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A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, aka The Blue Follies, is playing at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.The musical Lady, Be Good, with songs by George and Ira Gershwin, closes at The Liberty Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 330 performances. The show has made a star of its leading performer, the song and dance man Fred Astaire.
Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene (aka The Radio Stars With Two Guitars) record I'll Never Smile Again for HMV Records in London, England, UK.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
The musical revue Sim Sala Bim, with words and music by Alvin H. Jansen, is playing at The Morosco Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 54 performances.Steve Canaday, who will play drums for the Ozark Mountain Daredevils in the 80s, is born in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
Philip Darryl Core is born in Liverpool, UK. After changing his name to David Garrick, he will find some success as a pop singer in the 60s.
Lloyd Price, Little Anthony And The Imperials, The Five Satins and The Olympics play at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
The Biggest Show Of Stars Of '60, featuring Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Sam Cooke, Duane Eddy, Bo Diddley, The Olympics, Dion, Marv Johnson, Hank Ballard and The Bobbettes, plays at The Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, vocalist-songwriter Chris Kenner records his original version of Something You Got, co-written with Fats Domino. The track will become a much-covered r'n'b classic.
The Stan Getz Quartet records Nice Work If You Can Get It, Who Would Care and other tracks at Nola Studios, New York City, USA.
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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
Quincy Jones records Se E Tarde Me Pardoa at A + R Studios, New York City, USA, for Mercury Records.
Del Shannon arrives in London to begin a UK tour with Dion, who is already in the country.
The Golden Earrings play at Houtrusthallen, The Hague, Netherlands, Europe. The group will find greater fame after a name-change to Golden Earring.
The Beatles, Cilla Black and The Remains are musical guests on tv's Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA. Both performances were pre-recorded almost a month earlier.
Four singers - Miss Lok Wun, Miss May Wong, Miss Swee Lee and Miss Pak Ling plaus Teddy And His Band play at the opening of Cabaret Singapura, at Gay World, Singapore, Asia.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Johnny Tillotson is undertaking a tour of American Military bases in Germany, Europe.
Ars Nova are playing during a two-week stand at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by Hedge And Donna.
Canned Heat begin a twelve-day European mainland tour, taking in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Holland, Sweden and Denmark, Europe.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
The 
The second day of the Futurama Festival 4 in Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, Wales, UK, Europe, features Black, Dead or Alive, Gene Loves Jezebel, Nico, Sex Gang Children, Stockholm Monsters, The Damned, The Danse Society, The March Violets, The Membranes, The Room and The Southern Death Cult.
On their 
The Beasts Of Bourbon play at Szene, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Rockodromo Arena, Madrid, Spain, Europe.The album Unplugged by Eric Clapton enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA where it will peak at No1 during a fifty-two-week stay.
Singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini is born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She will first find success in 2015 with her debut album, The First Time, which includes the hits Love Me Like You Mean It, Dibs and Peter Pan.
The Black Keys release their fourth album, Magic Potion, on Nonesuch Records in the USA.
The End Of The Road Festival, a three-day event, comes to an end at Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal, Dorset, UK. Headliners on this, the final day, are Wilco.Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is in Alvernia Studios, near Krakow, Poland, Europe, recording new versions of two of his own orchestral
compositions, Popcorn Superhet Receiver and 48 Responses to
Polymorphia.
Chicago play at The Toyota Center, Kennewick, Washington, USA.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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