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The "wordless play" with music, Sumurun, starring Gertrude Hoffman is presented at B.F. Keith's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.
The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later to become CBS) goes on the air in America with forty seven radio stations.
The musical Hold On To Your Hats, starring Al Jolson, is prresented at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 158 performances.
Don Cherry and Eileen Wilson, with an orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver, record It May Be On Sunday, I'll Always Love You, I Can't Seem To Laugh Any More and I Need You So, in Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
Doulas Glenn Colvin is born in Fort Lee, Virginia, USA. He will find success as Dee Dee Ramone, bassist and songwriter for The Ramones.
Ray Pearl And His Musical Gems are playing during a month at The Texas Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Clyde McPhatter plays the fifth night of a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Biggest Show Of Stars Of '60, featuring Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Hank Ballard, Duane Eddy, The Olympics, Dion, Marv Johnson and The Bobbettes,plays at the Forum, Montreal, Canada.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Dennis Lotis, Dorita Y Pepe, Dill Jones and The BBC Midland Light Orchestra appear in the BBC tv show September Song, recorded in the Midlands, England, UK, Europe.
The Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson on vibes, record The Work Song, Heartstrings and other tracks for Verve Records, in New York City, USA.
Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks record I Feel Good, Suzie-Q and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Roulette Records. The Hawks include Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko and Levon Helm, who will go on to form The Band. Sax player for the session is King Curtis.
The John Coltrane Quartet records Nancy and What’s New at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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Vibrations, Shep And The Limelites, Claudine Clark, The Falcons and
Billy Stewart play the first of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New
York City, USA.
The Mills Brothers are playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Billy Fury releases a new single, Somebody Else's Girl/Go Ahead And Ask Her, on Decca Records in the UK.
Micky Finn And The Bluemen play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, supported by Ricky And The Gamblers. Micky Finn And The Bluemen briefly included young guitarist Jimmy Page, later to play with The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. Whether Page played in Salisbury on this gig is debatable.
At the end of a European tour, The Rolling Stones fly back from Austria to London, England, UK.
A new tv show, American Swingaround, premiers on ABC-tv in the USA, featuring "country and western with a big city flavour". Artists in the first show include LeRoy Van Dyke, Stonewall Jackson and Bill Anderson plus "our own curvy Swingaround Girls".
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Johnny Tillotson is undertaking a tour of American Military bases in Germany, Europe.
The New Yardbirds, later to re-name themselves Led Zeppelin, play in Liseberg Amusement Park, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
Having completed recording sessions in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for the album Dusty In Memphis, Dusty Springfield flies home to London, England, UK, Europe.
Black Sabbath release their second album, Paranoid, in the UK. The album will become widely regarded as one of the foundation stones of heavy metal.
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The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Billy Bragg, Danielle Dax, The Bay City Rollers, Killing Joke, Howard DeVoto, New Model Army, Jayne County, Flesh For Lulu, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Clock DVA, Under Two Flags, The Chameleons and the Chevalier Brothers.
The two-day long Futurama Festival comes to an end at Queen's Hall, Leeds, England, UK, Europe. Acts appearing at the event included
The Rolling Stones Stones play a surprise gig at The Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Willie Nelson and others play at the Farm Aid benefit bash in Tinley Park, Illinois, USA.
Retired fire-fighter Robert Linhart is arrested after playing loud music out of his car outside Madonna's apartment in Upper West Side, New York City, USA. He is charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and criminal possession of a weapon.
On their The Getaway World Tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at the Los Angeles Rams pre-game performance, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays at The Dome at America's Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
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