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Musical Comedy The Casino Girl closes at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 105 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
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The Wardell Gray - Dexter Gordon Quintet records The Rubaiyat, Jungle Jungle Jump, Citizen's Bop and My Kinda Love for Fontana Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Peter Byrne, lead singer of 80s pop hitmakers Naked Eyes is born in Bath, Somerset, UK.
Rockabilly combo Johnny Taylor And His Rhythm Blue Boys release a new single, Mixed Up Rhythm And Blues on Fire Records in the USA.
Eddy Arnold records Answer Me My Love, Love Me, Love And Marriage, and other tracks for RCA Records.
The Oranim Zabar Troupe plays during a four week run at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan has a recording session at Columbia Studios in New York City, USA, working on tracks for the album Another Side Of Bob Dylan, including Mr Tambourine Man.
The House Committee of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, meets to discuss the installation of a new hi-fi in the music room.
Trini Lopez is headlining during a two-week season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Killer Joe Piro plays the second of two nights at The Drive-In, Collingswood, New Jersey, USA, supported by The Combination.On the fourth leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play a second date at The Arizona State University Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona, USA, supported by Pure Prairie League and The Climax Blues Band. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
The Osmonds are playing during five nights at The Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.The Birthday Party play their final concert in Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia. Their songwriter/vocalist Nick Cave will go on to a lasting solo career.
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
Robert Plant begins his Shaken'n'Stirred tour with the first of two nights at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
After a fight with her boyfriend Andre Rison, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes of TLC sets fire to his house. She will be fined and put on probation but will narrowly avoid a jail sentence.Singer-songwriter Barb Jungr releases a new album, Every Grain Of Sand : Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan, on Linn Records in the UK. Every song on the album is written by Dylan.
On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Music licencing organisation PPL announces that The Fear byLily Allen was the most-played single on radio and in bars and clubs in the UK during 2009.
On their Farewell Tour, 
It is reported that Britney Spears bodyguard, 29-year-old former police officer Fernando Flores, has resigned after accusing the singer of sexually harassing him. Flores is also reportedly considering a sexual harassment lawsuit against Spears.
A 19-year-old man from Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, dies in Raigmore hospital after collapsing during The Rockness Festival in the Scottish Highlands. He is thought to have taken drugs.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers play the fifth of six nights at The Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their 3-D Concerts tour, 
Al Jardine of The Beach Boys plays during four nights at The Egyptian Theatre, Park City, Utah, USA.
On his Botanical Gardens tour, Don McLean plays the second of two nights at Seapoint Leisure Centre, Galway, Ireland, Europe.On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays the second of two nights at Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
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