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The musical comedy A Runaway Girl is playing at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 40 performances.
Billed as "The Premier of Modern Minstrelsy", Lew Sully is appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are popular contralto Miss Julia Heinrich and Mlle. Chester with her "$10,000 Statue Dog".Billed as "Vaudeville's Most Accomplished Instrumentalist", Musical Dale is among the acts playing at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The musical comedy Nancy Brown closes at The Bijou Theatre, New York City, USA, but it will re-open in the Grand Opera House in October.
Vess L. Osman, under the name Harmony Mose, records a ragtime banjo instrumental with piano accompaniment, for the Gramophone Company in London, England, UK, Europe. Engineer on the session is Fred Gaisberg.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.Lillie Mae Jones is born in Flint, Michigan, USA. She will find success as jazz and r'n'b vocalist Betty Carter.
Alf Gee And His Old Time Ensemble play at The Empress Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, with MC Jack Minter.
Jane Froman is awarded a Plaque for "Untiring efforts and unselfishness in entertaining men of the Armed Forces" by The Jewish War Veterans of New York, New York City, USA.
The popular musical Guys And Dolls is running at The Shubert Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The movie musical Lullaby Of Broadway, starring Doris Day, Gene Nelson and The Page Cavanaugh Trio, opens at cinemas in Finland, Europe. The songs in the film are composed by George Gershwin.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, opens at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The last of five days of recording for the Rodgers And Hammerstein soundtrack to the film Oklahoma proceeds at Columbia Studios, New York City, USA. Singers include Nelson Eddy, Portia Nelson and Virginia Haskins.Steve New is born in London, UK. He will find success as a member of punk band The Rich Kids.
The Louvin Brothers record Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar for Capitol Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Neil Sedaka plays the eleventh of fifteen nights at the Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pat Boone records
Speedy
Gonzales, The Rains Came, Where Are You, Angel Talk and Going
To New York, at Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Guitar on the session is
played by future country superstar Glen
Campbell.
How Can I Meet Her by The Everly
Brothers enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at
No22 during a seven week stay.
At the request of Decca Records executives, The Rolling Stones record a second version of the Chuck Berry composition Come On, at the company's studios in West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Chapel Of
Love by The Dixie Cups on
Red Bird
Records, co-written by Jeff
Barry, Ellie
Greenwich and Phil Spector, enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
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John Lennon of The Beatles attends a party for Johnny Mathis, thrown at the Montague Mansions, London, home of EMI executive Norman Newell.
The Beau Brummels appear on the cover of Show Time magazine, a supplement of the San Francisco Examiner, hailed as 'San Francisco's Answer To The Beatles'.
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.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Judy Garland files suit in the Supreme Court, New York City, USA, against Madison Square Garden in the amount of $251,500, claiming that the venue failed to provide the singer with a microphone and proper lighting for her live performance. The suit claims that, as a result, Garland was "rendered sick, lame and disabled and compelled to seek medical assistance."The Electric Flag and It's a Beautiful Day play the last of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jimmy Smith is playing during ten nights at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Director Steve Binder is hired to direct an upcoming Elvis Presley tv special (known as The 68 Comeback Special) to be made by NBC tv in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, continues its second leg at Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, Texas. Some performances from this show will appear on the live album Hard Rain.
The Sound play at The 101 Club, Battersea, London, England, UK, Europe. Julian Cope of The Teardrop Explodes is said to have attended this gig.
Lawyers acting on behalf of Michael Jackson obtain an injunction in New York City preventing the sale of unauthorized merchandise bearing his likeness.
Rick Springfield plays at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe. This is his first-ever UK concert.
Randy California plays at The Royal, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
Affection by 
On his Sacred Love tour, Sting plays the third of six nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, supported by Joss Stone.
Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Lady Antebellum and Sheryl Crow take part in the Music City Keep On Playin' flood relief benefit concert in the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The event raises over $1.7m.
Echo and the Chuck Brown, known as The Godfather of Go Go, dies aged 75 of multiple organ failure following pneumonia, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Danity Kane play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA. During the show, band member Aundrea Fimbres reveals that she is leaving the group to get married and start a family.
On his 
On a European tour in support of their LP Mindfucker, Monster Magnet play at Zeche, Bochum, Germany, Europe.1900 |
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