antonio Carlos Jobim on guitar, record Two Note Samba, Menina Flor, Ebony Samba and Mania De Maria for Verve Records in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
Brian Hyland, Little Eva and The Brook Brothers play at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Freddie Garrity, leader of Freddie And The Dreamers, crashes his two-week old E-Type Jaguar on the way home to Harpurphey, Lancashire, UK.
Having completed work in the Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, on the film Wonderful Life, Cliff Richard And The Shadows fly back into the UK.
Perry Como records the Willie Nelson composition My Own Peculiar Way in RCA Victor's 'Nashville Sound' Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. At the same session he also records I Really Don't Want To Know.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Locarno, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.Bobby Wood records Say It's Not You, She Thinks I Still Care, You've Got A Place In My Heart and Just Out in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Daydream Believer by The Monkees reaches No1 in the Official New Zealand Singles Chart, for the first of four weeks.
The Lovin' Spoonful and The 5th Dimension play at The Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The
The Monkees are working on the songs It's Nice To be With You and We Were Made For Each Other at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Siegel-Schwall Band, Buddy Guy, Mance Lipscombe and Hour Glass play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Larry Young Quintet records Call Me, The Infant, The Cradle, Heaven On Earth, The Hereafter and My Funny Valentine for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Band record the Bob Dylan composition I Shall Be Released in Big Pink, Woodstock, New York State, USA. It will appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.
The Tubby Hayes Quartet play at The Bull's Head, Barnes, London, England, UK, Europe.
Simon And Garfunkel earn a Gold disc from the R.I.A.A. in the USA for their album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
A Human League gig at Notre Dame Hall, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, Europe, is cancelled when the vicar of the neighbouring church objects on moral grounds.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.The Bears, including virtuoso guitarist Adrian Belew, play at Wolfgang's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Phil Collins is rehearsing at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, UK, for his upcoming tour.
Dinosaur Jr. begin a tour of the West Coast of the USA, supported by Nirvana, at Pine Street Theater, Portland, Oregon, USA.
The Lily Allen releases her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You, on Parlophone Records in the UK. On the same day, the album is released in France, New Zealand and The Netherlands.
Madonna arrives in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America, to spend some time at the Carnival. She books into The Fasano hotel for five days.Paul McCartney records the live album iTunes Live From Capitol Studios at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dave Stewart, best-known as one half of Eurythmics, publishes a memoir, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life in Music. 1901 |
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