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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances.
Eleanora Gough, later known to the world as Billie Holiday, starts at Public School 102, the Thomas E. Hayes Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jimmy Joy And His Orchestra play in The Cooper Club, Henderson, Texas, USA.
Popular American pianist and vocalist Ramona continues in her season with Jack Harris at Ciro's Club on Orange Street, London, UK.
Bunk Johnson's Band plays at Stuyvesant Casino, Second Avenue, New York City, USA.
The Masterpieces Band plays for dancing at The Rock Gardens Pavilion, Portsmouth, UK.
Tom Petty is born in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Merchandising company Special Products, Inc., provides Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Parker with its first accounting of sales under their July agreement to market Elvis Presley-endorsed products. A list of 21 licensees has, to date, paid a total of $75,663.
Freddie Randall (aka Freddy Randall) And His Band play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, in the wake of Sam Cooke suing Keen Records, the Los Angeles Country Sheriff attaches all of the label's property.
Carl Butler plays a live gig in San Angelo, Texas, USA.
Johnnie And Jack, Kitty Wells and Jimmy Newman play a concert in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.
Jim Reeves plays the second of two nights in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Harry Belafonte is playing during a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Folk duo The Goldcoast Singers is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA, during a four-week booking, with The Willow Creek Ramblers.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Beach Boys are in Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, continuing with work on the song Little Saint Nick.
The Yardbirds, including guitarist Eric Clapton, play an afternoon show at Ken Colyer's Studio 51 Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. In the evening, they play at The Crawdaddy, Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ernest Tubb, Roy Drusky, Porter Wagoner and Kenny Roberts play at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Cliff Richard appears on daily tv show Toast Of The Town (aka The Ed Sullivan Show), recorded in New York City, USA. Also on the show is Frank Ifield.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner appears in the weekly tv show Sunday Night At The London Palladium, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Dave Van Ronk plays at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
The Beach Boys sign a loan agreement with Electronovision Productions Inc of Los Angeles, California, USA,
The Drifters begin a three-day recording session in New York City, USA, during which they record three songs, Spanish Lace, The Christmas Song and I Remember Christmas, for Atlantic Records.
The Association are playing during two weeks at The Ice House, Glendale, California, USA.
Singer and recording artist Mamany Assitan Keïta, aka Mamani Keïta, is born in Bamako, Mali, Africa.
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.
Eric Burdon And The Animals play the second of three nights at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is playing during two weeks at The Sahara, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Moody Blues play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Ten Years After.
Two members of Berkeley-based band Country Joe And The Fish's touring group, Mark Ryan and Charles Loring IV, are arrested for possession of marijuana before a show at Franklin Pierce College Field House, Rindge, New Hampshire, USA. Country Joe, Barry Melton and Bill Belmont are charged with being in the vicinity of the others.
A Corvair turbo-prop plane crash in a swampy wood near Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA, takes the lives of Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steven Gaines and Cassie Gaines.
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Squeeze play at The Albany Empire, Deptford, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bruce Springsteen is in Denver, Colorado, USA, to play at the McNicholls Arena. In the afternoon, he goes to watch Woody Allen's Stardust Memories, where he is recognised by a fan and goes to visit his house with him.
Everything But The Girl play at The Royal Court, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Temptations play at The Winter Gardens, Margate, England, UK, Europe.
Paul McCartney enters the UK singles chart with Birthday, which will peak at No29 during a three-week run.
The Scissor Sisters play at The Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Ween play at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul Raven, former bass guitarist with Killing Joke, dies aged 46, of a suspected heart attack in Geneva, Switzerland, Europe.
Jeff Beck plays at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland.
While promoting his new album Band Of Joy, Robert Plant plays at The Sage, Gateshead, UK.
I Blame Coco plays at The Scala, London, England, UK.
Lady Gaga pays tribute to saxophonist Clarence Clemons when he is posthumously awarded the title of Big Man of The Year at a special Little Kids Rock charity ceremony in the Edison Ballroom, New York City, USA. Also in attendance are Steven and Maureen Van Zandt, Evan Harrison, Billy Squier, Matt White and Jake Clemons, musician and nephew of the revered saxophonist who was best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band.
Neil Young's 26th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert plays the first of two days at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, USA. This year's line-up includes Neil Young And Crazy Horse, Jack White, Guns N' Roses, The Flaming Lips, Sarah McLachlan, Foster The People, Lucinda Williams, Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang, Gary Clark Jr. and Ray LaMontagne.
Singer, songwriter and actor Noel Harrison dies aged 79 of a heart attack at home in Ashburton, Devon, England, UK,
One Direction are obliged to cancel tonight's show at The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, at the last minute because band member Liam Payne has fallen ill.
On his Purpose World Tour, Justin Bieber plays the first of three nights at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK. During the show he asks fans not to scream when he sings ballads, causing some to criticise him later on Twitter as 'rude'.
Journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet Nick Tosches dies aged 69 at his home in Manhattan, New York City, USA, having been unwell for some time. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, was praised by Rolling Stone magazine as "the best rock and roll biography ever written."
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