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The musical comedy The Prince Of Pilsen is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of four months.
The French Folly Beauty Show, featuring "25 Pretty Girls, 10 Vaudeville Acts and 2 Big Burlesques" is playing at Kernan's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.The Six Brown Brothers record Bull Frog Blues (In Foxtrot Time) for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Peter Gordon is born in New York City, USA. He will find acclaim as an experimental composer and musician, whose music draws from influences as diverse as jazz, opera, rock and world music.
Teddy Randazzo, Frankie Avalon, The Drifters, The Hi-Fives and The Six Teens play the first of three nights in the Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Benny Golson Quintet records Autumn Leaves, Soul Me and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra record Kinda Dukish and Rockin' In Rhythm at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California,USA, for Columbia Records.
Roy
Orbison earns his first Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA entry with Only
The Lonely, which will peak at No2.
Jimmie Rodgers is playing during a nine-day engagement at The Holiday House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Tony Bennett is starring in Guys And Dolls at Herb Rogers' Chicago Music Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Turk Murphy and The San Francisco Jazz Band play a live set on US tv show Jazz Casual, in San Francisco, California, USA.
Lorne Greene, star of the western tv series Bonanza, records Ponderosa, My Sons, My Sons and The Place Where I Worship at RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Da Doo Ron Ron by The Crystals enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No5. The song is composed by Brill Building songwriting due Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry.
Popular organist George Wright plays at The Paramount, San Francisco, California, USA.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the first of two nights at The Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, Asia.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Roy Ayers records the album Stoned Soul Picnic, at Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA. The title track is composed by Laura Nyro.
John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles record a surreal conversation to be added to the track Revolution No9, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Joni Mitchell is playing during eleven nights at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Her support acts change during this period, but include David Steinberg and Bunky And Jake.
The Miles Davis Quintet records Petits Machins at Columbia Studios, 30th Street, New York City, USA.
For a third consecutive night, Jimi Hendrix jams with the Jeff Beck Group at The Scene Club, New York City, USA.
On their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
Tom Waits is recording his sixth album, Heartattack And Vine, during a month of sessions at Filmways/Heider studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
Swing jazz trumpeter and bandleader Pee Wee Erwin dies, aged 68, of cancer, in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA.
Johnny Marr of The Smiths marries his childhood sweetheart Angela Brown in a low-key ceremony in San Francisco, California, USA.
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Steve Marriott's Packet Of Three play at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Freefall.. 
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Thomas Dolby plays at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
On their Pump tour, Aerosmith play to an audience of 13,000 at Lackawanna Stadium, Moosic, Pennsylvania, USA.
Modest Mouse and Camper Van Beethoven play in Central Park Summerstage, Central Park, New York City, USA.Bob Geldof reveals that Mel B, formerly known as Scary Spice, is the only member of the Spice Girls still refusing to re-join the band for the upcoming Live8 concert in Hyde Park, London, England, UK.
It is announced that Mike Chiplin, founding member and drummer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets, has left the group to 'pursue other musical interests'.
Crosby, Stills And Nash play the first of two nights at The Theatre at Westbury, Westbury, NewYork State, USA.
Dolly Parton appears, live from Nashville, Tennessee, USA, on the BBC-1 tv show Breakfast, based in Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK, to promote the London launch of a stage musical version of her song and movie 9 To 5.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Tons Of Rock festival, Halden, Norway, Europe.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at Karlin Forum, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.
Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at Thompson's Point, Portland, Maine, USA.1903 |
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