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The Metropolitan Orchestra records Pullman Porters' Ball, Skater's Waltz, My Dream and other tracks for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Williams And Walker are starring in their musical show Sons Of Ham at The California Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. (A popular song and dance duo, Bert Williams and George Walker are often cited as the first African-American superstars.)Folk music archivist/collector Frank Kidson collects the The Morning Looks Charming/Hare Hunting Song (written in the 18th century) from a Mr Cropper at the Westmorland Musical Festival, Westmorland, UK.
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Robie's Knickerbocker Burlesquers are playing at The Dewey Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.Boogie-woogie pianist Cow Cow Davenport with guitarist Sam Thread, records I'm Gonna Tell You In Front So You Won't Feel Hurt, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Vocalion Records.
Blanche Calloway And Her Orchestra play the last of seven nights at The Lafayette Theatre, New York City , USA.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
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.Big Joe Turner releases his original, uncensored, version of Shake Rattle and Roll on Atlantic Records in the USA.
Big Joe
Turner releases his original, uncensored, version of Shake Rattle and
Roll on Atlantic Records in the USA. A cleaned-up white cover version
by Bill
Haley And His Comets will become a much bigger hit.
Ricky Nelson sings for the first time on US tv series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, where he performs I'm Walking written by Fats Domino and Dave Batholemew. Within a week the song has sold a million copies.
John Lee Hooker is playing two weeks of shows at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, USA.A new student-oriented radio station, WTBS-FM, begins transmissions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Popular and classical music dominate the schedule at first, but jazz and rock-n-roll records are soon added.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the second night in a three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
The Andrew Oldham Orchestra releases a new single, 365 Rolling Stones, on Decca Records in the UK. Oldham is the manager/producer of The Rolling Stones.
Jody Miller records Fever, In My Room, Angry Young Man and Soft And Gentle Ways for Capitol Records in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hank Ballard And The Midnighters play at The 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Roger Miller plays during a three-week residency in the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
At the Academy Awards ceremony at The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA, the Best Song is Talk To The Animals from the film Doctor Dolittle.
Canned Heat play at Robertson Gym, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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During their Exotic Tour, Depeche Mode play at Velodromo del Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile, South America.
On her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, Cher plays at The John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Garbage release their fourth studio LP, Bleed Like Me, on Warner Brothers in Australia and New Zealand.
Queen And Paul Rodgers play at St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland, Europe.
On her 
Kraftwerk begin an eight-night '3D' residency at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA. Each night of the residency features a different Kraftwerk album played in its entirety, accompanied by a '3D visualization' of the record. This, the first night, features their 1974 breakthrough album Autobahn.
Little Comets, The Crookes, Bwani Junction and Eliza And The Bear play at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK.
She Looks So Perfect by 5 Seconds Of Summer enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA at No60.
On her first ever UK headline tour Meghan Trainor plays at The O2, Glasgow, Scotland. 
It is reported that a commemorative plate, on sale for £25 on the online marketplace Etsy, features a picture of red-haired pop star Ed Sheeran, instead of Prince Harry, along with Meghan Markle, to mark the royal wedding at Windsor Castle in May. The substitution is assumed to have been a mistake.
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