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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels play at The Academy, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
The Weber And Fields' burlesque show Fiddle-Dee-Dee is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.Williams' Colored Singers [aka Williams' Jubilee Singers] play at The Opera House, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. The local newspaper ad notes that there are 'reserved seats for white people'.
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Hughes And His Negro Orchestra, including Benny Carter, record
Nocturne, Somebody Stole Gabriel's Horn, Pastorale and Bugle Call
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The movie musical Top Of The Town, with songs written by Jimmy McHiugh and Harold Adamson, is released to cinemas in the USA. The soundtrack will produce two major hits, There Are No Two Ways About It and Where Are You?
Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA, establishes its own Recording Department.Two months after leaving Bill Monroe's band, Earl Scruggs marries Louise Certain in Gaffney, South Carolina, USA. She will become the manager of Flatt And Scruggs
The Andrews Sisters are playing at Amato's Theater Cafe, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Nat King Cole is playing during a week at The Earle Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the eighth of fifteen nights as support to John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
R'n'b vocal group The Escos record That's Life and Shame Shame Shame for Federal Records of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Beach Boys perform I Get Around and Fun, Fun, Fun on weekly tv pop show American Bandstand in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mixing of The Beatles' song Help! is carried out at Room 65, Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK.
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 Alan Price Set play at The Winter Gardens, Malvern, England, UK, Europe.
Norma Jean, with Bob Ferguson as producer, records Throw Your Hat In First, Heaven Help The Working Girl, Your Alibi Called Today, Try Being Lonely and other tracks at RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features George McCormick and Pete Wade [gtrs], Buck Trent [banjo], Pete D rake [steel],Junior Huskey, [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Hargus "Pig" Robbins [piano] and Mack Magaha [fiddle].
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience record Long Hot Summer Night at The Record Plant, New York City, USA, with Al Kooper on piano.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.The Everly Brothers play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Aynsley Dunbar and Cannonball Adderley.
The musical Look To The Lillies, with songs by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, plays at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just 25 performances.Bob Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as co-producer. Knopfler also plays guitar on the album, along with former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor. On this day, Dylan works on the songs Sweetheart Like You, and Blind Willie McTell.
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On her Rhythm Nation 1810 Tour, Janet Jackson plays at The ASU Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Arctic Monkeys release their second LP, Favourite Worst Nightmare, on Hostess Records in Japan, Asia.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Mondavi Center, Davis, California, USA.
Waxwork figures of teen-pop boy band One Direction are unveiled at Madame Tussauds, in London, England, UK.
Texas begin a UK tour with a show at The Dome, Brighton.
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play the second of two nights at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.On their DCX MMXVI World Tour, The Dixie Chicks play at Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada, supported by Smooth Hound Smith.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at The 360 Amphitheatre, Austin, Texas, USA, supported by The Struts.
Kamelot play at The Fillmore, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, with Delain and Battlebeast.1901 |
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