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The musical comedy Naughty Nancy is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 77 performances.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Williams And Walker Company's pioneering African-American musical In Dahomey closes at The Grand Opera House, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of seventeen performances.
The Columbia Stellar Quartette (aka The Peerless Quartet and The Columbia Male Quartet) records Onward, Christian Soldiers and The Heidelberg Stein Song for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The Peerless Quartet was, arguably, the most successful vocal group of the period.
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Kenneth Miller Rattenbury is born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK, Europe. He will find success as jazz trumpeter and bandleader Ken Rattenbury.Pioneering r'n'b anjd blues shouter Roy Brown is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
William B. Lawsha is born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Under the name Prince Lasha he will become revered by his contemporaries as a jazz flute, clarinet, alto sax and baritone sax player, but will never find wide public acceptance.
Johnny Messner And His Orchestra play at The Hotel McAlpin, Herald Square, New York City, USA.
James Polk is born in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He will become an influential figure in the jazz scene of Austin, Texas, earning the nickname "The Jazz Professor".
Funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player Roy Ayers is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ralph Flanagan And His Orchestra play at The Ritz Ballroom, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The Heidelberg Singers with Smiling Fritz are playing at Math Igler's Casino, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Four Freshmen record Candy at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
The Beatles play at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles buy Gibson J-160E Jumbo guitars in Rushworth's Music House, Liverpool, UK. The instruments have been specially imported from Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Lennon and Harrison.
With their plane re-routed from Jacksonville, Florida, by Hurricane Dora, The Beatles jam with Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, The Exciters and members of the Bill Black Combo in a Key West, Florida, USA, hotel.
Jo Ann and Troy (Jo Ann Campbell and Troy Seals) record Dorothy, I Found A Love, Who Do You Love and Say Honest for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
The Rolling Stones, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Mike Berry and The Mojos, play at The Gaumont, Cheltenham, UK.Barbara Dane, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Glenn Ohrlin, Jean Redpath, Jean Ritchie, Mississippi John Hurt, The Greenbriar Boys, Theodore Bikel, Tom Paxton and Tom Rush play on the first day of the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Wilson Farm, Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Audrey Williams records They're Beggin' You To Stay and Oceans Of Love in Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the nineteenth night in a month of dates at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The Band record Key To The Highway in the USA, but it will not appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.America's NET tv broadcasts The World Of John Hammond, a special about the life and work of Columbia Records executive John Hammond, including a live performance by Bob Dylan.
The Osmond Brothers play the first of two days at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup, Washington, USA.
On his Midnight At The Lost And Found Tour, Meat Loaf plays in Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Prince records Paisley Park in Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA.
Aspiring singer-songwriter Tori Amos moves from Washington DC, to Los Angeles, California, USA, in hopes of furthering her musical career by playing in bars and lounges.
Gloria Gaynor plays at The Inn On The Park, Jersey, UK, Europe.
On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan, Asia.
Letitgo by Mark Williams, founder and editor of the short-lived weekly music paper New Music News, is jailed for three years at Southwark Crown Court, London, England, UK, Europe, for his part in laundering more than £2m of drug money from cocaine deals.
Bruce Johnston of The 
Green Day, Rob Thomas, Usher, Dave Matthews Band, John Mellencamp and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park play in a multiple-venue benefit show for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Gigs are staged in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere.
The Sex Pistols launch their own brand perfume in the USA. The product is described as "the spirit of punk in a bottle". The publicity for the perfume claims that, "Sex Pistols fragrance is inspired by anarchy and chaos, as the ideologies of the bend that made a revolution in UK in the 70s, spreading to the international music scene."On the European leg of his Symphonica - The Orchestral Tour, George Michael plays at the Piazza San Croce, Florence, Italy.
On their 
Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at The 360 Amphitheatre, Austin, Texas, USA.1902 |
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