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The musical comedy The Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
Musical extravaganza, The Defender, is playing at The Herald Square Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of sixty performances. The show is best remembered for introducing the song In The Good Old Summer Time, which will become a popular standard.
A "High Class Vaudeville" show is being presented at The Empire Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Novelty singing and dancing quartet The McCann Family, Fred Warren And Al Blanchard, and soprano Miss Ida Bell Farnum are appearing at Lakeside Park Casino, Akron, Ohio, USA.
It is reported (in The Eagle County Blade, Colorado, USA, and other publications) that a patient in hospital in Paris, France, Europe, has had serious wounds healed by exposure to music played on a violin. The wounds were being treated surgically, but did not heal until the violin remedy was employed.The 4,000 seat The Fox Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, opens for its first show, featuring George Jessel [aka Georgie Jessel] with Charles Previn conducting The Fox Theatre Grand Orchestra in a thunderous rendition of Wagner's Tannhauser Overture. Other entertainment includes The 16 'Fox-Tillerettes' dancing a tarantella. Generally known as The Brooklyn Fox, it will become one of the best-loved entertainment venues in the city, offering top flight musical entertainment through until 1970.
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Roseland Ballroom, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA.
Count Basie And His Orchestra come to the end of a week at The Golden Gate, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are The Three Rockats, Pops And Louie and Shorty Davis. The week of shows grosses $38,000.
Nat Allen And His Orchestra are playing during two weeks at Ciro's, Orange Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
The popular Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate is playing at The Music Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Louis Jordan and his orchestra play the third of ten nights The Trocadero, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Robins, later to find international fame as The Coasters.
Peter Apfelbaum is born in Berkeley, California, USA. He will find success as leader of the experimental folk-avant garde group The Hieroglyphics Ensemble.
Brook Benton is playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
It is reported that Dinah Washington has been signed by Roulette Records in the USA. The deal will take effect when her current contract with Mercury Records runs out.When Ray Charles plays at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, Colorado, USA, a drunken mob responds to his short and none-too-inspired set by throwing beer cans and chasing the band off the stage.
Miles Davis records Blue Christmas and Nothing Like You for his Columbia Records album Sorcerer, in Columbia Studio A, New York City, USA.
The Bill Evans Quintet records Funkallero, Time Remembered and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham records Confirmation, Ma She's Makin' Eyes At me, 'Round Midnight, N.Y.Theme and Tin Tin Deo for Xanadu Records in New York City, USA.
Jazz drummer Tony Williams records Two Pieces Of One: Green, Two Pieces Of One: Red and Tomorrow Afternoon for Blue Note Records at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Barry McGuire, formerly of the New Christy Minstrels, releases a new single, Eve Of Destruction, on Dunhill Records in the USA.
The Beatles are greeted by 4,000 fans when they touch down in Minneapolis to play at Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jimmy McGriff records Blue Juice (aka Hi-Heel Sneakers) and Take The A Train in New York City, USA.
Guitarist, composer and bandleader Karel Duba plus five members of his orchestra, including vocalist Bohumil Vaněk, die in a bus crash while on tour, near Ulan-Bator, Mongolia, Asia.
Dirk Bruinenberg is born in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nertherlands, Europe. He will find success as a heavy metal drummer, playing with bands including Elegy, Ian Parry's Consortium Project and Adagio. Matt Schofield is born in Manchester, UK. He will find acclaim as one of the UK's finest 21st century bluesmen.
Tom Waits records Somewhere and Kentucky Avenue for his fifth album, Blue Valentine, at Filmways/Heider Recording in San Francisco, California, USA.
Sting is best man at the wedding of his manager Miles Copeland to Mary Pegg in New York City. That night, The Police play in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jazz virtuoso Paul Horn records a series of flute and saxophone improvisations in Kazimieras Cathedral, Vilnius, Lithuania. The recordings will be released as the album Inside The Cathedral.
Tyrone Wood, the son of Ronnie Wood, guitarist of The Rolling Stones, and his wife Jo Wood is born in New York City, USA.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at Talavera Wiesen, Wurzburg, Germany, Europe, to an audience of 43,000.
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On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at The Summit, Houston, Texas, USA, supported by Slaughter.
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Arctic Monkeys release their third album, Humbug, on Domino Records in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland.
Folk quartet Skinny Lister begin their Great British Narrowboat tour, setting off from Linslade, Bedfordshire, UK, they spend the next ten days travelling by canal to Camden Lock, London, and back again. Along the way they will perform, write and record songs, with the aim of producing a limited edition EP, Grand Union.
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Lyle Lovett And His Large Band play at The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Micky Ashman, former bassist with Chris Barber's Band and Lonnie Donegan, dies in England, UK, Europe. Ashman also led his own group, Micky Ashman And His Ragtime Jazz Band.
Ringworm play at The Voltage Lounge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by Culture Killer and White Widows Pact.
Touring in support of their album Skin Suit, The Bobby Lees play a socially-distanced/masks mandatory gig at The Outer Limits Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA.1900 |
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