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Milton Mesirow is born in Chicago, Illinois. He will find a measure of fame as jazz clarinettist and saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow.
The Kilties Band plays its Grand Farewell Concert at The Grand Central Palace, lexington Avenue, New York City, USA.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.Jazz cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke spends the twenty-seventh of 36 nights in the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Illinois, USA, being treated for delerium tremens caused by his heavy drinking.
Music hall star George Formby records I Could Make A Good Living At That and Let's All Go To Reno, for Decca Records in London, UK.
Leroy Fann, bass vocalist of successful 60s group Ruby And The Romantics, is born in Akron, Ohio, USA.
Future Creedence Clearwater Revival guitarist Tom Fogerty is born in Berkeley, 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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Lightnin' Hopkins records the album Lightnin' at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
Pete Fountain records Chlo-e (Song Of The Swamp) and Struttin' With Some Barbecue for Coral Records in the USA.
Joe Williams and Harry 'Sweets' Edison are playing at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Aretha Franklin, Bobby Bland, Gene Chandler, The Tams and others play the first of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bo Diddley plays the fifth of six nights at The Peppermint Lounge West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays during a week of shows at The Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 
The Beatles play at The Granada Cinema, East Ham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, The Brook Brothers and The Vernons Girls.
The Kingsmen re-release their former Jerden Records single, Louie Louie, on Wand Records in the USA.
Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Solomon Burke, BB King, Chuck Jackson, and Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, with Jimi Hendrix a temporary member of his band, come to the end of a Henry Wynn's Supersonic Attractions Tour of the Southern States of the USA.
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The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.Billy Preston releases the album Encouraging Words, co-produced by George Harrison of The Beatles, in the USA.
Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band play at The Jai Alai Fronton, Tampa, Florida, USA.At the start of his third US tour of the year, Bob Dylan plays the first of twelve nights at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays the last of three nights at The Oval, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
Hagar Schon Aaronson and Shrieve play at The Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
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The Washington Guitar Quartet with Charlie Byrd plays at The Arts Centre, College Of DuPage, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Popular singer and actor Yves Montand dies of a heart attack in Senlis, Oise, France, aged 70. His death occurs on the set of the film IP5: The Island of Pachyderms immediately after filming his final scene.
Roger Taylor of Queen presents Jeff Beck with The Living Legend Award at the 2011 Classic Rock Awards in London, UK. During a live performance at the ceremony, Beck is joined on stage by Chrissie Hynde on a version of Stand By Me and Joss Stone for I Put A Spell On You.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at Parque dos Atletas, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
Barclay James Harvest, with guests Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman, play at The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
On the Second European leg of their Decades World Tour, Nightwish play at Konig Pilsner Arena, Oberhausen, Germany, Europe, supported by Beast In Black.1899 |
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