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George O'Conner records Nigger Blues for Columbia Records in the USA. This is one of the first blues in 12-bar form, and features lyrics in what would become the standard blues form.
The All Black musical show Chocolate Kiddies, featuring the dancers Rufus Greenlee and Thadeus Drayton, with music written by Duke Ellington and performed by The Band, aka The Chocolate Kiddies Orchestra, is performed at The Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany, Europe, during a run of 65 performances.
Freddy Nagel And His Orchestra play at The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA.
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.
Amos Milburn is playing during a week at The Ebony Club, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Charlie Parker, accompanied by Gene Carter's Orchestra plays the second of four nights at Tootie's Mayfair, Jackson County, Missouri, USA.Walk
- Don't Run by guitar instrumental band The Ventures enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak
at No2.
The Ray Charles live album In Person, enters the Billboard Top 40 album chart in the USA, where it will peak at No13. 
Singing cowboy Rex Allen is performing at the Days Of 47 Rodeo, Salt Lake City, USA.
Landa Records artist Johnny Madara appears on popular daily tv series American Bandstand in W-Fil Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Bill Haley And His Comets play the fourteenth night of a three-week season at the El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Chubby Checker plays the fourth night of a week of shows at the Frolics Club, Salisbury Beach, New Jersey, USA.
US military soldier Barry Sadler marries Lavona Edelman, a 19-year-old Women's Army Corps (WAC) nurse. In 1966 he will score a major hit single with his fiercely patriotic song The Ballad Of The Green Berets.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles, on the basis of advance orders.
After arriving too late for rehearsals, The Yardbirds are banned from appearing on UK tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars. Meanwhile, promoter Ricky Farr reveals that he is refusing to book the group into fifty clubs following their failure to turn up for a date in Southampton.
Marlene Dietrich comes to the end of a series of shows at The Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The Four Dimensions play an afternoon session at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
Roy Orbison is playing during a three-week season at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Canada.
Pioneering San Francisco hippy band The Grateful Dead release their second album, Anthem Of The Sun, on Warner Bros Records in the USA.
Three Dog Night, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, The Grease Band and Yes play in North York Stadium, Stanley Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The musical Gerry Rafferty is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for his massive hit single Baker Street.
The Roy Ayers Group plays the fourth of six nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Boothill Foot-Tappers play at Dingwall's, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe.
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On their The four-day long Larmer Tree Festival, held near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, begins. Acts appearing over the weekend include Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, The Waterboys, Eric Bibb, Mary Coughlan, Yat-Kha, The Handsome Family and Antonio Forcione
The Blind Boys Of Alabama play at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Frank Black, A Place To Bury Strangers, Monotonix, Spank Rock, Japandroids and others play at the Siren Music Festival, Coney Island, Long Island, New York, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at The Ancient Theatre of Fourviere, during Les Nuits de Fourviere, Lyon, France, Europe.
Katy Perry testifies for 35 minutes in court in Los Angeles, California, USA, where she and her songwriting team stand accused of having improperly copied elements of Christian rapper Flame (a.k.a. Marcus Gray)'s 2008 song Joyful Noise in Perry's 2013 hit Dark Horse. Perry asserts that she had never heard the song Joyful Noise before she was accused of infringing on its copyright.
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