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The Dumonds, billed as "Europe's Greatest Musical Trio", are among the Vaudeville attractions appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical Fad And Folly is presented at Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse, New York City, USA, during a run of 34 performances.G.W. Wilkerson And His Fruit Jar Drinkers make their debut on the Grand Ole Opry radio show in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson 1st records Goodbye Red at the Leland Hotel, Aurora, Illinois, USA. He is accompanied on the session by pianist Speckled Red and guitarist Robert Nighthawk.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
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.
Country star Red Foley reveals in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, that he secretly married his third wife, radio and TV entertainer Sally Sweet, several weeks earlier, on October 28, in Iuka, Mississippi, USA.
R'n'b vocalist Gene Allison records Everybody But Me in Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Motown Records is founded in Detroit, Michigan, USA, by Berry Gordy Jr. This event is included as one of 50 Events That Changed Black America in a list prepared by the Equal Opportunity Office.
Curtis Fuller records tracks for his album Imagination, on Savoy Records at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. This is said to have been pianist McCoy Tyner's first recording session.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield) play a live session for the BBC Light Programme Radio show Easy Beat in London, England, UK, Europe.
Louis Jordan comes to the end of an engagement at The Latin Casino, Philadelphia, USA.Davy Jones makes his first Broadway appearance when he portrays the Artful Dodger in Oliver! at The Imperial Theatre, New York City, UK. Jones will go on to greater fame as a member of The Monkees.
Little Stevie Wonder continues with his Christmas season booking at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.
Dean Martin records Gracie Prego Scusi, Marina, Take Me and La Giostra in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Brook Benton continues with his two-week engagement at Basin Street West, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Squires, with Neil Young on lead guitar, play the third of six nights at The Twilight Zone, Winnipeg, Canada.
Ferry Cross The Mersey by Gerry and the Pacemakers enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No8.
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The wake for Sam Cooke is held at The Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and is attened by Mohammed Ali, Dick Gregory, Major Lance, Smokey Robinson, Marv Johnson, The Soul Stirrers, The Upsetters and more. Mavis Staples cries all the way through when The Staple Singers sing The Old Rugged Cross.
Mose Allison is headlining for three weeks at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Peter And Gordon, with producer Ken Nelson, record Please Help Me I'm Falling, Sweet Dreams and Send Me The Pillow You Dream On in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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 Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays the first of four nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, with Buddy Miles and Quatermass.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays the first of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, with Buddy Miles and Quatermass.
Suffering from anorexia nervosa, Karen Carpenter makes her last live appearance with The Carpenters at a gig in Sherman, California, USA. She will die less than two months later, aged 32 from heart failure caused by complications of the illness.
Purple Rain by Prince peaks at No2 in the 
King Kurt play at Adam And Eve's, Leeds, England, UK, Europe, supported by All Over The Carpet.
On their Steel Wheels tour, The Rolling Stones play the first of three nights at the 16,000-seat Convention Center, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, the smallest venue on three-and-a-half-month trek across the United States and Canada. 
The Antonio Forcione Band plays at The Tenor Clef, London, England, UK, Europe.Bob Dylan plays the second of five nights at the El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA. In his Never-ending Tour schedule this is concert No933.
For the second time this week, Georgie Fame plays at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, UK.
The Willie Pickens Trio And Guests play the fourth of six nights at The Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Backstreet Boys play at The Palladium, Dubai Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Africa.
Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, dies in hospital in Northern California, USA, following complications from multiple sclerosis.On her Loud Tour, Rihanna plays at The Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. During the show she has an unpleasant encounter with a man who she later describes in a Tweet as 'the most racist' individual she had ever met.
A.J. McLean of The Backstreet Boys marries Rochelle Karidis at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA, with the rest of the band in attendance.
The Killers play at The Agganis Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Tegan and Sara.
During a tour of the UK, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of War Of The Worlds plays the second of two nights at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK.
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