20th November

Pollard's Australian Juvenile Opera Company performs the musical show A Gaiety Girl at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.

The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.

Johnny And Emma Ray, Madame Adelaide Hermann, Captain Webb's Seals And Sea Lions, Charles Kenna, Virginia Ainsworth, Smith Doty And Coe, The Dillon Brothers and Lizzie And Vinnie Daly are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.

A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.

Bennie Moten and His Orchestra play the last night of a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC., USA.

Benny Carter And His Orchestra play the fifth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.

Louis Jordan plays the fifth night of a week at The Adams Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.

Norman Greenbaum, famed for his hit Spirit In The Sky, is born in Malden, Massachusetts, USA.

Roy Hamilton plays the second of ten nights at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.

Elvis Presley plays on the Louisiana Hayride radio show, at the Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

The Coasters play the sixth night of a week at the Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA, with The Hollywood Flames and the Ernie Freeman Combo.

Sam Cooke releases a new single, Happy In Love, on Specialty Records in the USA.

Barbra Streisand is playing during a one-month engagement at The Blue Angel, New York City, USA.

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, Junior Lewis, aka C.L. Blast, The Dovells, The Isley Brothers and Solomon Burke play the last night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.

Stereo 35/MM by Enoch Light And His Orchestra reaches No1 on the Billboard album chart in the USA.

The Beatles play at The Floral Hall, Southport, UK.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet records World's Fair for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.

The Rolling Stones play at a student union dance in The Athletic Club, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK, Europe.

The Searchers, The Zombies and The Isley Brothers play at The Essoldo, Cannock, UK.

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.

Don Crawford plays at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.

Hedgehoppers Anonymous play in The Starlite, Wembley, UK, Europe.

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.

Country Joe And The Fish, The Steve Miller Blues Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Ashton, Gardner And Dyke play the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.

Tony Christie secures his third hit when [Is This The Way To] Amarillo, on MCA Records, enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No18 during a thirteen-week run.

The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.

The Clash release a new single, This Is Radio Clash, in the UK.

John Cougar plays in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn is born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He will find success as the rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer Future.

Jazz pianist Bobby Enriquez plays at Huntington Public Library, Long Island, New York State, USA.

Elvis Costello And The Attractions play at The Alexandra Rock Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.

Seminal American punk band Black Flag disbands.

The Royal Variety Performance, held at the London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe, is transmitted on tv in the UK, featuring Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, Chris De Burgh, David Essex and more.

On their Into The Great Wide Open tour, Tom Petty And The Hewartbreakers play at Key Arena at Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

The View play at The Independent, Sunderland, UK.

A Perfect Circle play the first of two sold out nights at The Pearl @ The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Thirty Seconds to Mars play the first of two nights at the Grand Arena at Grand West Casino, Cape Town, South Africa.

Bob Dylan plays at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.

Ringodeathstarr release a new LP, Pure Mood, on Club AC30 Records in the UK.

During the Latin American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Eastadio Mane Garrincha, Brasilia, Brazil, South America, supported by Piebe Rude. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.

Handsome Jack play at The State Room, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Lana Del Rey plays at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Joyce Bryant dies, aged 95, Alzheimer’s disease in Los Angeles, California, USA. She had found widespread success as a singer, dancer and civil rights activist, achieving fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. Bryant, who often faced discrimination and was outspoken on issues of racial inequality, became in 1952 the first black entertainer to perform at the Algiers Hotel in Miami Beach, defying threats by the Ku Klux Klan who had burned her in effigy.