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Billed as 'The Greatest Singing And Dancing Act In The Land', Fleurette And Gardiner play during a week at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
A programme of "refined vaudeville", featuring The Jennie Eddie Trio (Novelty singing and comedy), Boyce And Wilson (Black-face fun-furnishers who dance) and Zoe Matthews (The popular Casino girl) is presented at The Ocean View Theatre, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
The French Folly Beauty Show, featuring "25 Pretty Girls, 10 Vaudeville Acts and 2 Big Burlesques" is playing at Kernan's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The National Industrial Recovery Act, intended to assist America's recovery from the Great Depression, is signed into law in the USA. "History will probably record the National Industrial Recovery Act as the most important and far-reaching legislation ever enacted by Congress," declares US President Franklin D, Roosevelt. Two months later, Bill Cox will be inspired to celebrate the three R's promised by the NRA -
relief, reform, and recovery - in his jaunty NRA Blues.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.Carmen McRae records You Took Advantage Of Me, My One And Only Love and other tracks for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
A teen idol in the making, Fabian releases his debut single, I'm In Love, in the USA.
Joe Williams, formerly with Count Basie, plays a live show at the Marigold Ballroom, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Danceville USA, a new teen-oriented music show, is launched on WBKB-tv in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show, featuring Ral Donner, Barbara Lewis and The Five Du-Tones has been pre-recorded at Oak Park High School.
Johnny Sandon and The Remo Four play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Big Three .The Beach Boys play the last of three nights in The Show of Stars, at The Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, with Dee Dee Sharp, The Treniers and Jackie De Shannon.
Utrecht, Holland, beat group The Jets release their debut single, Jets Fly, on Phonogram Records in Germany, Europe.
Just one month after the Elvis Presley film Tickle Me opened nationally in the USA, the studio claims in a Variety advertisement that 5,210 play dates have already been booked. A month later an article in the same publication will imply that Tickle Me has actually saved Allied Artists from going under financially. By the end of the year, the movie will finished at No30 on Variety's list of Big Rental Pictures of 1965 with $3.4m of projected sales.
Rick Nelson records Love Is Where You Find It, I Should Have Loved You More and I Paid For Loving You at Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Jimmy Haskell produces the session, with a band including guitarists James Burton and Jerry Cole, bassist Skip Battin, drummer Richie Frost and Glen Hardin on piano.
The album, Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Jackie Wilson, Mitch Ryder, The Byrds, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Patty Michaels, Shades of Blue and The Vibrations appear on a WNEW tv special, Sounds Of Tomorrow, hosted by Murray The K, in the USA.
Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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Woodstock Ventures, the company which organised the original Woodstock Festival, announces that they made a loss of more than $1.2m on the festival.Eric Clapton records his version of Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door in Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, USA.
Australian rock band The Angels (aka Angel City) release their fourth album, 
Bob Dylan plays at Mungersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, West Germany. The tour is a double-header with Carlos Santana.
Foreigner are playing during three nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rent Party play the first of two nights at The Dublin Castle, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe.When Suzanne Vega appears at Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, Europe, she is wearing a bullet-proof vest because she had received a death threat.
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On their Urban Jungle tour, The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain, Europe.
The Sonisphere '10 festival is held at Bemowo Airport, Warsaw, Poland, Europe. Artists appearing include Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer.The three-day long Download Festival comes to an end at Donington Park, UK. Headliners on this last day are Rammstein, plus Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Gaslight Anthem, Stone Sour, Limp Bizkit, Satyricon, Airbourne, Ghostg, Hellyeah and others.
Gene Simmons of Kiss performs the American National Anthem at the opening of a Los Angeles Dodgers Game in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Journey, The Steve Miller Band and Tower Of Power play at Jones Beach, Long Island, New York State, USA.
Linkin Park release their sixth album, The Hunting Party, on Warner Bros/Machine Shop Recordings in The UK and Poland, Europe.
Lukas Graham release their second LP, Lukas Graham aka Blue Album, on Copenhagen Records in Denmark, Europe. It will enter the Danish Albums Chart at No1 and will spend 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart.
The Chemical Brothers play at Futurshow Station, Unipol Arena, Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna, Italy, Europe.On their joint-headlining tour, Jack Carty and Maz O'Connor play at The St. Cuthbert's House, Northumberland, England, UK, Europe.
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