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Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Revered jazz and blues vocalist Helen Humes - who was recording for Okeh Records at the age of fourteen - dies of cancer, aged 68, in Santa Monica, California, USA.
The first of three nights of charity concerts at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, for Amnesty International. Over the three days the shows will feature Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Midge Ure, Sting, Donovan and Phil Collins.
B.B. King, The Crusaders and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play the first of five nights at Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Bruce Springsteen plays the second of three nights at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bruce Springsteen plays the second of three nights at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sonny Til, leader of hit-making US doo-wop group Sonny Til and The Orioles, dies of a heart attack in Washington, DC, USA.
Revered jazz and blues vocalist Helen Humes - who was recording for Okeh Records at the age of fourteen - dies of cancer, aged 68, in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Iggy Pop and writer Anne Wehrer start work in New York City, USA, on Pop's autobiography, I Need More.