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The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.Vocalists Banks And Winona Winter, Novelty Musical Artists The Perching Brothers and comic vocalists The Clipper Quartette are among the entertainments on offer at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The American Song King Edward Asked For, written by Arthur Pryor, the Assistant Director of Sousa's band, is given away with the music supplement of Hearst's Chicago American newspaper.
WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, broadcasts the first Chicago Barn Dance program, which will become the highly successful National Barn Dance, running until 1970, and launching such stars as Gene Autry, Red Foley, George Gobel, Grandpa and Ramona Jones, and Bradley Kincaid.
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra play the first of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. Also on the bill is innovative double-bass virtuoso Slam Stewart.
Recording of the Rodgers And Hammerstein soundtrack for the film South Pacific continues in Columbia Records studios, New York City, USA. Performers include Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin and William Tabbert.
The Orioles and Amos Milburn begin a one-nighter tour of the Southern states with a show in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
R'n'b pioneer Big Joe Turner records Chains Of Love, The Chill Is On, After My Love Came Tears and Bump Miss Suzie for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
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The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.Chris Powell And His Blue Flames are playing during a week at The Showboat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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The Cy-Clowns are playing at Morey's, Rochester, Minnesota, ~USA.
Big Memphis Ma Rainey and the Onzie Horne Combo record Call Me Anything But Call Me and Baby No No, at Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with Sam Phillips as producer.
Swingin' Shepherd Blues by The Ted Heath Orchestra peaks at No3 in the Popular Singles Chart in the UK, during a run of thirteen weeks on the chart.
The Biggest Show Of Stars For 60, featuring Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Sammy Turner, Jimmy Jones, Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker and Jimmy Reed, plays at the Municipal Auditorium, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
Stefan Schneider, bassist of 90s German electronica band To Rococo Rot, is born in Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Jay And The Americans play the second night in a week of shows at Camelot, New York City, USA.
Nancy Wilson spends the second of two days recording tracks for the Capitol Records album Today, Tomorrow, Forever, in the USA.
Marion Hugh Knight, Jr. is born in Compton, Los Angeles, California, USA. He will become better known as Suge Knight, co-founder and CEO of Death Row Records.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Bekka Bramlett, daughter of Delaney And Bonnie Bramlett, is born in Westwood, California, USA. She will go on to carve out her own successful career in music.
Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones and John Mayall attend the 40th birthday celebtation of Alexis Korner in Bayswater, London, England, UK, Europe.
Stephen Dale Petit is born in California, USA. He will find acclaim as a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, after moving to London, UK, in the mid-1980s.
Janis Joplin And The Kozmic Blues Band play in The Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.Deep Purple play the second of two nights at the Rose Palace, Pasadena, California, USA.
Mimi Farina and Tom Jans play the second of six nights at the Boarding House, San Francisco, California, USA.
Chicago release a new single, Lowdown / Loneliness Is Just A Word, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Rod Stewart And The Faces are filmed for UK tv show Disco 2, at The BBC Television Centre, Shepherd’s Bush, London, UK.
Ozzy Osbourne comes to the end of recording his solo debut LP, Blizzard of Ozz, at Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey, UK.Elektra Records releases the soundtrack to the Broadway musical Leader Of The Pack, which is based on the songs of Brill Building songwriter Ellie Greenwich, in the USA.
During a European tour, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli and Sammy Davis Jr. play the third of six nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK.
Frank Sinatra plays the first of four nights at The Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Flaming Lips release a new compilation album, Latenight Tales, on Another Late Night Records. The album features their favourite songs by other artists.
Influential rapper Guru, best-known as front man for Gang Starr, dies in New York City, USA, aged 43, after a long battle with cancer. He had been in a coma for several weeks.
Jim Dickson, best-known as the original manager of The Byrds, dies aged 80 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.
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On her Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour, Mariah Carey plays at the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria, Europe.1901 |
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