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The New City Club Burlesquers are appearing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Cal Stewart records the monologue Uncle Josh Weathersby And The Lightning Rod Agent for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France records Charleston and Solitude in Paris, France, Europe, for HMV Records, with Stephane Grappelli on violin and Django Reinhardt on guitar.
Pioneering jazz mandolinist, guitarist and violinist Snoozer Quinn, who worked with Bix Beiderbecke, Paul Whiteman and others, dies of tuberculosis in Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. He made some of his best-known recordings while bedridden in the hospital during the last year of his life.Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra begin a week at The Vogue Terrace, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA.
Singer and popular songwriter Hank Fort is playing at The Biltmore Hotel, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.The King Curtis Quintet records Little Brother Soul, In A Funky Groove, Da Du Dah and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.
The Olympics, Aretha Franklin, The Capris, Johnny Hartman and The Dells play the first of seven nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Snooky Lanson, Fran Allison, Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart appear on NBC-tv's Five Star Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
Lovers Who Wander by Dion on Laurie Records is the highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No72.
At The Crawdaddy Club in The Station Hotel, Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe, The Rolling Stones film scenes for a movie being made by their manager, Giorgio Gomelsky.
Tony Sheridan And The Beatles release a single, My Bonnie / When The Saints Go Marching In, on Polydor Records in 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.Michael Franti is born in Oakland, California, USA. He will find success with his group Spearhead, which blends hip hop with other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock.
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.Jefferson Airplane confirm, by means of a Western Union telegram, their agreement to appear at the upcoming Monterey International Pop Festival.
Rod McKuen makes his New York concert debut with an afternoon show at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, USA, to an audience of 1,900 people.
Jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson and The Wynton Kelly Trio record the live album Straight, No Chaser, at The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The Flying Burrito Brothers release their debut album, The Gilded Palace Of Sin, on A+M Records in the USA.
The Rolling Stones release their new album Sticky Fingers, which features a cover designed by Andy Warhol, in the UK. During their European tour, West, Bruce And Laing play the second of two nights at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, continues its second leg at the Curtis Hixon Convention Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.
On the third leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at The Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, New York State, USA. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a 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.
An Iron Maiden demo track, Prowler, tops the Sounds/Soundhouse chart in the UK and remains at the top for three months.
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Paul McCartney plays to an audience of 184,000 in Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, South America, surpassing the attendance records set by Frank Sinatra and Tina Turner.
Robert Smith of The Cure begins work on a self-portrait painting in oils. It will prove to be his only venture into this area of art.
Nina Simone dies, aged 70, in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, Europe, after suffering from breast cancer for several years.
The sixth Terrastock Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music journalist/entrepreneur Phil McMullen, begins in Providence, Rhode
Island, USA. Artists appearing today, the first of the festival's three nights, include The Green Pajamas, Major Stars, Bardo Pond, St. Joan and Sharron Kraus.
The Flaming Lips release a new album, The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends, as a vinyl limited edition, to coincide with Record Store Day.
On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play at The Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Paul McCartney is obliged to postpone a gig at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile, South America, because of delays to his equipment plane which was flying in from the previous show in Montevideo, Uruguay.1902 |
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