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The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.Johnny Marks is born in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. He will find success as a songwriter, specializing in Christmas songs - despite being Jewish. His hits will include Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and Run Rudolph Run.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra play at The RKO Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
At a meeting of The Association For Education By Radio in Columbia, Missouri, USA, Charles A. Seipmann of the OWI (Office of War Information) declares that "Propaganda can win the war and must. Armed victory alone can't. Music is our strong morale builder." Seipmann uses his speech to argue for the use of popular music to inspire the war effort, and specifically mentions the Frank Loesser song Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.
The romantic movie musical Two Weeks With Love, starring Jane Powell and Ricardo Montalban, is released by MGM in the USA.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. Frankie Laine is playing at The Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Jeri Southern.
Gay Crosse And His Good Humor Six play during a week-long engagement at Club Ebony, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Saxophonist with the band during these dayes is John Coltrane.
Frank Sinatra stars as the footloose and frequently unemployed private eye Rocky Fortune in another episode of his radio series of that name in the USA. This episode is entitled Bass Player.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.The Wayne Shorter Quintet records Mack The Knife, Pug Nose and other tracks at Fine Sound Studios, New York City, USA. for the Vee Jay Records album Introducing Wayne Shorter.
Fats Domino performs Be My Guest on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.The Al Casey Quartet records Blue Moon, Dancing In The Dark and other tracks for Moodsville Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Ruth Brown, The Vibrations, Jimmy Jones, The Sensations, Joe Turner, The Clovers, Little Anthony, David Ruffin and Arthur Prysock begin a week of shows at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The It's a remarkable day at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, with an afternoon session featuring The Big Three, Freddie And The Dreamers, Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders and Dave Berry And The Cruisers, followed by an evening show headlined by Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, which includes Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker – both of whom will go on to be members of The Cream.
The Beatles are seen by 10m viewers in the UK when their recent appearance at the Royal Variety Command Performance in the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London is broadcast by the ITV network. The show is most memorable for John Lennon's wry comment, "On the next number would those in the cheap seats clap their hands? The rest of you, just rattle your jewellery."
Dick Charlesworth's Big Blues With Bobby Breen play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Outsiders.
Sandy Denny plays at Leduce Contemporary Folk Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
A son, Nicholas, is born two months prematurely at a nursing home in London, England, UK, Europe, to Marianne Faithfull and her husband John Dunbar.
Achille Togliani, Balletto di Gino Landi, Coro di Roma della RAI, Coro di Voci Bianche di Renata Cortiglioni, Gianni Ferrio e la sua Orchestra, Gianni Morandi, Lilian Terry, Mina, Nicola Arigliano, Ornella Vanoni, Sergio Endrigo and Virginia Vee play in La prova del nove at Teatro delle Vittorie, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Guitarist Billy Strange records The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The 9th Man Theme, A Man Alone and 007 Theme in United Recorders, 6050 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on this session comprises Wrecking Crew members Tommy Tedesco, Lou Morell, Joseph Gibbons, Carol Kaye, Larry Knechtel, Hal Blaine, Julius Wechter, Plas Johnson, Roy Caton, A. D. Brisbois, Oliver Mitchell, Robert Knight and Lew McCreary. The tracks will appear on Strange's album Secret Agent File.
Elvis Presley's 31st movie Change Of Habit opens in the USA. This film also marks his final acting role.Bruce Springsteen records Give The Girl A Kiss at The Record Plant, New York City, USA.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe.
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Elton John plays the first of two nights at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Rage Against The Machine release their debut album Rage Against The Machine in the USA, which will rapidly go triple platinum.LSD guru and icon of the hippy generation, Ken Kesey, dies in Pleasant Hill, Oregon, USA, as a result of complications following liver surgery.
U2's film Rattle And Hum is released in the new Blu-ray format, along with non-rock films including The Italian Job and Aeon Flux.
Joe Perry, best-known as the guitarist of Aerosmith plays a solo show at Irving Plaza, New York City, USA.
Rapper Juelz Santana is arrested in New Jersey, USA, on suspicion of making 'terrorist threats.'
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Guns N'Roses play the sixth night of a twelve-show residency at The Joint Inside Hard Rock Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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King Diamond, supported by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, play at The Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.1902 |
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