10th February

Sousa's Band plays at The Alhambra Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.

The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.

The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.

The musical comedy Miss Simplicity, featuring Helen Lord, opens at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 56 performances.

The musical comedy Florodora is performed at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 shows.

Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.

William Henry Webb is born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He will find success as Chick Webb, one the greatest drummers and bandleader in early jazz history.

The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, opens at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, where it will run for 1352 performances.

Alan Sytner is born in Liverpool, UK. In 1957 he will become the founder of The Cavern Club.

Earl Hines And His Orchestra record Pianology in the USA.

In The Mood by Glenn Miller And His Orchestra reaches No1 in the Billboard popular music chart in the USA.

Les Brown And His Orchestra come to the end of a residency at Cafe Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, USA.

Latin bandleader and composer Noro Morales And His Orchestra open at the Hotel Avila, Caracas, Venezuela.

The Three Flames are playing during a five year engagement at The Bon Soir, New York City, USA.

Jazz vibraphone star Teddy Charles records Stardust, Midnight Sun and other tracks at Beltone Studios, New York City, USA.

The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.

Joanie Somers is playing during a ten-day engagement at Freddy's Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.

The Bill Evans Trio record Stella By Starlight, Haunted Heart and other tracks in New York City, USA.

Roy Orbison releases a new single, Dream Baby, on Monument Records in theUSA.

King Curtis releases a new single, Soul Twist, on Enjoy Records in theUSA.

Tommy Hunt, The Ronettes, The Vibrations, The Capris, The Flamingos and Bobby Lewis play the fifth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.

Eddie Fisher is playing at The Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The John Coltrane Quartet is playing during six nights at The Jazz Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Matt Monro is playing during a week of shows at Chevalier, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.

The Smoke release a new single, My Friend Jack, on Columbia Records in the UK. The song will be withdrawn from sale after it is noticed that the lyric includes the line "My friend Jack eats Sugar Lumps" - a reference to the practice of consuming LSD on cubes of sugar.

The Buffalo Springfield play at The Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno, California, USA.

The Graham Bond Organisation, The Picadilly Line and The Avalons play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Top Ten Singles being played on WABC radio in New York City, USA, are :

1. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)

2. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (ABC)

3. Venus - Shocking Blue (Colossus)

4. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5 (Motown)

5. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly And the Family Stone (Epic)

6. Without Love (There Is Nothing) - Tom Jones (Parrot)

7. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)

8. No Time - The Guess Who (RCA)

9. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (Columbia)

10. Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)

Aerosmith begin pre-production work on their next album, Draw The Line, in Hawaii, USA.

The Vibrators play at The Red Deer, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.

Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at The Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, USA. On this day, the band is made honorary citizens of Austin.

The Commodores play at The Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, England, UK, Europe.

Coffin Break play at The Showbox, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Alex Kramer dies aged 95 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.. He had found success as one of the most successful and highly regarded songwriters of the big band era, composing over 180 songs (including It All Comes Back To Me Now (1941), Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens and Far Away Places (1949), with his songwriting partner and wife, Joan Whitney.

Motley Crue start the second leg of their Greatest Hits tour in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

Mose Allison plays the last of three nights at Yoshi's, Oakland, California, USA.

Elvis Costello plays at Carling Apollo, Hammersmith, London, UK.

It is reported that Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars is being sued for $10m by his ex-girlfriend, Robin Mantooth, who claims that he broke a promise to provide financial support for her if they broke up.

The Levon Helm Band plays one its regular Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3, in Helm's barn in Woodstock, New York State, USA.

Emeli Sande is interviewed on The Culture Show on BBC2 tv in the UK.

Robert Dewey Hoskins, a potentially violent escapee from a mental health facility in Norwalk, California, USA is reported to be back in police custody after being found in Long Beach, California. Hoskins was convicted of stalking Madonna in the 90s.

On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play the first of three nights at The O2 Arena, London, UK.

Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins begin writing a new song, Dirt, at the Big Loud Shirt building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The song requires three writing sessions to complete, and will provide a hit single for Florida Georgia Line.

Cabbage, The Shimmer Band and April play at EBGBS, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.