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The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
Country music singer-songwriter Martha Carson, who will become known as the First Lady Of Gospel Music, is born in Neon, Kentucky, USA.The Trio Musicale (aka The Gumm Sisters) play the second of three nights in the 'Movie Star Frolics' at the Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
Variety magazine in the USA reports that, "John McCormack having retired and given up singing forever and a day, duly appeared on the Bing Crosby Kraft Music Hall hour and sang a couple of numbers. Numbers weren't important nor, for that matter, the fact that he'd come out of retirement at his very first moment after commencing it. What counted was that the Irishman was in rare good humour and had himself a royal good time all through the programme, clowning with Crosby, Bob Burns (sic) and Lionel Stander. It was good fun throughout and if McCormack really means it about quitting the concert stage but wants to shift to some other branch of the biz he might consider being an MC. He could get away with it."
The Nat 'King' Cole Trio records You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You, Don't Blame Me, I'm In The Mood For Love and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Capitol Records.
Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra are playing during a two-month stay at The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy movie Skirts Ahoy!, starring Esther Williams, Joan Evans and Vivian Blaine, opens at cinemas in the USA.
The musical comedy Six On A Honeymoon is playing at The Blackhawk, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Perry Como records the Rogers And Hammerstein song No Other Love for RCA Victor Records in The Manhattan Center, New York City, USA.
Perry Como records the Rodgers and Hammerstein song No Other Love for RCA Victor Records in The Manhattan Center, New York City, USA.
The
Platters play the last night of a two week engagement at Fack's
II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Frank Sinatra records Falling In Love With Love, I Never Knew and other tracks, in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters play the sixth of fourteen nights at the Roundtable Club, New York City, USA, supported by Dale Hawkins.
The Graham Bond Quartet records a live session for 'Rhythm And Blues 65', a BBC Light Radio Show, in Studio S2, sub-basement of Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, England, UK. The show will be broadcast towards the end of June.Los Angeles-based pop newspaper KRLA Beat reports that new group, Dino, Desi And Billy, has been formed which includes 13-year-old Dino who is the son of Dean Martin, and 13-year-old Desi who is the son of bandleader Desi Arnaz. The trio has been signed up by Frank Sinatra for his Reprise Records label.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.The Kingston Trio play the first of three nights at The Royal Tahitian Concert Gardens, Pasadena, California, USA.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Canned Heat play the last of three nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Litter.
The Hour Glass play the last of three nights at The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience attend the second day of the Underground Pop Festival, Miami, USA.
Alice Cooper release their debut album, Pretties For You, and their debut single, Reflected, in the USA.
The 
UK tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail runs the headline 'Janie goes to Jail', in a story about former pop singer Janie Jones who has now become a madame in London, and has become embroiled in a payola scandal involving BBC tv and radio producers and presenters. Jones will be sentenced to seven years in jail. Her exploits will inspire
The Clash to write the song Janie Jones.
Wreckless Eric plays at The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by Richard Lloyd.
On his Devils And Dust Tour, Bruce Springsteen plays at The Theater at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Lisa Marie Presley plays in City Hall Park, New York City, USA.Eric Clapton plays his 150th show at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela, with their guest Robert Trujillo of Metallica, play at The White House in Washington DC, USA, for the President and Mrs. Obama and their guests the Mexican President Felipe Hinojosa and the First Lady of Mexico Margarita Zavala.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joe Bonamassa, George Thorogood, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland and others play on the second day of The Doheny Blues Festival, Dana Point, California, USA.
Influential sound system operator and club owner, Count Suckle, who pioneered the development of ska and reggae music, and African-Caribbean culture in the United Kingdom, dies of a heart attack at his home in Edgeware Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
73-year-old Rolling Stones' singer Mick Jagger becomes a great grandfather when his 21-year-old granddaughter Assisi gives birth to a baby boy.
Lightgarden launch their new LP, ...and there's a Silver Stream Cascading..., with a gig at The Bell Inn, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
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