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The musical comedy Miss Simplicity, featuring Helen Lord, is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 56 performances.
The Republic Minstrels are appearing at The Republic Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical revue Artists And Models Of 1927, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 151 performances.Country singer-songwriter Carl Belew, a regular on the Louisiana Hayride on the 1950s, is born in Salina, Oklahoma, USA.
Internationally popular singer Mario Lanza is interviewed by Betty Smuser on KGMB Hawaii Radio prior to his concerts at the McKinley auditorium in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.The Kirby Stone Quintet with Martha Raye is playing at The 5 O'Clock Club, Miami, Florida, USA.
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe, Trumpeter Eddie
Calvert is officially presented with a gold disc for US sales
of his hit single Oh
Mein Papa in front of an audience of 7000, at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Big Maybelle records Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Goin’ On in New York City, for Okeh Records. The track is arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones.
UK pop weekly the New Musical Express reports that Johnnie Ray will tour the UK later in the spring.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the thirteenth of fourteen nights at The Statler-Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 record What'cha Talkin', Senator Whitehead, Secrets and Trey Of Hearts for Impulse Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Judy Collins plays at The Town Hall, New York City, USA. The show is recorded and will be released in the summer by Elektra Records as The Judy Collins Concert.
The John Coltrane Quartet plays the third night of a booking - Friday through Sunday - at The Half Note, New York City, USA.
While overdubbing vocals onto Getting Better in Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, John Lennon of The Beatles suffers a bad acid trip.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The The Band record To Kingdom Come at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. It will appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the third of six nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
Noel Redding, formerly of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, spends the second of three days working on his solo album, Nervous Breakdown, at Sound Center, New York City, USA. The album will not be released.
Little Richard and Chuck Berry headline the second night of the Rock'n'Roll Revival Show (Vol 3) at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.REO Speedwagon score their first No1 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Keep On Loving You.
The Oliver E. Alcorn, a respected blues clarinettist and saxophonist, dies in New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. He recorded with Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra, Little Brother Montgomery and others.
In China, the People's Music Press publishes a guide entitled, How To Distinguish Decadent Music, singling out Elvis Presley as an example of the 'expression of confused, blind, excitement' and directing right-thinking Chinese folks towards such wholesome home-grown songs as The Nightsoil Collectors Are Descending The Mountain.
Prince protege Vanity attends the premiere of the movie The Last Dragon at the Plitt Theater in Century City, California, USA.
Bruce Springsteen plays his first Australian concert - a show at The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
On their Unforgettable Fire tour, U2 play at The University Of Illinois Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Red Rockers.
Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, dies aged 82. He had suffered from Parkinson's Disease, and was found unconscious by his wife at their home in Fullerton, California, USA.
The Backstreet Boys begin their Up Close And Personal tour with the first of two nights at Irving Plaza, New York City, USA.
Michael Jackson arrives forty minutes late at his child molestation trial in Santa Maria, California, USA, claiming that back pain has delayed him.
Icelandic all-female musical quartet 
The Neil Young Trunk Show, a new film about Neil Young directed by Jonathan Demme, premieres at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival, in the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, USA. The film depticts Young in concert at Upper Darby, Pennsylvania in 2007.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.On their Keep Calm And Play Louder Tour, McFly play at The Guildhall, Southampton, UK.
On her Live 2016 Tour, Adele plays the fifth of six nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, Europe.
As part of the advance promotion for their upcoming Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode appear live in RTL2 tv Studios, Paris, France, Europe. The show is titled A Very Very Private Concert.
On the North American leg of their Decades World Tour Nightwish play at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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