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A revived musical comedy The Casino Girl plays at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of thirty-two performances.
The Weber And Fields' burlesque show Fiddle-Dee-Dee is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
During a run of shows in Budapest, Hungary, popular barefoot dancer Isadora Duncan improvises a dance to the tune of The Blue Danube by Strauss. The dance is a huge hit and she will perform it every night for the next month.
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Fred Astaire, accompanied on piano by George Gershwin, records the Gershwin song, The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues, in London.
Billie Holiday records Strange Fruit, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues, Yesterdays and Fine And Mellow, in New York City, USA, for Commodore Records.
Ray Anthony And His Orchestra are playing at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band record Bad Penny Blues for Parlophone Records, at IBC Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The song will inspire the keyboard melody for Paul McCartney's 1968 song Lady M adonna, recorded by The Beatles.
US music trade magazine Cashbox describes the newly-released Got My Mojo Working by Muddy Waters on Chess Records as a "sleeper of the week". The same edition of Cashbox also refers to another version of the same song as its "r'n'b sleeper of the week." The song, written by Preston Foster, will become the subject of a long drawn out copyright case.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson records A Little Bitty Tear and I Don't Wanta Go, for Capitol Records in the USA.
John Lee Hooker is playing two weeks of shows at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, USA, supported by up-and-coming folkie Bob Dylan.
Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] reports that The Shadows have become the first British instrumental group to earn a gold disc, for one million sales of their hit single, Apache.
Polydor Records in Germany, Europe, release a new single whose A-side features Skinny Minny sung by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers [a pseudonym for The Beatles], while the b-side features Sweet Georgia Brown by The Beatles with Tony Sheridan.
The Rolling Stones are filmed in The Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, Europe, for a special edition of UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go!
Duke Ellington plays at The Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University, New York City, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
Steppenwolf, Charley Musselwhite, The 4th Way and The Indian Head Band play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Bass-player Ace Kefford, somewhat the worse for chemical abuse, quits successful UK band The Move.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of three nights at The Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois.
Roger Waters is finally, after lengthy delays, granted full permission by the East German government to use Potzdamer Platz in Berlin as the site for a massive live staging of Pink Floyd's concept album The Wall.
Billy Bragg plays at the The Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Mutton Birds.
Ashlee Simpson comes to the end of her Autobiography Tour with a gig at Nokia Live, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA.
On their World Contamination Tour, My Chemical Romance play at Metropolis, Montreal, Canada.
Jeff Beck takes part in a Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp event in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
In court in Newcastle, Australia, Oceania, former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is pleads guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
The divorce of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow is finalised, with the pair agreeing to split their £120m fortune equally between them. Several of the songs on the Coldplay album Ghost Stories are considered to be about their relationship. The 2014 single True Love in particular is said to be about the divorce.
On his Purpose World Tour Justin Bieber plays at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
On his All The Rage tour, Ian Siegal plays at The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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