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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.Frances Ethel Gumm is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. She will grow up to be Judy Garland.
Jazz violinist Joe Venuti's Blue Four with Eddie Lang on guitar, record Pardon Me Pretty Baby and I'll Never Be The Same, in New York City for OKeh Records.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, play at the Astor Hotel, New York City, USA, during a fourteen-week engagement.
Big Bill Broonzy And His Memphis Five record Medicine Man Blues, Looking Up And Down, Midnight Steppers and Lone Wolf Blues and other tracks for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Washboard Sam plays washboard on these cuts.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Jimmy Witherspoon records Live So Easy, I Can Make It With You, When The Lights Go Out and Danger for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Willie Dixon plays bass on the session.
Teddy Randazzo is playing during a six-day run at The Mardi Gras Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Dion And The Belmonts play
the first of two nights at The Safari Club, Long Island, New York
State, USA.
The Oranim Zabar Troupe plays during a four week run at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sam Butera And The Witnesses are playing at The Tradewinds, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Patti Leeds.Ike And Tina Turner, The Olympics and Big Maybelle are playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Tony Rossini records Nobody and Moved To Kansas City at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Erroll Garner plays at St. John Terrell's Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA.
Merry Clayton releases the first recorded version of It's In His Kiss on Capitol Records in the USA. The song, also sometimes titled The Shoop Shoop Song, will not prove a successs, but will subsequently prove a hit for Betty Everett, Linda Lewis, Cher and others.
Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine perform Lysistrata during the interval of several shows by The Western Theatre Ballet in the Theatre Royal, Bath, England, UK, Europe. The shows are part of the Bath Festival.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the fourth of five nights at Tin Pan Alley, Redwood City, California, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton on guitar, play at Klook's Kleek, Hampstead, London, England, UK.
The Love Affair play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Change.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The James Brown Revue is on tour in Vietnam, Asia, playing live shows for American troops.
The Hour Glass are playing during a week of shows at The Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Lennon of The Beatles records sound effects for the avant garde track Revolution 9, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
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The Brother Jack McDuff Quintet records Down Home Style, Groovin' and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Doug Sahm and Wet Willie play the second of two nights at RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington DC, USA.
The first day of a two-day rock festival is held at Radstadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe. Artists appearing over the two days include Uriah Heep, Beck, Bogert And Appice (including Jeff Beck), Family, Strawbs, Osibisa, The Groundhogs, Thin Lizzy, Roy Wood's Wizzard, U.F.O., Ekseption, The Edgar Broughton band, Vinegar Joe, Gentle Giant and Chicken Shack.
Nine Below Zero, on their 'Christmas Tour' play at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Cash plays at The Wayne Newton Theatre, Branson, Missouri, USA, during a lengthy series of concerts at the venue.
Rapper Former UK hitmaker Mark Morrison is arrested in the lobby area of Warren House, Beckford Close, London W14 for "common assault on a 36-year-old
male". Morrison is taken to Chelsea police station and bailed.
On their Farewell Tour, Supergrass play at The O2 Academy, Brixton, London, England, UK.
Aerosmith play on the second day of the four-day long Sweden Rock Festival, Solvesborg, Sweden, Europe. Other acts appearing over the four days of the event include Guns and Roses, Slayer, Gary Moore, Billy Idol, WASP, Bachman And Turner, Danzig and Cinderella.
On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays in The St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, USA.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
On their first tour together in over twenty years, the surviving members of The Beach Boys play at The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee, USA.
Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band are forced to cancel their gig at The Freilichtbuhne StadPark, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, when Ringo wakes up and has lost his voice.
On their World Tour 2019 The Eagles play at The Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.1902 |
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