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The musical extravaganza The Sleeping Beauty And The Beast is playing at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 241 performances. The show is billed as "The biggest indoor entertainment in the world! 500 people involved!"
Turner's Rialto Belles, billed as "nine handsome show girls", are appearing at The Dixie Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tom Lewis and Sam J. Ryan and "a large company of funmakers" including Maud J. Huth are appearing in the "Merry musical melange" The Major And The Judge at The Lyceum Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.Popular vocalist Frank Crumit records My Gal for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. For the next four years Columbia will release new Crumit discs almost every month.
Ken Albers, arranger, trumpeter and bass singer with The Four Freshmen, is born in Pitman, New Jersey, USA.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, using the pseudonym of The Jungle Band, usung the pseudonym of The Jungle Band, record Cincinnati Daddy, Wall Street Wail and Sweet Mama for Brunswick Records in New York City, USA.
Jack Winston And His Orchestra begin a three-week residency in The Cooper Club, Henderson, Texas, USA.
Evelyn Dall makes a live broadcast with Ambrose And His Orchestra in a 'Starlight' show from the BBC tv studios at Alexandra Palace, London. UK.
Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra records In The Chapel In The Moonlight, One, Two, Button Your Shoe, I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs, Can't We Be Friends' and Close To Me, for the radio show Kraft Music Hall, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Black vocal harmony group The Five Jones Boys record Mr.
Ghost Goes To Town in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sonny Thompson And His Orchestra are playing during a string of dates in Dayton, Ohio, USA.Elvis Presley plays at Sleepy-Eyed John's Eagle's Nest Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The four male members of The Platters, who had been arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, in August on drug and prostitution charges, are all acquitted.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.Bobby Darin plays the fourth night of two weeks at The Latin Casino, Merchantville, New Jersey, USA.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Barbra Streisand is playing during a one-month engagement at The Blue Angel, New York City, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the sixth night of a pre-Christmas season in The Congo Room of The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Johnny Cash, The Tennessee Three, June Carter, Roger Miller, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western play in The Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Frank Ifield, The Karl Denver Trio, Bert Weedon And The Easy Beats, Barbara Kay and Alex Welsh And His Band with Clinton Ford perform live on the BBC Light Programme Radio Show Easy Beat, live from London, England, UK, Europe.
Joann Val with Jimmy Blade And His Orchestra is playing at The Camellia House, in The D rake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Actress/singer The Peter, Paul And Mary album by Peter, Paul And Mary is certified Gold in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Martha And The Vandellas record A Tear For The Girl in Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Film producer Hal Wallis sends a letter to Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, pointing out that Presley's physique has taken a turn for the worse, and suggesting that that this should be remedied before filming for his next movie, Roustabout, begins.
The Sons Of The Pioneers record Green Ice And Mountain Men, Destiny, Ringo and Me And My Burro in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frankie Laine, Dolores Grey and The Glenn Miller Band appear on The Mike Douglas Show on tv in the USA.
Eddie Peabody, billed as 'The King Of The Banjo', plays during seventeen nights at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by 'song stylist' Gloria Loring.
UK pop paper the NME (New Musical Express) publishes its annual readers' poll results, with winners listed as follows :
World Male Singer - Elvis Presley
World Music Personality - Elvis Presley
British Male Singer - Cliff Richard
British Vocal Personality - John Lennon
Single of The Year - Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones.
Pennsylvania-based band 
Dave Brubeck plays at the University Of Missouri, University City, Missouri, USA, to an audience of 3,800.Big Brother And The Holding Company play the second of two nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jim Kweskin And The Jug Band play the last of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by the Sons Of Champlin.
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 The 5th Dimension come to the end of recording sessions at Wally Heider Recording, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their album The Age Of Aquarius.
After telling a jury in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that he has 'outgrown drugs', Jimi Hendrix is cleared of drug possession charges.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
Morri ssey Mullen play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.While in Japan, Asia, during his Dangerous World
Tour, Michael
Jackson accepts a $100,000 cheque from Pepsi for his Heal The
World foundation at The American Consulate in Tokyo.
1950s rockabilly legend Glen Glenn plays at The Palomino, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
iTunes announces that its biggest-selling song of 2010 in the USA has been Hey Soul Sister by Train.
Ash play a 20th Anniversary Tour show at 
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the third of four shows at The Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.1901 |
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