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The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.
A "continuous Vaudeville" show at The Columbia Theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, features The Four Musical Colbys, Gracie Emmett And Co, Hughes And Anger, Rossley And Lee, Jefferson Caspers, Radford And Winchester, Hayes And Healy and others.The Bostonians troupe performs the musical comedy The Serenade at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The musical comedy The Billionaire, with music by Gustav Kerker and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, is presented during a three month run at Daly's Theatre, New York City, USA.Isham Jones And His Orchestra, with vocalist Al Jolson, record Home In Pasadena and Mr Radio Man, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Brunswick Records.
Blues vocalist and guitarist Oscar Woods, aka The Lone Wolf, records Evil Hearted Woman Blues and Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away for Decca Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra play on the CBS network's Camel Caravan radio show in The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
George Towne And His Orchestra play the second night of a three-week stay at The Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Rigdon Osmond Dees III is born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He will find success as radio deejay Rick Dees, but will also enjoy a novelty hit in with the song Disco Duck.
Bandleader Benny Strong is playing at The Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, during a seven week stand.
Hank Williams plays at The Grand Theater, Macon, Georgia, USA, with Red Foley, Les Paul And Mary Ford, and Minnie Pearl.
Felo And Bruno, Alfredo Sadel and The Golden Sisters are playing at The Chateau Madrid club, New York City, USA.The Platters play in The City Hall, Sheffield, UK, supported by Jack Parnell and His Orchestra and Kay Cavendish.
Chris Andrews makes his debut appearance on British tv on the show Oh Boy! He will achieve greater success during the sixties as the composer of hits for Sandie Shaw, Adam Faith, as well as achieving hits such as Yesterday Man and To Whom It Concerns under his own name.
Ray Peterson and Cathy Carr are playing during a week of shows at The Casino Royal, Washington DC, USA.
Bob Woodruff, who will become a Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter in the 90s, is born in New York City, USA.
The Beach Boys and Lesley Gore play in a live concert at NBC Television Studios, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA. The show is broadcast as a closed circuit television transmission to cinemas across the USA to an audience estimated at over 500,000 people. The Beatles first American concert, in Washington DC a month earlier, is also transmitted as part of the broadcast.
Bob Dylan and his wife to be, Sara Lownds, are photographed by Daniel Kramer at a cabin in Woodstock, New York State, USA, owned by Dylan's manager Albert Grossman.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
Spirit play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Evergreen Blueshoes.
Sarah Vaughan plays during a week of shows at Red Foxx's Club, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA, with The Les McCann Trio.The Third Ear Band, The Liverpool Scene and Kevin Ayers And The Whole World play on the sixth day of the week-long Atomic Sunrise Festival, at The Roundhouse, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And Garfunkel begins its second week at No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
To Be Young Gifted And Black by Bob And Marcia enters the UK Singles Chart where it will peak at No5 during a 12-week run. The song, composed by Nina Simone, was inspired by her friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play A Raisin In The Sun, who had died in 1965 aged 34.
All-girl trio Shonen Knife perform their first-ever live gig at Studio One, Osaka, Japan, Asia, to an audience of 36 people who paid 100 yen each. 
The Hard Rock Café opens a branch on 57th Street, New York City, USA. (The chain was started in London, England, UK, Europe, in 1971)
Slade organise a press event at The Trumpet, a pub in Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe, where the band first met. The occasion is intended to promote the band's latest LP, Rogue's Gallery, and includes a stripogram girl dressed as a police officer who 'arrests' Noddy Holder. Shortly afterwards, the real police showed up and somewhat dampened the mood of the occasion.
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The Massacre by 50 Cent enters the Australian Albums Chart at No2, but doesn't quite manage to dislodge In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson.
Friday by Rebecca Black is released as a single by the vanity music publishing company Ark Music Factory. The music video for the song will become a viral hit due to criticism of the song's lyrics, the use of Auto-Tune on Black's vocals, and the content of the video, all of which will combine to make it the most disliked video on YouTube.
On her Diamonds World Tour, Rihanna plays at The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mark Feltham and Dennis Greaves, best known as founder members of Nine Below Zero, play at Kingskerswell Parish Church, Devon, UK.
On the European leg of his All The Hits All Night Long tour, Lionel Richie plays at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, UK.
On their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play at Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia.
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