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The musical comedy Miss Simplicity, featuring Helen Lord, is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 56 performances.
The musical comedy The Prince Of Pilsen opens at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for four months.The musical show The Wonder Bar opens at The Nora Bayes Theatre on Breoadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 76 performances. Set in a Parisian nightclub in 1929, the show stars Al Jolson and features music by Robert Katscher with lyrics by Irving Ceasar.
Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra play during a week of shows at The Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.Jack Winston And His Orchestra play in the St. Patrick's Day Dance And Frolic in The Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California, USA. Winston is described as "that genial gentleman from the South" and his featured vocalist Patsy Parker, as "that blond bombshell of rhythm".
Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra record Moon Love and Moon Of Manakoora in Victor Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.Freddy Martin And His Orchestra play the eighteenth night of six weeks at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 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 revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. 
The musical Hazel Flagg, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Hilliard, is playing at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 190 performances.Carl Perkins makes his first tv appearance, on The Ozark Jubilee, hosted by Red Foley.
The Carl Perkins version of Blue Suede Shoes enters the US R'n'B charts, making him the first country artist to do so.
Elvis
Presley buys Graceland, a colonial-style mansion just outside of Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Elvis's presence will make Graceland a place of pilgrimage for
music fans, and will inspire the song Graceland by Paul
Simon. Also, in his song Walking In Memphis [1991], Marc Cohn sings of seeing the ghost of Elvis pass throuygh the gates of Graceland.
Gene Stewart releases a new single, Oh Baby Dance With Me / The Better To Love You, on King Records in the USA.
Rockabilly hitmaker Sanford Clark records Pledging My Love and Go On Home in his last session for Jamie Records. Lee Hazlewood is a member of the band.
James Wilkinson is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will find success as Jizzy Pearl, vocalist of heavy rock band L.A. Guns.
Jazz trumpeter Booker Little has the first of two sessions recording tracks for his Candid Records album Out Front at Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City, USA.
Alexander Bard of successful 80s Swedish band Army Of Lovers is born in Bloemfontaine, South Africa.
The Cookies play the sixth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Left-handed jazz drummer Terry Snyder, a particular favourite of pop crooner Perry Como, dies aged 47 in New York City, USA.
Pat Wayne And The Beachcombers record a version of Chuck Berry's Bye Bye Johnny at Studio 3, Abbey Road, London, UK.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nina And Frederik begin a four-week season at The Savoy Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sophie Tucker is playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the last of three nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Vera Lynn, Mrs. Mills and The Irish Rovers play at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Gods play at The Dancing Club, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz singer George Melly gives a talk on Picasso at The ICA, London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Bowling Green John And Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Lurrie Bell, Carey Bell and Margie Evans play in the American Folk Blues Festival '81 at the Siegerlandhalle, Siegen, Germany, Europe.
Cliff Richard plays at The Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
The Tokyo Dome stadium is opened in Tokyo, Japan, Asia. It will be used for major sporting events and also concerts by superstars including Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Michael Jackson, David Bowie and the Backstreet Boys.
Sammy Pruett, a former member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, dies in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
When John Lee Hooker plays at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, California, he is joined on stage by Carlos Santana.
Rod Stewart attends the revival of hit 80s musical La Cage Au Folles, in the Marquis Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at The Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.1901 |
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