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Louis Chauvin, celebrated ragtime pianist, composer and contemporary of Scott Joplin, is born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Scottish songwriter Lady John Scott, also known as Alicia Scott, best known for writing the tune Annie Laurie, dies at Spottiswoode in the Scottish Borders.
Primrose And Dockstader's Big American Minstrels are playing at The Grand Opera House, New York City, USA.
Ted Sears is born in Massachusetts, USA. he will find success as an animator, lyricist and scriptwriter, best-known for his work for Disney, where he worked as a writer from 1931 until his death.
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
Billed as "The latest musical sensation", The Explorers, featuring a cast of 80, is playing at The Metropolitan Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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.
Singing trio The Gumm
Sisters play the fifth of seven nights at the Golden Gate
Theatre, San
Francisco, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
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.
Peggy Lee records They Can't Take That Away From Me, Helpless, Once Around The Moon and Cry Cry Cry for Capitol Records in the USA.
The 10" LP Young
Man With A Horn, featuring trumpeter Harry
James and singer Doris Day performing songs from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name
is released by Columbia Records in the USA.
The 10" LP Young Man With A Horn, featuring trumpeter Harry James and singer Doris Day performing songs from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name is released by Columbia Records in the USA.
Singer Pat Terry opens for a week at The Penn Theater, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 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.
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.
Harry Gold And His Pieces Of Eight play at The Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Portsmouth, UK.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets play at The Granada, East Ham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Montanas, The Tanner Sisters, Gary Miller and Ronnie Keene And his Orchestra. Des O'Connor is the compere.
Bobby Darin is playing during a three week engagement at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the fifth of fourteen nights at The Statler-Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Sam Cooke plays the fourth night in a week of shows at the The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA, supported by Rochell And The Candles.
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.
The musical
The Yardbirds play at Loughborough College, Loughborough, and later at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, UK.
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The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
Quill play at The Warehouse, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, supported by Sugar Creek.
The Andrew Hill Quintet with The Lawrence Marshall Vocal Choir record Natural Spirit, Such It Is and Mother Mercy for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The tracks will appear on his LP Lift Every Voice.
In the USA, Heat Of The Night by Bryan Adams becomes the first single to be commercially released on cassette. Cassette singles will become known as cassingles.
Jazz guitarist and banjo player Danny Barker, who worked with Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder, Benny Carter and many others, dies of cancer aged 85, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Lyn Collins, who sang with the James Brown Revue in the early 70s, dies aged 56, of cardiac arrhythmia, in Pasadena, California, USA.
Singer-songwriter Scott Matthews releases his debut album, Passing Stranger, on San Remo Records in the UK. Later in the year it will be picked up and re-released by Island Records.
Darwin Song Project through Shrewsbury Folk Festival/Proper Records in the UK.
Eight songwriters (Chris Wood, Karine Polwart, Jez Lowe, Mark Erelli, Emily Smith, Rachael McShane, Krista Detor and Stu Hanna) begin a period of seven days in a Shropshire, England, UK, farmhouse, during which they will compose songs with a "resonance and relevance to Charles Darwin". The resulting songs will be released on the compilation LP
During a brief tour of the United States, Radiohead play at The 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, Colorado, USA.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at the LG Arena, Birmingham, UK.
On her Set The World On Fire Tour, Alicia Keys plays at The Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, California, USA.
Dancehall singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vybz_Kartel is found guilty of the murder of his former associate Clive "Lizard" Williams in Jamaica, Caribbean.
On their The Book Of Souls World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Estadio Mario Kempes, Cordoba, Argentina, South America.
On their World Tour 2019 The Eagles play at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Lewis Capaldi plays the second of two nights at The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe.
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