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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.
Luther William Ossenbrik is born near Knob Noster, Missouri, USA. He will find success as a square dance caller, guitarist and fiddler under the name Arkie The Arkansas Woodchopper.
Leslie Ronald Young is born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England, UK, Europe. He will find success first as a hugely successful pop singer, scoring several Top Ten UK hit singles. His version of Unchained Melody will remain at No1 in Britain for three weeks in 1953. He will subsequently go on to become a much-loved veteran BBC radio broadcaster.
Tommy Hall is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He will form 60s psychedelic band the 13th Floor Elevators with guitarist and songwriter Roky Erickson.
The Biggest Show Of 1951, a package tour starring Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole, Marie Bryant, Peg Leg Bates, Stump And Stumpy, Timmie Rodgers and others begins at Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts, 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 Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.Jazz pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton records tracks for the album Adventures In Blues, in Capitol Records studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sam Cooke plays the sixth of seven nights at The Town Hill Club, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys are playing during a twelve-night stint in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Limeliters are playing during a one-week engagement at The Racquet Club, Dayton, Ohio, USA.Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey play the tenth of thirteen nights at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
A single sentence item in UK pop weekly the NME (New Musical Express) states, 'A Liverpool group, The Beatles have recorded Love Me Do for Parlophone, which is set for October 5 release.'
Little Walter plays at The Concorde Club, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK, with The Soul Agents.
Jazz organist Shirley Scott records Time After Time, The Feeling Of Jazz, Sent For You Yesterday, The Lamp Is Low and Everybody Loves A Lover for Impulse! Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The tracks will appear on the album Everybody Loves A Lover.
Matt Monro is playing during a season at Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe.Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver are playing during a season at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Ben Webster and Arnvid Meyer's Orchestra record Duke's In Bed, Nancy With The Laughing Face, Brother John's Blues and Blue Light for Black Lion Records in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Peggy Lee records Trapped (In The Web Of Love), Ev'rybody Has The Right To Be Wrong! (At Least Once), Losers, Weepers and (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over for Capitol Records in The Capitol Tower, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt records Who Can I Turn To?, Night Crawler and other tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Buddy Miles Express play the fourth of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ten Years After play at the Alex Discotheque, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young play the last of three nights at
The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Barry White reaches No1 in the Billboard US Top 40 singles with Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe. On the same day Carl Douglas reaches No1 in the UK singles chart with Kung Fu Fighting.
German heavy metal combo, The Michael Schenker Group, begins its first British tour with a show at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
UK tabloid newspaper The Sunday People reports that after seeing American hypnotherapist Gil Boyne, Don Powell of Slade has been cured of his amensia. [This will later prove not to be the case]
On their Hide Your Sheep Tour [aka the K.A.T.N. (Kicking Ass and Taking Names tour) Tour], Van Halen play at The Myriad, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, supported by After The Fire.
Billie Piper releases a new single, Girlfriend, which will enter the UK singles chart at No1.
Neil Sedaka signs copies of his recently published children's book, Waking Up is Hard To Do, at Barnes And Noble in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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At the end of Green Day's set at the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reacts with fury to a digital sign that says
the band has only one minute left to play. After an expletive-laden tirade, he smashes his guitar and storms offstage.W.A.S.P. begin a world tour with a show at The Forum, London, England, UK. The tour marks the 30th anniversary of their first-ever live gig.
Cole Fonseca plays at Biscuits And Blues, San Francisco, California, USA.
Kanye West, Common, De La Soul, MC Lyte, Lupe Fiasco and Lil Herb play in the inaugural Aahh! Fest, Union Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Peluche release a new LP, Unforgettable, on One Little Indian Records in the UK.
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