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Clent Holmes, who will play guitar with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, is born in Columbus, Mississippi, USA.
The musical Little Lester is presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 272 performances.
Dewey Terry is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. In the 1950s, as one half of the hit-making duo Don And Dewey, he will become a rock'n'roll pioneer.
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Frank Sinatra plays the eighth night of a two-week season at The Palladium, London, UK.
Tiny Bradshaw And His Orchestra play during a four-week engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Bandleader Benny Strong is playing during three months at The Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Dinah Washington, The Ravens, Red Foxx and Slappy White play during a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.R'n'b pianist Bill Doggett records Shindig for King Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Coasters' recording of I'm A Hog For You Baby, is edited at Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, under the supervision of producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Barbra Streisand plays the first of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Having been in hospital for almost a month following a car accident, country star Patsy Cline is allowed to go home in a wheelchair.
Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin records White Gardenia, God Bless The Child and other tracks in New York City, USA, for his Riverside Records album White Gardenia.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.The stage show Music
Man, with Bert Parks and Barbara Williams, opens for a six-day run at The Aqua Theatre, Green Lake, Seattle, Washington, USA.
A new musical production, Money, starring George Coe, David Rounds and Barbara Quaney, is playing at Upstairs At The Downstairs, New York City, USA, during a run of 214 performances. The show's book and lyrics are by David Axelrod and Tom Whedon, while the music is by Sam Pottle. Soul, jazz and gospel singer-songwriter Regina Belle is born in Englkewood, New Jersey, USA.
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs and P.J. Proby appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is arrested on drugs charges while driving in his camper van in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is quickly released when the capsules he was caught with turn out to be a cold remedy.
A Russian language version of Conway Twitty's 1970 hit, Hello Darlin' is broadcast worldwide as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Twitty had worked with a University of Oklahoma language professor to record a phonetic Russian version of the song, with the Russian title Privet Radost. The song is perceived as a "gesture of goodwill" from the Apollo crew to the Soviet Union's Soyuz crew.
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.Nico, former Velvet Underground chanteuse, falls from her bicycle while on her way to buy marijuana in Ibiza, Europe, and will die the following day from the resulting brain haemorrhage.
In a break during the Urban Jungle tour, The Rolling Stones' bassist Bill Wyman visits his sick wife Mandy Smith, who is in hospital in London, England, UK.
Brian McKnight, Faith Evans, Common, Fatty Koo and others play on the second day of The 11th Annual Rochester Music Festival at Genesee Valley Park, New York State, USA.
On her Living Room tour, Carole King plays at The Time Warner Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Roxy Music headline the second night of Love Box, a three-day music festival in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK. Also appearing are Mark Ronson, Paloma Faith, Grandmaster Flash and others.
Rihanna, Ke$ha, Ziggy Marley and Travie McCoy play at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On the seventh leg of their 360 Degree Tour, U2 play at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, supported by Interpol.
On her TV On The Radio, Cut Copy, Superchunk and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are among the artists appearing on the third and last day of The Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, Ilinois, USA.
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Trace Cyrus announces that he has cancelled his upcoming Canadian dates because he "suffers from severe anxiety and panic attacks" and cannot face the possibility of being detained by the Canadian border authroities.
The Cure play the second of two nights at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays at The FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
On the European leg of their This House Is Not For Sale tour, Bon Jovi play at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria, Europe.1917 |
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