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The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
Apache Indian chief Geronimo is photographed at the wheel of a luxury roadster during a press show at a ranch located southwest of Ponca City, Oklahoma, USA. In 1972, the image will inspire singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey to write Geronimo's Cadillac, because, "the two images together, Geronimo and a Cadillac, just struck me as a song title. It was every irony I could ever think of about our culture in two words. Their attempt to make of him what we would define as a civilized person. That was the reason they put him in a Cadillac in the first place. He was actually in jail at the time." (For the record, the vehicle in the photograph was a Locomobile, not a Cadillac). An entirely different song with the name Geronimo's Cadillac (1986) will be recorded by German rock duo Modern Talking.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.
Judy Garland makes her film debut. At this point she is still known as Frances Ethel Gumm of The Gumm Sisters, who begin filming in Hollywood, California, for a movie short called The Big Revue in which she and her sisters perform In the Good Old Sunny South.
Joseph Di Nicola is born in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He will grow up to lead early 60s twist pioneers Joey Dee And The Starliters.
Mary Lou Williams records When Dreams Come True, Bobo, Kool, Lover Come Back To Me, S'posin', Handy Eyes (St. Louis Blues) and Tisherome for Circle Records in New York City, USA.
Nielen Marais is born in Cape Town, South Africa. He will find success as a singer and songwriter with the band Falling Mirror.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
Unchained Melody reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. The position is achieved by amalgamating sales of versions of the song by Jimmy Young, Al Hibbler and Liberace.
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.
The Swinging Blue Genes play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. They will find success after changing their name to the Swinging Blue Jeans.
Carl Perkins plays the eleventh of fifteen nights at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The front cover of UK music weekly the NME (New Musical Express) features a full-page advert for the single Hey Mama by Frankie Vaughan. This edition of the paper also features articles about Billy J. Kramer, Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, Roy Orbison, Frank Ifield and Del Shannon.
Backstage during the Broadway run of the Barbra Streisand musical Funny Girl, her leading man, Sydney Chaplin, argues with Streisand and leaves the show before his contract is up.
Pressure Point, a movie starring Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin, opens in Finland, Europe.
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.
David Ruffin collapses in the parking lot after The Temptations play the last night of a week at The Club Venus, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and examined for a possible perforated ulcer.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The Hour Glass are playing during a week of shows at The Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Spencer Davis group plays at The May Ball, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
The Who, The Scaffold and Spooky Tooth perform at the St John's College Ball, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Barbara McNair opens for three weeks at The Royal Box of The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Grateful Dead play at California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA, under the pseudonym Bobby Ace And The Cards From the Bottom Of The Deck.
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.
On their Right In The Nuts tour, Aerosmith play the first of two nights at Stage West, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Iron Maiden play at The Mecca Centre, Sunderland, England, UK, Europe, supported by Praying Mantis.
Ted Nugent plays in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, supported by The Scorpions and Def Leppard.
Psychopathic serial killer Henry Lee Lucas is arrested by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan, initially for unlawful possession of a firearm. He will, however, eventually be convicted of eleven homicides. Lee's crimes are thought to have provided the impetus for the 1996 cover version of the traditional murder ballad Henry Lee by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, featuring P.J. Harvey.
Lost Loved Ones play at The Escape Club, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Fugazi play at The Outhouse, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Tears For Fears play at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA.
On his The Good Son tour, Nick Cave plays at Krizanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe.
It is reported that tax authorities in Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA, are in pursuit of Axl Rose of Guns N'Roses who owes $7,095 in property taxes dating back over the past four years, and could lose a 10-acre lot he owns in southern Wisconsin if he doesn't pay up. Tax demands sent by the county treasurer's office to Rose's registered address in Encino, California, have been returned with no forwarding address. Rose has until July 15 to pay the taxes or face foreclosure.
Former R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry turns up at band rehearsals in Atlanta, Georgia, and tells the group that he has now become a fully qualified sushi chef.
Kathryn Williams plays at The Brewery AC, Kendal, UK.
Tangerine Dream play at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England, UK.
It is reported that The Office of Fair Trading has referred a planned merger of Live Nation, the world's biggest concert promoter, and ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster to the UK's Competition Commission amid fears it could wipe out rivals and push up prices.
Natalie Cole plays the first of three nights at The Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
Tom Petty And the Heartbreakers play the first of two nights at The Gorge, Seattle, Washington, USA.
On their Final Frontier World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Vystaviste Praha, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, as part of the Sonisphere Festival.
Rapper 2 Chainz is arrested on board an outbound flight waiting to take off at LAX Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA, when TSA officials discover drugs [pot and promethazine - one of the two main ingredients in sizzurp] in his checked luggage. He is removed from the aircraft before it departs.
Alison Moyet releases her eighth studio album The Minutes, on Metropolis Records in the USA.
Kathryn Williams plays at The Old Cinema Launderette, Durham, England, UK.
Michele Stodart plays on The Tim Peaks Stage at The Isle Of Wight Festival, Isle Of Wight, England, UK.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at The Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe, sopported by Wolf Alice.
Nigel Grainge, the A+R man who signed acts including Thin Lizzy, The Steve Miller Band, Sinead O'Connor and Bob Geldof's The Boomtown Rats, dies, aged 70, of complications following surgery in Santa Monica, California, USA.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at The Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe.
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