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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
Smith And Fuller, Carroll Johnson, Fisher And Clark, Harry Thomson, Barry And Halvers and others are performing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sheet music for the song You Alone, composed by Helena Bingham, is presented as a free musical supplement with today's edition of The New York And American Journal, New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey And Hisis Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.The movie musical Till The Clouds Roll By starring Judy Garland, June Allyson, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Tony Martin and others is released to cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
The "Glamourous musical comedy" Bloomer Girl, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, is playing at The Music Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.At Conejo Movie Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA, Elvis Presley begins filming for his sixth movie, Flaming Lance. Before release, it wil be re-named Flaming Star.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
Actor and singer John Raitt is playing during a two-week engagement at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Maxine Brown is playing during a week of shows at The Hurricane Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.The
Flamingos play the last night of a week at The Hialeah Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Gene Pitney, Brian
Hylandand Bobby
Vinton play the first of two nights at the State Fair, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a two-week season at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for a fee reported to be $9,500 per week.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play the second of two nights at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA.
Keith Powell And The Valets record The Answer Is No for Columbia Records, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with producer Bob Barratt.
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The Swinging Blue Jeans play at The Princess Theatre, Torquay, UK, supported by The Kestrels and The Cockneys.
The Beatles spend the day in their suite at The Warwick Hotel, New York City, USA, entertaining visitors including Bob Dylan and The Supremes.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Dee Dee Sharp performing Mashed Potato Time and Ray Peterson performing The Wonder of You.
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Berkeley band Country Joe And The Fish play the first of three nights at The Grand Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Jackson 5 makes its live debut as a Motown act, at The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, USA. Headlining act for this show is The Supremes.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Eric Clapton enters the UK singles chart with his version of Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door, which will peak at No38.
When Bing Crosby plays the last American concert of his career, the power fails but he continues the show, singing without amplification.
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.
Jonathan McCollum is born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as the rapper Rittz, aka J Hornay, Bea2ooth, Mike Wing and DJ Myth.Paul Simon marries actress Carrie Fisher in a traditional Jewish ceremony in the singer's apartment overlooking Central Park, New York City, USA.
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On their Damaged Justice tour, Metallica play at The Starwood Amphitheatre, Antioch, Tennessee, USA. 
Bobby DeBarge, who found success as a member of 80s Motown band DeBarge, dies aged 39 of AIDS in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
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On her 47th birthday, Madonna suffers three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand in a horse riding accident at her Ashcombe
House estate in Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Formerly known as Puff Daddy, P.Diddy and Sean Combs, the well known rapper announces on a tv chat show in the USA that he will henceforth be known simply as Diddy.
The Dave Matthews Band plays at Sleeptrain Amphitheater, Marysville, California, USA.
Grammy-winning jazz singer, pianist and composer Diana Krall plays in Kautz Ironstone Vineyards Theater, Murphys, California, USA.The Director of A+R for VP Records, Joel Chin dies after being shot in the head in front of his Stony Hill, St Andrew home, a few miles north of Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. Chin is taken to Kingston Public Hospital where he is officially pronounced dead.
Joan Osbourne plays at The Katherine Hepburn Cult. Arts, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA.
Pink plays the eleventh of eighteen record-breaking nights at the 15,000 capacity Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
On her ArtRave : The Artpop Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at The Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea, Asia.
On her On the North American leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, supported by Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira.
The Hold Steady release their first newe album in five years, Thrashing Through The Passion, on French Kiss Records.
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