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The musical show The Toy-Maker is presented at The Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.Casey Jones by barbershop harmony vocal group The American Quartet enters the popular music sales chart in the USA.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.
Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.The Palomar Ballroom sponsors The Swingeroo, also described as The World's Biggest Jitterbug Contest, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, USA, with music supplied by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. Over 1,000 contestants dance in heats starting at 7:00 am and continuing until 6:00 pm on a 12,000 foot dance floor.
Chuck Foster And His Orchestra play the first of 33 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Singer Jeri Southern is playing during two weeks at El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Frankie Masters Orchestra is playing for the Ice Show - Calendar Capers - in the Boulevard Room of The Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The album Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley enters the UK Pop Albums Chart where it will peak at No1 during a 27-week stay.
Shirley Bassey and Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen star in tv show Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium in London, England, UK, Europe.The Don Wilkerson Quintet records Homesick Blues, Pigeon Peas and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note records.
Nancy Sinatra performs One Way on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Skeeter Davis, with producer Chet Atkins, records What Am I Gonna Do With You, Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way, Let Me Get Close To You and La La La at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features guitarists Ray Edenton, Jerry Hubbard and Wayne Moss, steel guitarist Pete Drake, pianists Floyd Cramer and Ray Stevens, bassist Henry Strzelecki, drummer Buddy Harman, plus The Nashville Strings
The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.
Manfred Mann release a new EP, The One In The Middle, on HMV Records in the UK. The EP includes their version of the Bob Dylan song With God On Our Side.
Actress/singer Rita Moreno marries cardiologist Dr Lenny Gordon, who is also her manager.
George Jones and Gene Pitney record Big Job, Your Old Standby, Baby Why and That's All It Took, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Nick Drake, a student at Marlborough College, wins the junior 100 yards race at the Wiltshire Championships. Drake will become an influential singer-songwriter in the 70s.
Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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Trini Lopez is playing during three weeks at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Blood Sweat And Tears are playing during a season at The Cafe Au GoGo, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.When Carole King headlines Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, James Taylor appears as a surprise guest. Their duet version of You've Got a Friend from this concert later appears on the Epic/Legacy 1994 release, A Natural Woman.
Led Zeppelin play the first of two nights at the Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington.
The John McLaughlin Trio plays at Fiesta International 90 in Paernu, Estonia, Europe.
The Stray Cats play at L' Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France, Europe.
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Dancing The Dream, a book of poetry and essays by Michael Jackson, is published by Doubleday in the USA.
The Beautiful South play at Delamere Forest, Delamere, Cheshire, UK.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play at The Cockpit, Leeds, England, UK.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays the first of 48 scheduled dates at the Germain Amphitheatre in Columbus, Ohio, USA, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
The Foo Fighters play a concert for 500 competition-winning fans in the abandoned Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico, USA, site of the alleged alien autopsy that followed the crash of an equally alleged UFO.
Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is arrested on drugs charges after police stop him west of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, for speeding. Officers find what they believe to be bags of marijuana and methamphetamine plus drug paraphernalia and an open container of beer in Rodriguez's pickup truck. He is released on $6,500 bail.
Reunited '80s boy band New Kids On The Block cancel an upcoming Australian tour, blaming the economic downturn for reported poor ticket sales.
Natalie Cole plays at The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, Wanchai, Asia.Usher, Justin Bieber and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 perform at music biz manager Scooter Braun's 30th Birthday Party in the Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA.
It is announced that influential ska revival band The Beat has signed a long-term global deal with EMI Music Publishing ahead of their entire recording catalogue being re-issued.
As part of celebrations for their 21st anniversary in the music
business, Hanson release their sixth studio album, Anthem, in the USA, and play a live show at Irving Plaza, New York City, USA.
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