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Thomas Edison is granted several patents in connection with his invention of an automatic determining device for phonographs.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The popular musical comedy Floradora is running at The Illinois theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Wizard Of Oz is playing at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Eddie Dean, rated by both Roy Rogers and Gene Autry as the best cowboy singer of all time, is born in Posey, Hopkins County, Texas, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
Louis Armstrong plays during a record-breaking three weeks of shows at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Louis Jordan's Tympany Five plays during a week of shows at The Clayton Club, Sacramento, California, USA.Bill Haley And His Comets are banned from performing at the Rock And Roll Under The Stars concert in Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. The local authorities claim that, "Rock'n'roll music encourages juvenile delinquency and inspires young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the city's beaches." [censorship]
The Platters play the second night of a week of shows at The Town House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Billy Fury, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Dene and Georgie Fame play at The Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Ella Fitzgerald is playing during a week of shows at The Carter Barron Theater, Washington DC, USA.
British rock'n'roll trio The Saints release their cover version of The Surfaris American hit single Wipe Out, on Pye Records in the UK.
Bruce Waibel is born in Dover, New Jersey, USA. He will play bass for the Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band and Firehouse.
UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! features The Yardbirds, The Dave Clark Five, Kenny Lynch, Lulu and The Ivy League.The Mindbenders play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, supported by The Chocolate Watch Band.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The Everly Brothers are playing during a fourteen-night stint at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Scattered violence breaks out at a city-sponsored concert in South End, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, headlined by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Poor amplification is cited as a contributing cause. The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson spend the first of two days recording a tv special, entitled Goin' Back to Indiana.
Every Breath You Take by The Police reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. It will go on to become the most successful song of the year.
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) by Paul Young enters the UK Singles Chart where it will spend seven weeks, p[eaking at No1.
World music star Manu Dibango begins a legal action in Paris, France, Europe, claiming that part of Michael Jackson's hit Wanna Be Starting Somethin' is taken from Dibango's composition, Soul Makossa.
The Damned play at Goldiggers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Fuzztones.
Prince plays the ninth of fourteen (non-consecutive) nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK.Coldplay play in the King Tut Tent at T In The Park, Balado, Kinross, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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Donna Summer plays at the Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater, Long Island, New York Sate, USA.
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at The Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pete Doherty is photographed while out enjoying the sunshine in Paris, France, Europe, with friends. The photgraphs cause quite a stir because the night before, Doherty had cancelled a solo gig at the Theatre De Verdure De Nice, in Nice, France, claiming that he had been admitted to hospital.
The Ornette Coleman Quartet, Norah Jones, The Pat Metheny Group, Tower Of Power, Marcus Miller, Earth Wind And Fire, Corinne Bailey Rae and others play on the first day of the three-day-long North Sea Jazz festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe.
Biffy Clyro headline the Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth House, Stevenage, UK. Also on the bill are Weezer, You Me At Six and The Mars Volta.
It is announced that Martin Guitars is to launch a new Ed Sheeran Signature Edition guitar. All of the royalties from every purchase of the instrument will go to the East Anglia Children's Hospices, a charity based in Suffolk, England, UK.It is reported that Sir Elton John is to undergo surgery after being taken ill with appendicitis during recent European live dates and has cancelled several shows including a headline n imminent performance at Hyde Park, London, UK.
Opening the North American leg of their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California, USA, supported by Icona Pop.
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On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at Festival de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Drummer Joe Seaward of indie-pop band Glass Animals is injured and hospitalised after being hit by a truck while cycling in Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Seaward suffers a broken leg and a complex skull fracture, and the group cancels all upcoming live dates.The Olympia Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, established in 1905, is renamed Eventim Olympia as part of a partnership with ticketing company Eventim.
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