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Comic opera King Dodo is presented at The Studebaker Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is billed as featuring "100 superior singers".
Samuel B. Turner of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is granted US patent No. 766.979 for his invention of a device which relates to improvements in mechanical music-charts.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Minstrel show musician Emmett Miller accompanied by his Georgia Crackers, records St. Louis Blues and Anytime for Okeh Records in New York City, USA. The Georgia Crackers include Eddie Lang, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and Gene Krupa.
Dan Russo and the Oriole Orchestra record Wouldn't It Be Wonderful for Brunswick Records at the Merchandise Mart studio, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Count Basie And His Orchestra record Good Morning Blues in New York City, USA, for Decca Records.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play the fourth night in a week of dates at The Palace Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Jay McShann Orchestra plays in The Trocadero Ballroom, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Accordionist Gus Viseur And His Orchestra, with guitarist Pierre Ferret (nicknamed Baro), record Swing Waltz, Flambee Montalbanaise, Undecided and Rosetta, in Studios Barclay, Paris, France, Europe.
The Flip Phillips Quintet records Broadway, Sojoro, Good Work, Apple Honey, Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams, Long Island Boogie and Stardust for Clef Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The highest new entry in the Billboard Best Selling Pop Singles Chart is Should I? by The Four Aces, entering at No21. Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart by Vera Lynn remains at No1.
Popular NBC tv series All Star Summer Revue in the USA features performances by The Beverly Sisters and The Wild Bill Davis Trio.
Mick Gill's Imperial Jazz Band plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.
Bruce Thomas, who will play bass for Elvis Costello, is born in Sheffield, UK.
Actor and singer John Raitt is playing during a two-week engagement at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
A + M Records, part-owned by trumpeter Herb Alpert, releases its first single, The Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass in the USA.
Duane Eddy continues with his eight week season at the Beachcomber Club, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Roy Orbison releases a new single, Mean Woman Blues, on Monument Records in the USA.
The Moody Blues play at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK.
The Soul Agents play at Leofric Jazz Club in The Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands, UK.
Having recovered from injuries sustained in a recent car crash, Roy Acuff is released from hospital.
Sandie Shaw begins recording a new album in London, England, UK.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features James Brown performing Try Me and Prisoner of Love; Nino Tempo And April Stevens performing Deep Purple and Swing Me.
The Beatles are in EMI Studio Two, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, where Paul McCartney starts work on Mother Nature's Son.
UK jazz-blues band Earth decides to re-name itself Black Sabbath, because another band called Earth already exists.
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Emmylou Harris records Making Believe and Two More Bottles Of Wine at the Enactron Truck, Beverly Hills, California, for Warner Brothers Records.
Ted Nugent plays at The Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, with Wild Horses.
Alice Cooper plays at The Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Back In Black by AC/DC tops the UK album chart.
Foghat play in The Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Eye Of the Tiger by Survivor is certified by the R.I.A.A. as a gold album in the USA.
The Cure play the first of two nights at The Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Dumpy's Rusty Nuts (aka Dumpy's Rusty Blues Band) play at The Old Tiger's Head, Lee Green, London, England, UK, Europe.
UK tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror reveals that Elton John has long been worried about AIDS and has been tested for it many times.
The Who play the last of three nights at Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
On their One For All World Tour, The Bee Gees play the first of two nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
Elton John is undergoing six weeks of rehab treatment for bulimia and also for his drug and alcohol addictions, in the Parkside Lutheran Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Blues pianist/vocalist Detroit Junior dies aged 73 of heart failure at his home in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brian Wilson plays at The Bank of America, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Newport Jazz Festival continues at Fort Adams State Park, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Artists appearing on this, the last of three days, include Tony Bennett and The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Record producer and songwriter RedOne, famed for his work with Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and others, announces that he is launching his own record label, 2101 Records.
K-pop girl group Sistar release a new single, So Cool, on Starship Entertainment.
Arctic Monkeys play at The House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Way Out West Festival, Slottsskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
On her ArtRave : The Artpop Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Miranda Lambert, with special guests Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett and Jukebox Mafia, plays at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, USA, with special guests Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett and Jukebox Mafia.
On the North American leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira.
On their Decades World Tour Nightwish play at Leyendas Del Rock Festival, Villena, Spain, Europe.
It is reported that, having been found guilty of having a mobile phone while in jail for sex offences, shamed former Lost Prophets vocalist Ian Watkins has had his sentence extended.
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