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Anna Held is starring in the musical comedy The Little Duchess at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show will run on Broadway for a total of 144 performances.
Capt. Webb's Educated Seals And Sea Lions are heading the bill at The Orpheum, Los Angeles, California, USA. Also on the bill are singer/storyteller Gus Williams, novelty comedy musicians Collins And Madell, Mme Adelaide Herrmann, Charles Kenna
Cowan's Music House in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is advertising its range of new music titles for sale, including Mississippi Hubble ("the best two-step of the season"), Near The Banks Of Erie's Shore ("a beautiful, pathetic, song") and A Picture That Deserves A Better Frame ("now a big hit"). 
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.
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.Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra record Honeysuckle Rose, New King Porter Stomp and Underneath The Harlem Moon, in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra play at Parker Auditorium, Minot, North Dakota, USA.Benny Goodman And His Orchestra record Swing Low Sweet Chariot in New York City, USA.
The musical revue Boys And Girls Together, with music by Sammy Fain, is playing at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 191 performances.Dan Hicks is born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. After playing as
drummer with San Francisco 60s
rock pioneers The Charlatans he will form his own group, Dan Hicks
And The Hot Licks.
At the Armed Services Induction Station in Newark, New Jersey, USA, Frank Sinatra is classified 4-F (unfit for military service) because of a perforated left eardrum and chronic mastoiditis.Louis Jordan plays the first of three nights at the Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Count Basie And His Orchestra play the third night in a week of shows at the RKO-Keith Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Billboard magazine reports that Andy Anderson of Columbia Records recording act Andy Anderson And His Peaceful Valley Boys has joined the U.S. Army and is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.
Charlie Parker plays the last of fourteen nights at Lindsay's Sky Bar, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.Pop and schlager singer and actress Angelika Milster is born in Neustrelitz, Germany, Europe. She is perhaps best-known for her role as Grizabella in the musical Cats.
The Scotty McKay releases a new single, Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, on Ace Records in the USA.
The stage musical Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
Bill Black And His Combo are playing during a three-week engagement at The Roundtable, New York City, USA. They are joined by rockabilly artist Jumping Gene Simmons as an extra vocalist.
Jan And Dean, Jerry Butler, Jackie De Shannon, Ann-Margret, Soupy Sales, Dee Clark, The Pentagons and others play in the Christmas Capers Concert in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Juan Atkins, widely regarded as one of the originators of
techno music, is born. Atkins will become one of The Belleville Three, along with Derrick
May and Kevin
Saunderson, who will forge a template for the music while in
college in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale, starring Barbra Streisand, closes at The Broadway Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the first of two nights at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
The Beatles play at The Odeon, Southend, England, UK, Europe. During the afternoon, before the performance, The Beatles are interviewed backstage by a BBC tv news crew.
Pianist, organist and vocalist Earl Grant records Stand By Me, Li'l Darlin', Lean Baby, You Stepped Out Of A Dream and Someone To watch Over Me for Decca Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Judy Garland is playing during a two-week engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, backed by the 30-piece Louis Basil orchestra. She is paid $50,000 per week.
Day Tripper by The Beatles enters the UK singles chart and on the same day, they play at the Odeon Cinema, Brimingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Moody Blues, The Marionettes, The Paramounts, The Koobas and Beryl Marsden with Steve Aldo.
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While working on a solo album, Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees records The Loner in Nova Sound Studios, London, UK.
Frank Edwin Wright III is born in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe. He will find success as Tre Cool, drummer for Green Day.
Def Leppard play the second of two nights at The Aqarius Nightclub, Chesterfield, England, UK, Europe.
Dire Straits play the third of four nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Haze play at The Imperial College, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Twice Bitten.
The Levon Helm Band plays one its regular Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3, in Helm's barn in Woodstock, New York State, USA.
Guinness World Records confirms that a poster installed near London, UK's Heathrow Airport, to mark the release of Michael Jackson's posthumous album, Michael, has set a new record as the world's largest poster. The poster, made of PVC and weighing one ton, measures 171ft by 170ft with a total surface area of 29,070 ft.The String Cheese Incident play the second of three nights at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Market trader Muhammad Shahid Nazir, better known as '1 Fish Man, releases his debut single, The '1 Fish Song. The novelty song -
essentially his pitch to customers at his market stall in East
London, has become an internet phenomenon, racking up 3.5m views on
YouTube, prompting the release of the single.
On his Jeb's Teetotal Pub Crawl tour, Jeb Loy Nichols plays at The Jackdaw And Star, London, England, UK.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at The Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark, Billings, Montana, USA, supported by Bob Mould.The Offspring, StoneSour, All Time Low, Dropkick Murphys, Bullet For My Valentine, The Used, Babymetal, Dashboard Confessional and others play at The Good Things 2018 Festival, in The Showgrounds, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania.
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