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Barry And Helvers, Decker, Caludio And Abramov, Emmet And Mortland, Katherine Bloodgood and Clara Ballerini are providing the entertainment at The Orpheum Theater, San Francisco, California, USA, as part of Marcel's Living Art Studies.The Black Patti Troubadours, led by Sissieretta Jones (aka The Black Patti), are playing at The New Star Theatre, New York City, USA. The show is advertised as "the smartest and swellest colored show in all creation".
The Passing Show Of 1915 continues its lengthy run at The Winter Garden, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show is billed as featuring "Enthralling Visions of Girls Divinely Fair".Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the fifth night in a week of dates at The Palace Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the final night of a week at the Surf Beach Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
On their first national tour, country music stars The Sons Of The Pioneers play the second of two nights in Strand, Altoon, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ambrose And His Mayfair Hotel Orchestra, with Anne Shelton on vocal, record Fools Rush In, for Decca Records in London, England, UK.
Muggsy Spanier And His Dixieland Band record Home, It's A Long Long Way To Tipperary, Caution Blues and Alabama Jubilee, for Mercury Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
Harry Belafonte begins recording his second LP, Belafonte, for RCA Victor at RCA Victor's Manhattan Center and 24th Street Studios, New York City, USA. It will become the first number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, topping the chart for six weeks.The film Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, starring Jennifer Jones and William Holden, is released to cinemas in the USA. The title song will win an Academy Award as Best Song.
Elvis Presley plays the first of two nights at the Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Before he had even hit town, Judge Marion Gooding had prepared an arrest warrant for Presley charging him with impairing the morals of minors - just in case Elvis swivelled his hips. On the day itself, young people at the Murray Hill Methodist Church heard Elvis denounced in a sermon entitled, "Hotrods, Reefers, and Rock and Roll." Elsewhere in Jacksonville, the Rev. Robert Gray, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, prayed for Presley's salvation after declaring that the singer had "achieved a new low in spiritual degeneracy."
The Reverend Gary Davis records You Got To Move, I'll Fly Away, Crucifixion and other tracks, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for Bluesville Records.
Popular close-harmony vocal group The Hi-Lo's record The Very Thought Of You, More Than You Know, On The Alamo and Let Me Love You, for Columbia Records in the USA.
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Flamingos play the first night of a week at The Hialeah Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The Sonny Allen And The Rockets, The Hollywood Argyles and Tammi Scott play at The Esquire Show Bar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones writes a personal letter to a fan called Dawn (aka Ziggy) stating, "some people are really fussy about the most ridiculous things. What difference does it make whether you wear shoes or ties, your money is as good as anybody elses."
Toumani Diabaté, internationally famed as The Kora Prince of Mali, is born in Mali, Africa.
Elvis Presley continues location filming for the movie Paradise Hawaiian Style, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The Righteous Brothers are playing during a month-long engagement at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play the second of five nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA, supported by San Francisco band Natty Bumpo.
Roy Orbison plays the sixth night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Classical Gas by Mason Williams reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
O.C. Smith plays at the The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, South Carolina.
Tom Waits records Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis and Red Shoes By The Drugstore for his fifth album, Blue Valentine, at Filmways/Heider Recording in San Francisco, California, USA.
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia release the live LP Friday Night In San Francisco on Philips Records.
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (aka Yes by another name) play at Jones Beach, Wantagh, New York State, USA.
The On his first All Starr Band tour, Ringo Starr plays the first of two nights at The Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA. The band includes Billy Preston, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Nils Lofgren, Clarence Clemons and Rick Danko.
On a nine-date South American tour, Bob Dylan plays the last of three nights at the Estadio Obras, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tom T. Hall plays the second of three concerts as artist-in-residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The evening is billed as Songs I Wish I’d Written and Some I’m Glad I Did.
Barbara George, best known for her 1962 hit single, I Know [You Don't Love Me No More], dies of a lung infection in Chauvin, Louisiana, USA.
It is reported that the hit internet video Newport State of Mind, which spoofed the Alicia Keys/Jaz-Z collaboration New York State of Mind, has been removed from YouTube after EMI Music took action over copyright transgression. Newport State Of Mind, performed by rapper Alex Warren and singer Terema Wainwright, racked up 2m hits in two weeks.
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