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William Henry Somers is born at the Doctor Steevens Hospital, Dublin, Irleand. He will find fame as dance band leader DeBroy Somers.
George W. Monroe, Montrell, Smith And Fuller, The Four Nelson Comiques, John Healey, May DeSouza, Martinetti And Sutherland and The Deaves are appearing at The Grand Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Guido van Rijn is born in Amsterdam, Holland, Europe. In 1970 he will co-found the Netherlands Blues And Boogie Organisation, going on to publish many articles in specialist magazines including Blues Unlimited and Blues And Rhythm. In 1978 he will found the Agram Blues record label.
Pee Wee King is playing during a week of shows at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.Alice Ormsby-Gore, future socialite and girlfriend of Eric Clapton, is born in the UK. She will die of a heroin overdose in 1995.
Stan Kenton and his band complete recording of the album Stan Kenton's West Side Story at Goldwyn Soundstage 5, Hollywood, California, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the first of six nights at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, 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.The John Coltrane Quartet records Soul Eyes, The Inchworm and Big Nick, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse! Records.
Folk singer Odetta spends the first of two days recording the LP Odetta And The Blues for Riverside Records in Plaza Sound Studios, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA. The album includes the tracks Hard, Oh Lord, Believe I'll Go, Oh, Papa, How Long Blues, Hogan's Alley, Leavin' This Morning, Oh, My Babe, Yonder Comes the Blues, Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, Weeping Willow Blues, Go Down, Sunshine and Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out.
Peg Leg Howell records the LP The Legendary Peg Leg Howell for Testament Records at The Superior Recording Company in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The album includes John Henry, Blood Red River, Uncle Sam Blues, Jack Rabbit Blues, Worried Blues, Jelly Roll Blues, Jo Jo Blues, Skin Game Blues, Coal Man Blues and Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the fourth of seven nights at the Hudson Hotel, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
The Beatles are interviewed on UK tv show The Eamonn Andrews Show, at ATV Studios, Teddington, near London, England, UK.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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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.Long John Baldry plays during a week in cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience begin a tour of the USA supported by Fat Mattress, at Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
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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.Only 900 people show up to a New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, concert featuring Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, The Neville Brothers and the Wild Magnolias. The show is a benefit for the bankrupt family of Professor Longhair.
Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees starts work as producer of the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton duet Islands In The Stream for RCA Records in the USA.
Wiltshire anarcho-punk band The Subhumans spend the second of five days recording their third and last album, Worlds Apart, for Bluurg Records.R'n'b and jazz saxophonist Rosa King plays at The Forum, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones assemble at Pathe Marconi studios in Paris, France, Europe, to begin recording a new album.
Flaco Jiminez, Peter Rowan and The Rocking Tex Mex Band play at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo enters the UK album chart where it will peak at No34 during an eleven-week run.
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Swindon-based heavy metal band In The Absence Of Light launch their debut album Fait Accompli with a gig at The Furnace , Swindon. Support acts for the night are F.A.T.E., Blackout and When Memories Fade.
Beat Connection release the mini-album Surf Noir on Moshi Moshi/Tender Age Records in the UK.
On his Cowboy Rides Away Tour, George Strait plays at The Moda Center, Portland, Oregon, USA.
The board of the city-owned Exhibition Place music venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, votes to ban EDM (Electronic Dance Music) events at the venue. Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti cites the abuse of MDMA and ecstasy as the main reason for the ban, but suspicions are aired that the ban is actually aimed at "improving the financial position" of another venue, Muzik Nightclub, a favourite haunt of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
On her first ever UK headline tour Meghan Trainor plays at The Institute, Birmingham, UK.
7 Years by Lukas Graham spends its eighth consecutive week at No1 in the Australian Singles Chart, making it the longest-running Australian No1 single by a Danish act.
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