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The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.Blues vocalist Waymon 'Sloppy' Henry records Some Sweet Rainy Day for OKeh Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Dadaist poet Jean Cocteau records La Toison D'Or and Les Voleurs D'enfants, with musical accompaniment by Dan Parrish and his Orchestra, in Paris, France, for Columbia Records.
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra record Scriabin's Prometheus. Poem of Fire, at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This will become the earliest surviving stereo recording.
The musical revue Boys And Girls Together, with music by Sammy Fain, is playing at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 191 performances.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
American music trade magazine Cash Box combines its pop and R'n'B charts, justifying the decision by pointing out that the current R'n'B charts are almost ninety percent pop in nature. [This decision will subsequently be reversed].
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.
Bill Henderson is playing during a 22-day engagement at The Playboy Key Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Vocal group The Ellison Singers record He's Holding Me, Open Up Your Heart, Can You Hide?, This Is The Day, In The Upper Room and Who Is This Man for Sharp Records in the USA.
Duke Ellington, Gary 'US' Bonds, and The Chantels play the fourth of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sonny Stitt, The Johnny Young Trio and Ira Sullivan take part in a Charlie Parker Memorial show at The Birdhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Tracks from the event will be released by Vee-Jay Records on the album Bird Lives!.
The album G.I.Blues by 
I Don't Want To Go On Without You by The Moody Blues enters the UK's NME Top Thirty singles chart at No29.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio enter the Billboard US Top 40 Albums Chart with Hang On Ramsey!, which will peak at No15 during a fifteen-week run on the chart.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Hello People play during a one-week booking at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jazz multi-instrumentalist Keith Jarrett records tracks for his album Restoration Ruin at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, USA.
Cliff Richard records two future singles, Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha, and I Ain't Got Time Anymore, in Studio 3, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
The London Youth Jazz Orchestra with Monty Sunshine play at Barking College Of Technology, Dagenham, England, UK, Europe.
On their first world tour, 
Bow Wow Wow are obliged to cancel dates in their upcoming UK tour because, at fifteen years old, lead singer Anabella Lwin, would be guilty of truancy if she toured with no tutor.
Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
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The funeral of Larry Cassidy, bass player and vocalist of UK band Section 25 takes place at St John The Evangelist R.C. Church, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, UK.
Rihanna plays the final night of her Last Girl On Earth, at Burswood Dome, Perth, Australia, Oceania.
During the SXSW Festival, Blondie are interviewed at Room 18ABC in the Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA.
Jorma Kaukonen plays at The Narrow Center For The Arts, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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