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The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 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.
Musical fantasy The Storks is playing at The Dearborn Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, aka The Blue Follies, is playing at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra record Sweet Savannah Sue, [What Did I Do To Be So] Black And Blue and That Rhythm Man for Okeh Records in New York City, USA.
Big Joe Williams records a version of Baby Please Don't Go for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Count Basie Orchestra plays during a two-week engagement at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
Fats Domino and Joe Turner star in The Big Rhythm and Blues Show, emceed by Alan Freed, in Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bill Doggett plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bobby Darin plays the fifteenth night in a month long engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, opening for comedian George Burns.
Texas-based rockabilly vocalist and recording artist Gene Summers marries his songwriter girlfriend Deanna Trentham.Bill Haley And His Comets play the eighteenth night of a three-week season at the El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Emily Saliers of The 
The Beatles' first American album, Introducing The Beatles, was set for release on this date on Vee-Jay Records in the USA, but did not appear.The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars package tour plays in Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, with acts including Gene Pitney, Paul And Paula, Lou Christie, Johnny Tillotson, The Crystals, The Dovells, Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans, Big Dee Irwin and Ruby And The Romantics.
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British musician William Perks legally changes his name to Bill Wyman, by which he is already known to the public as bass guitarist with The Rolling Stones.
Roland Kirk records Petite Fleur, Jive Elephant and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Mercury Records.
Junior Walker and the All-Stars perform Do the Boomerang on the ABC-TV week-day afternoon program Where The Action Is in the USA.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Country Joe And The Fish play at the Straight Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
In Sweden, Europe, Agnetha Faltskog [later to become a member of Abba) becomes engaged to her boyfriend Dieter Zimmerman, a songwriter and producer.
Peter, Paul And Mary play at The Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York State, USA.
Barbara Lewis records You're A Dream Maker, How Long Has It Been, I'm All You've Got and Brick By Brick for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Lookin' Through The Windows by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, enters the Billboard US Black Singles Chart, where it will peak at No5 during an eleven-week run.
Michael Jackson's parents are hit with a $4 million legal judgement after failing to honour an agreement with a South Korean newspaper for their son to perform in Korea.
Sacha Distel dies aged 71, after a l;engthy illness, in Rayol-Canadel, Paris, France, Europe. He first found success as a modern jazz guitarist, before acheiving even greater acclaim as a popular singer.
On her 
Eugene Record, vocalist, songwriter and producer with The Chi-Lites, dies of cancer in Chicago, Illinois, USA, aged 64, having suffered from cancer for many years.
Don't Wait Animate play at 93 Feet East, London, supported by Glint, Cathouse and The Art Factory.
Tom Petty And the Heartbreakers play at The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Having suffered a mild heart attack during a show at Tim McLoone's Supper Club, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA, singing legend Darlene Love goes into hospital.
On their Now What?! tour, Deep Purple play at Ippodromo Delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy, Europe. (The concert will be released as a live LP in December 2019)
On their 
5 Seconds Of Summer play a free show in midtown Manhattan as part of The Today Show concert series, at The Rockefeller Center, New York City, USA.1902 |
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