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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The Storks - A Musical Fantasy In Two Acts is performed at Greene's Opera House, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.Sam Morgan's Jazz Band records Short Dress Gal, Bogalousa Strut, Down By The Riverside and Over In the Glory Land for Columbia Records in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band records Short Dress Gal, Bogalousa Strut, Down By The Riverside and Over In The Glory Land for Columbia Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe record Burleskin' Blues, Read Your A.B.C.s, Do You Love Him? and Greenville Strut for Vocalion Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
After a life of crime including numerous murders, Public Enemy No1 Pretty Boy Floyd is shot dead, aged 30, by police officers in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. Floyd's life is romanicised in the 1939 Woody Guthrie song Pretty Boy Floyd, which has since been recorded in numerous versions by artists including Bob Dylan and The Byrds.
The musical revue Boys And Girls Together, with music by Sammy Fain, is playing at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 191 performances.Under the name Little Boy Fuller, Piedmont-style blues guitarist and singer Richard Trice records Shake Your Stuff, Lazy Bug Blues, I'm Leaving Here and Got To Hurry for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
Blue Star [The Medic Theme] by The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra peaks at No2 in the Popular Singles Chart in the UK, during a run of twelve weeks on the chart.
Count Basie and His Orchestra record I Laugh To Keep From Cryin' and A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry, in New York City, USA, with Joe Williams on vocals.
Bo Diddley, Dion and the Belmonts and Thurston Harris begin a week at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. On the same day, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins play in Denver, Colorado, USA.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA is another dance craze, The The Hucklebuck, by Chubby Checker, entering at No66.
Kitty Wells, Johnnie And Jack, Marvin Rainwater, Jimmy Newman, Bill Phillips and The Tennessee Mountain Boys play a show in O'Neill, Nebraska, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio scenes for his next movie, It Happened At The World's Fair, in MGM Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frank Sinatra and
Sammy Davis
Jr. record Me And My
Shadow in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise
Records.
A major feature about Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, appears in UK newspaper The Daily Mirror, written by Noel Whitcomb.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, release a new single, I'm Your Witch Doctor on Immediate Records in the UK. The track is produced by Jimmy Page.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features The Vejtables performing I Still Love You. Peter And Gordon appear on the same show.
The Yardbirds play at The Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.Led Zeppelin release the album Led Zeppelin II in the USA and UK simultaneously.
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UK tv pop show Top Of The Pops features Vanity Fayre, Edwin Starr, The Four Tops, Melanie, Clarence Carter, Status Quo, Black Sabbath, Mary Hopkin, Freda Payne and, er, Humpy Bong.San Francisco hippy pioneers The Grateful Dead play the second of two nights at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mott the Hoople, Peace and the Sutherland Brothers play at the Top Rank, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe.
On their second British tour of the year 
The Men They Couldn't Hang begin a 20-date British tour at Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, England, UK, Europe.
A double CD hybrid SA-CD version of Bob Dylan's classic 1966 album Blonde On Blonde is released in Japan.
The Cure, Jackson Browne, Anita Baker, Embrace and The Futureheads perform live on UK tv show Later With Jools Holland.Lil Wayne releases his eighth album, I Am Not a Human Being, as a digital download in the UK.
Suffering from ongoing inflamed vocal cords and laryngitis, Pink postpones three more gigs on her Canadian tour - Edmonton on Oct23, Saskatoon on Oct24 and Winnipeg on Oct26.
Lenny Kravitz begins a European tour, in support of his album Strut, with a show at Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia.
On their No Filter tour, The Rolling Stones play the second of three non-consecutive nights at U-Arena, Paris, France, Europe.
On their An Evening With Fleetwood Mac tour (86 shows in all), Fleetwood Mac play at The Xcel Energy Cwenter, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Gloryhammer play at The Mill, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Beast In Black and Wind Rose.1901 |
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