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A "High Class Vaudeville" show at The Bijou Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, features the combined talents of Girard And Gardner, The Rozinos, LaFavre's Dogs, Cats And Monkeys, The Harmony Four, Vermette And Dionne, gweorge H. Wood, Dollie Rathburn Chesley and others.
The musical revue Music Box Revue [1922-23], with songs by Irving Berlin, is presented at The Music Box Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 330 performances.
Cosimo Matassa is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, He will establish the legendary J + M Recording studio where influential artists including Roy Brown, Professor Longhair, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Guitar Slim, Shirley And Lee, Lloyd Price, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles and others will record.
The musical show The Wonder Bar is presented at The Nora Bayes Theatre on Breoadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 76 performances. Set in a Parisian nightclub in 1929, the show stars Al Jolson and features music by Robert Katscher with lyrics by Irving Ceasar.
Child-singer Frances Gumm (billed as Baby Gumm) plays the second of seven nights with The Gilmore Circus at Spreckels Theatre, San Diego, California, USA. Frances will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
Kay Thompson And Her Rhythm Singers, accompanied by Jack Jenney And His Orchestra, record It Had To Be You.
Ike Ragon And His Orchestra continue with a two-week residency [except Sundays] at The Cooper Club, Henderson, Texas, USA.
Jack Casady, bassist of Jefferson Airplane and its blues-oriented offshoot Hot Tuna, is born in Washington, DC, USA.
Louis Jordan And His Orchestra open for one week at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Morton Downey opens at the Wedgewood Room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Heart by Max Bygraves peaks at No14 in the Popular Singles Chart in the UK, during a run of eight weeks on the chart.
Ben E. King, The Clovers, Santo And Johnny, Robert And Johnny, Wade Flemons, The Olympics, Bobby Marchan and Etta James play the second night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem,
Patsy Montana is playing during a four-week stretch at Harrah's Club, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.Bob Dylan plays the third of fifteen nights as support to John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
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Blue Moon by The Marcels enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No1 during a stay of thirteen weeks.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Etta Jones records But Not For Me , Cool Cool Daddy and If You Are But A Dream, for Prestige Records, in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
During sessions for the album Dig These Blues, The Hank Crawford Septet records Hollywood Blues, H.C.Blues and New Blues for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
The Butterfield Blues Band, Charles Lloyd and Tom Rush play the second of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
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.
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The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.Wiltshire's pioneering anarcho-punk band The Subhumans release a new EP, Reason For Existence.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour, Janet Jackson plays at Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Sun Ra plays at The Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, Europe.The Sisters of Mercy play at The Aztec Center, San Diego, California, USA, supported by Danielle Dax.
While in Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia, during his My World tour, Justin Bieber criticises paparazzi photographers whose intrusive working methods have prevented him from exploring the country with his family.
Motion City Soundtrack release True Romance as the first single from their fifth album, Go, on Epitaph Records.
On her Set The World On Fire Tour, Alicia Keys plays at Ovation Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
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