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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.
Lillian Burkhart And Company, Riccobona's Goodnight Horse, Crawford And Stanley, O'Brien And Buckley, Bryan And Nadine, The Yankee Comedy Four and Mitchell And Love are appearing in the "High Class Vaudeville" show at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.The 'big new musical entertainment' Vera Violetta, starring Gaby Deslys and Annette Kellermann, is presented at The Winter
Garden, Broadway and 50th Street, New York City, USA. The show
is set on a skating rink with future superstar Al Jolson in a relatively minor role
as a waiter called Claude.
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.Benny Carter And His Orchestra play the sixth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson is performed at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a total run of 1404 performances at three different theatres.Louis Jordan plays the sixth night of a week at The Adams Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is the brother of James Taylor.
Elvis Presley plays at the Magnolia Gardens, Houston, Texas, and also at Cook's Hoedown Club, Houston, Texas, USA.
Chuck Berry plays the fourth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Marty Wilde And His Wildcats play during a week of shows at The Empire, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Colin Hicks And His Cabin Boys. Hicks is the younger brother of top British rock'n'roller Tommy Steele.
Freddy Cannon, Fankie Laine and The Browns appear on tv's Dick Clark Show, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Future President of the USA, Richard Nixon plays piano in a duet with comedy violinist Jack Benny in a national tv broadcast of The Jack Benny Show in the USA.
Ray Charles has four singles in the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA - Georgia On My Mind is at No5, Ruby is at 61, Hard-Hearted Hannah is at 65 and Come Rain Or Come Shine completes the quartet at No95.
Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles play at The Merseyside Civil Service Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Gospel vocalist Clara Ward is playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Impressions perform Gypsy Woman on today's edition of popular tv series American Bandstand in W-Fil Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The 
The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The Odeon, Folkestone, England, 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.
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.The Buddy Rich Big Band plays the second of two nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, UK.
UK tv series 45, recorded at Quay Street, Manchester, features Geordie, Hot Chocolate, John Christie, and Splinter. The show is hosted by Radio Luxembourg DJ Kid Jensen.
R'n'b and jazz guitarist George Benson enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Turn Your Love Around, which will peak at No5 during a sixteen-week run on the chart.
George Thorogood And The Destroyers play in Auburn, New York State, USA.
Ringo Starr, former drummer of The Beatles, is interviewed on the tv show America's Top Ten in the USA, as he promotes his new album Stop And Smell the Roses.
Joshua Steven Gill is born in Fountain Valley, California, USA. He will find success as a singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer Josh Stevens. 
On their Lick It Up World tour, Kiss play at Frederiksberghallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Sting plays at The Drammenshallen, Oslo, Norway, Europe.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
On their 13 tour, 
During her The Sun Comes Out World Tour Shakira plays at the Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, Portugal.
Thirty Seconds to Mars play the second of two nights at the Grand Arena at Grand West Casino, Cape Town, South Africa.Juliet Greco performs in 'An Evening With Juliet Greco' as part of the London Jazz Festival, at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their Made In Germany tour, Rammstein play at The Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, Europe.
Justin Bieber attends an FC Barcelona first team workout at the Ciutat Esportiva, Barcelona, Spain, Europe, during which he meets some of the players and enjoys a kick-around on the pitch.
On tour in support of their album Leylines, Rising Appalachia play at The World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.1902 |
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