12th November

The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.

The Plain Band is organized at Reuschlein Brothers Hall, Plain, Wisconsin, USA, with William Marshall, one of the best local clarinet players, as instructor. The accordian and mouth organ are played by Joe Schwartz, violin by John Frank, drum by John H. Liegel. The flute, trombone, clarinet and several cornets are played by the other members. The fox trot, waltz, two-step, and square dance are popular in their repertoire.

Wilbur Dorsey Clayton is born in Parsons, Kansas, USA. He will become better known as jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton, playing with Count Basie, and enjoying his own solo career.

Jazz and popular vocalist Jo Stafford is born in Coalinga, California, USA.

Composer Sir Edward Elgar opens the new EMI Recording Studios at Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, London.

John Lennon, aged 5, enrols at Mosspits Lane Infants School, Liverpool, UK. He will find fame as one of The Beatles.

The Charlie Parker Quintet plays the second of thirteen nights at The Argyle Show Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.

The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.

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.

The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack.

Max Bygraves is appearing in the revue Wonderful Time at The Palladium, London, England, UK, with The Billy Cotton Band, The Bernard Brothers and Joy Nichols.

Irish tenor Bill Dwyer is appearing at Club Alabam, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Gay Crosse And His Good Humor Six play during a week-long engagement at Club Ebony, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Saxophonist with the band during these dayes is John Coltrane.

The Timmie Rodgers Revue, featuring Roy Hamilton, plays the first night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.

When You Dance by The Turbans enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.

Dakota Staton records Idaho and No Moon At All in New York City, USA, for Capitol Records.

British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.

Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.

Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.

Brenda Lee, The Ames Brothers and Pearl Bailey are musical guests on the CBS-tv variety series The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.

Doris Day releases a new album, Jumbo, the soundtrack to her latest musical, on Columbia Records in the USA.

The Charlie Rouse Septet record Samba De Orfeu, Back Down In The Tropics and Velhos Tempos, for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Aretha Franklin, Bobby Bland, Gene Chandler, The Tams and others play the fourth of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Thelonious Monk plays at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Lyricist, keyboardist and singer-songwriter Tom Marshall is born in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He will become best known for his association with Trey Anastasio and the rock band Phish.

The Beatles album With The Beatles is released on Odeon Records in Germany, Europe.

The Drifters record At The Club and In The Park, at Atlantic Studios in New York City, USA.

The Beau Brummels release a new single, Don't Talk To Strangers, in the UK on Pye International. The track is produced by Sylvester Stewart, later to find fame as Sly Stone of Sly And The Family Stone.

Steam Packet play at the University, York, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)

Billy Edd Wheeler records Ducks On The Water, Jake McCall, Little Leroy, I've Got A Go Go Country Girl, Lonely Wine and Overdose Of The Blues in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.

The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.

David Bowie plays at The Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Kinks, Elton John, Ballin' Jack and Juicy Lucy play the first of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.

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.

Actor William Holden dies alone at home in Santa Monica, California, USA. While intoxicated, he slips on a rug, severely lacerating his forehead on a bedside table, and bleeds to death. His death will inspire the 2018 song The Day William Holden Died by Dan Stuart, and is also referred to in Suzanne Vega's 1987 song Tom's Diner.

A gig at The Marquee, London, England, UK, Europe, by former Sweet frontman Brian Connolly is cancelled because he has been hospitalised.

Slash and Bootsy Collins are among the guests at the BandFuse: Rock Legends video game launch event at the House of Blues Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Lily Allen releases the video for her new single Hard Out Here via her website.

Rock drummer Johnny Toobad, aged 55, falls to his death from the top of a shopping centre in Bayswater, London, England, UK, Europe. Toobad (real name John Elichaoff) was best-known as the drummer for Stark Naked And The Car Thieves and The League Of Gentlemen. He had been talked down from the same ledge two weeks earlier by police officers.

On his Purpose World Tour, Justin Bieber plays at The O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.

King Diamond, supported by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, play at Ntelus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.