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The Russell Brothers, Etta Butler, Prevost And Prevost, Stelling And Revelle, Donahue And Nicholls, Lavender And Tomson and Hamilton Hill play at the Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Victor Herbert's musical/opera The Ameer is presented at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The "fashionable vaudeville" show at The Grand, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, features Yorke And Adams (The Hebrew Senators), Foy And Clark, Clarice Vance, Terry And Elmer, Maxwell And Dudley, Musical Dalb, J.C. Nugent And Co and the Three Rios.Dorothy McGuire is born in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She will find success as a member of The McGuire Sisters, a 1950s trio that will earn its first hit with Sincerely and become the most popular female singing group of the era.
An eight-minute cartoon, Swing Wedding, is released to theatres in the USA by MGM. The cartoon, about the wedding of Minnie The Moocher, with music by Cab Calloway, features animated frogs impersonating Fats Waller, The Mills Brothers, Ethel Waters and Calloway himself.
Jazz trumpeter Rex Stewart And The Suave Sextette are playing at The Three Deuces, New York City, USA.
Mahmut Mazhar Alanson is born in Ankara, Turkey. He will find success as a member of the popular pop music band MFO which will represent Turkey twice in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Enrico de Jesus Puno is born in Manila, Philippines, Asia. He will find success as pop singer Rico J. Puno.
Columbia recording artist Jill Corey is playing during two weeks at Beverly Hills, Southgate, Kentucky, USA.Calcutta by Lawrence Welk reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, displacing (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow by The Shirelles.
The Swinging Blue Genes (later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play an evening show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Gerry And The Pacemakers.
Buck Owens records Before You Go, which will be released as a single, for Capitol records in the USA.
The Beach Boys play at the Academy Of Music, New York City, USA, with leader Brian Wilson briefly re-instated to the performing group.
Paul Anka is playing during a week-long booking at the San Juan Hotel, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Jack Jones is playing during a two-week stand at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
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The Savoy Brown Blues Band plays at The Fishmonger's Arms, Wood Green, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Giant Jellybean Copout record Awake In A Dream and Look At The Girls for Poppy Records in New York City, USA.
Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs (aka Flatt And Scruggs) record The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde, Another Ride With Clyde, Picture Of Bonnie and other Bobbie And Clyde-themed tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bridge Piece by Joseph Jarman of avant-garde jazz combo The Art Ensemble Of Chicago is performed at Ida Noyes Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The multi-media performance includes the band wearing tuxedos, strobe lights, video projections, a smoke machine, strolling performers and someone carrying a portable radio tuned to a Top 40 music station. Some audience members are told to wear sacks over their heads, while others are draped in tinfoil. If any audience members are not formally dressed, they are asked to leave.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Comedy Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 42 performances.Chuck Berry, Sha-Na-Na, The Coasters and The Platters play at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
Sammi Smith reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA with her version of the Kris Kristofferson composition Help Me Make It Through The Night.
Bob Dylan and The Band play the first of two nights at the Forum, Los Angeles, California.
The 101ers play at Hampstead Town Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. The band includes guitarist/vocalist Joe Strummer who will achieve greater succes as a founder of The Clash.
David Bowie's Station To Station tour plays in The Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA.D.P. Costello plays at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe. He will find greater success after changing his name to Elvis Costello. Vivian Stanshall plays on the same bill.
Dana Gillespie plays at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
Racing Cars play at The Greyhound, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.In the UK, Island Records introduces a range of One Plus One cassettes, which feature a pre-recorded album on one side and a blank tape on the other so that fans can make their own recordings.
Hawkwind, supported by Bronz, play the first of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their Love And Pride tour, hitmakers King, play at Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
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During The 47th annual Grammy Awards, Kanye West stages a performance in which he appears to die, but is resurrected, complete with angel wings to the sound of a full gospel choir. He had, apparently, been feeling persecuted by the media. His album, College Droput is given the Best Rap Album award.
On her Worldwide Underground Tour, Erykah Badu plays at The Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, USA.
Rihanna's controversial concert at Stadium Putra in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia, goes ahead despite widespread calls for the concert to be cancelled on the grounds that Rihanna's sexy stage act is an insult to Malaysian values. Dale Hawkins, composer of the rock classic Suzie Q, dies of cancer in Little Rock, Arkansas, aged 73.
Radio Moscow, Kings Destroy, Child and Holy Serpent play at The Cherry Bar, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
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