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The musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home is presented at The New York Theatre, on Broadway and 45th Street, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.Comedy musical act The Three Original Westons are playing on a 'fashionable vaudeville' bill at The Grand, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The musical comedy Up She Goes is presented at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 256 performances.
Juan Alberto Ficicchia is born in the port city of Zarate, Argentina, South America. he will find success as jazz percussionist Tito Alberti.
The musical comedy Woof, Woof is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 46 performances.
Folk and pop singer Glenn Yarborough is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Despite a long and acclaimed career, his voice has, perhaps, been most often heard singing the jingle 'Things go better with Coke".
The musical revue Wake Up And Dream, with songs by Cole Porter, is presented at the Selwyn Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
Roy Smeck's Serenaders record On A Little Bamboo Bridge and Trust In Me for Decca Records in the USA.
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra record I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, If My Heart Could Only Talk and other tracks for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA.
Little
Richard records Ain't Nothin'
Happenin' and I Brought It All On Myself for RCA Victor Records
at WGST Studio, Atlanta, Georgia, 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.Screamin' Jay Hawkins, with Tiny Grimes and his Rockin' Highlanders records Screamin' The Blues and My Dream in New York City for Atlantic Records. The tracks will remain unreleased.
The Merseysippi Jazz Band plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.Harry Belafonte stars in the Bell Telephone Hour's American Festival show on NBC-tv in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of Wild In The Country at the 20th Century Movie Ranch, near Santa Monica, California, USA.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the twenty-ninth night of a six-week season at the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The musical The Kingston Trio are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Del Wood is playing live at Great Falls, Montana, USA.Baron Grave Shadrack with The Vampires and The Barracudas plays at The Civic Hall, Exter, UK.
Ethel Ennis is playing during two weeks at The Stater Brothers, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Kinks fly to Paris, France, Europe, for three days during which they will appear in the marathon radio show Musicorama.
A new TV show, Hullabaloo, premieres on NBC in the USA, featuring The Zombies, Liverpool's Gerry And The Pacemakers, and The New Christy Minstrels.
Robert Cummings is born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He will find fame as shock-rocker Rob Zombie.
The Velvet Underground and Nico attend a party with Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick and others in the home of Stephen Shore in New York City, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Blue Cheer and Mint Tattoo.
Bob Dylan and The Band play the second of two nights at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada.
Sarah McLachlan, singer-songwriter and founder of the internationally successful all-female Lilith Fair Tours, is awarded The Order of Canada.
Brian May of Queen attends the 1000th performance of the band’s musical, We Will Rock You, at The Dominion Theatre, London, UK.Finnish folk-metal band Korpiklaani play at Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gregg Allman plays at The Bergen Performing Arts Theatre, Engelwood, New Jersey, USA.
Bono of U2 appears on stage during the opening night of the Mali Desert music festival in Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa. Nevetheless, his presence does not resurrect the now flagging fortunes of the festival, previously a major world music event, because of terrorist threats.
Stephen Lee Pieck, a homeless inhabitant of Ossining, Westchester New York State, USA, files a $9m [£5.7m] lawsuit against Eminem in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. The legal action claims that Pieck initiated the idea for Eminem's groundbreaking Born of Fire commercial for Chrysler, but never received any monetary compensation for his creative contributions.
Beautiful - a musical based on the songs of Carole King, opens at The Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Sorry by Justin Bieber reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, displacing Adele's Hello which had been on top for ten weeks.Katy Perry, Haim, Marilyn Manson, Mary J. Blige, Johnny Depp, Nicole Richie and Rashida Jones, attend the Stella McCartney 2016 Fall Presentation party in Los Angeles, California, USA.
It is reported that a 4,400 sq. ft. apartment, formerly owned by music stars including Britney Spears and Keith Richards, in New York City, USA, has been put on sale for $7.6m.
Iggy Pop, with producer Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age, begins work on his seventeenth album, Post Pop Depression, at Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, California, USA.
On their Tell No Tales - 30 Year Anniversary Tour, 
On their Relaxer tour, alt-J play at Forest National, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.1902 |
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