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The Chicago Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is offering a continuous vaudeville bill including singing comedienne Zoa Matthews and singer of Southern songs George Austin Moore.Paul Ash And His Orchestra record It's A Happy Old World After All and Precious, for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Blues singer and guitarist Willie Trice records Come On In Here Mama, Let Her Go God Bless Her, Tennessee Town and Carolina Blues for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Louis Armstrong plays during a record-breaking three weeks of shows at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Neal Hefti and Frances Wayne And The Modernaires are playing at The Paramount Theatre, New York City, USA.
Tiny Bradshaw And His Orchestra play during a four-week engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
Conway Twitty is playing during a week-long engagement at Manor Hotel, Widwood, New Jersey, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eleventh night of two weeks at The Town'n'Country, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Brook Benton plays the second night in a month of gigs at Robert's Show Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Bobby Vinton releases a new single, I Love The Way You Are, on Diamond Records in the USA.
Popular honky tonk pianist and bandleader Big Tiny Little is playing during an extended booking at The Java Lanes, Long Beach, California, USA.
The Rolling Stones are seen on tv in the UK for the first time, on the show Lucky Stars Summer Spin, in a pre-recorded performance of Come On. Appearing in the same show are Helen Shapiro - Not Responsible, Johnny Cymbal - Teenage Heaven, The Viscounts - It's You, Mickie Most - Mr. Porter, Patsy Ann Noble - I Was Only Foolin' Myself and The Cadets - Hello Trouble. The show is hosted by Pete Murray.
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J.J. Johnson And His Orchestra record How Insensitive, I'm All Smiles, The End, Hot Afternoon, Yeah! and Five Four And Go! for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
The Small Faces have a second day of mixing for their first single, Whatcha Gonna Do About It, at IBC Studio, London, England, UK.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Roland Kirk Quartet and The New Salvation Army Band play the third of six nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pink Floyd nudge into the lower reaches of the Billboard albums chart in the USA for the first time with A Saucerful of Secrets.
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It is reported that Mercury Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, has re-signed country music star Faron Young, who has already been with the label for fifteen years.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the sixth of seven nights at the Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California.
A lightning strike at Buchanan South power substation shuts off the electricity to most of New York City, USA, for the best part of two days. The Trammps hit single The Night The Lights Went Out, will be inspired by this incident, which is generally known as The New York City Blackout Of 1977.
AC/DC begin their Highway To Hell tour with a show at Rijnhal, Arnhem, Holland, Europe. (Editor's note : It's worth remembering that there's a Highway To Hell but only a Stairway To Heaven. Maybe that says something about how many folks go to each of them.)
Willie Dixon plays the first of two nights at The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Also on the bill are Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble.Sonny Stitt, The Kenny Barron Quartet and Dexter Gordon play the last of six nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson records the live double-album Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival, during his performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Phil Lynott is working at home in Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe, with Vivian Campbell of Dio, on tracks for a new album.
After 740 weeks (724 of which were consecutive) in the Billboard Top 200 albums in the USA, Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd finally drops out.
Fender Guitars announce the launch of the customised Joe Strummer Telecaster, designed in collaboration with the late Clash guitarist's estate and featuring distressed "road-worn" look, a "Revolution Rock" engraved neckplate and a limited edition art customization kit. Price : $1,285.71.
Beyonce releases a new single, Sweet Dreams in Germany as a CD Single. On the same day, during her I Am tour, Beyonce plays at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Songwriter Jerry Ragovoy dies aged 80, following a stroke, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Ragavoy's best-remembered compositions include the Irma Thomas hit
Time Is On My Side and Erma Franklin's Piece
of My Heart.
Songwriter Jerry
Ragavoy dies aged 80, following a stroke, at Lenox Hill Hospital in
Manhattan, New York City, USA. Ragavoy's best-remembered
compositions include the Irma Thomas hit
Time Is On My Side and Erma
Franklin's Piece
of My Heart.
A commemorative Blue Plaque is unveiled at the site of the former Mothers Club, a much-loved music venue in Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.The Wedding Present play at The Spa Complex, Scarborough, UK, supported by Japanese four-piece Taffy.
Shakira performs her newest single, La La La (Brazil 2014) featuring Carlinhos Brown, at the closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in The Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America. At the same event, Alexandre Pires, Carlos Santana and Wyclef Jean provide a rendition of the World Cup official anthem, We Will Find A Way.
Girls' Generation play the last of three nights at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
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