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A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
Musical fantasy The Storks is playing at The Dearborn Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.George Formby, Leonard Barry And Company, The Four Olympian Stars (female singing and dancing group), Miss Florence Esdaile and others are appearing at The Cardiff Empire, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Sheet music for The Countess Waltz, composed by Clarice Brabazon, is presented free with today's edition of The New Zealand Graphic nowspaper in New Zealand.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, The Alvino Rey Orchestra opens for a week at The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sylvie Georges Vartanian is born in Iskretz, Bulgaria, Europe. After her family emigrates to Paris in 1952 she will become a very successful French pop vocalist, under the name Sylvie Vartan.
Lightnin' Hopkins and Thunder Smith record Short Haired Woman, L.A.Blues, Let Me Play With Your Poodle and other tracks, at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, for Aladdin Records.
Tommy Aldridge is born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He will carve out a lengthy career as a highly respected heavy rock drummer, working with Black Oak Arkansas, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy and others.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra are playing at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
R'n'B vocal group The Chords appear on The Colgate Summer Comedy Hour tv show at The NBC Century Theatre, Seventh Avenue, New York City, USA. They sing their major hit, Sh-Boom, and also also perform Say Hey, Willie, with baseball star Willie Mays.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
Maxine Brown is playing during a week of shows at The Hurricane Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Richard Holmes and Gene Ammons record tracks for the album Groovin' With Jug at Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Controversial openly lesbian comedienne Moms Mabley records a live version of Put It Back during a one-night appearance at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA, intended for use on a forthcoming Riverside Records LP.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Lenny Tristano And His Orchestra are playing nightly at The Playhouse Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.The Who, billed as The High Numbers, play on The Riverboat Shuffle, an afternoon event aboard a boat sailing down The Thames from Westminster Pier, London, UK.
The Migil Five, Sandie Shaw, Kenny Lynch and The Viscounts appear on BBC2 tv show Open House in the UK.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that Hite B. Morgan's Guild Music is suing Capitol Records for copyright infringement in respect of three Beach Boys songs, Surfin', Surfer Girl and Surfin' Safari.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play the sixth of twenty nights at The Lugano Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland, Europe.
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The Four Seasons play the first of seven nights in The Marine Ballroom, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The Mamas And The Papas sign a recording contract with Lou Adler of Dunhill Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The John Coltrane Quartet, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Thelonious Monk, Joe Williams, Gary McFarland, The Cecil Taylor Group and others play in The Downbeat Jazz Festival, Festival Corner, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 
The Johnny Winter, Paul Butterfield and The Flock play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Tom Waits comes to the end of recording tracks for the album Foreign Affairs in Filmways/Heider Recording, Hollywood, California.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
Norman Petty, songwriter/producer best known for his association with Buddy Holly, dies in Lubbock, Texas, USA, aged 57, of leukemia.
Elton John is undergoing six weeks of rehab treatment for bulimia and also for his drug and alcohol addictions, in the Parkside Lutheran Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their I'm With You tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the second of two nights at The Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
Britney Spears and her attorney, Sam Ingham, meet with Judge Reva Goetz in Los Angeles, California, USA, to discuss the progress of Spears' conservatorship. The conservatorship was put in place following Spears' 2008 meltdown, to ensure that her personal and professional decisions would be overseen by her father Jamie and others - including her fiance Jason Trawick. It is decided that the conservatorship should continue for the foreseeable future.
CeeLo Green, Band Of Skulls, Parma Violets, Klaxons, Korn, Manic Street Preachers, Kelis, and others play on the fifth day of the seven-day long Sziget Festival, Óbudai-Sziget, Budapest, Hungary, Europe.
Australian radio station Triple M bans the music of Kiss leader Gene Simmons in the wake of his irresponsible comments about depression in an interview with music website Songfacts.com.Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge and Saint Asnia play at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA.
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