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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances.
Nobuyuki Idei is born in Tokyo, Japan, Asia. He will become Chairman and group chief executive officer of the Sony Corporation, playing a significant role in the launch of the Walkman cassette player and the CD player.
The Al Jolson Program is broadcast on the CBS network in the USA. Jolson's guest is Mischa Auer and songs performed include Liza, I've Got Rhythm [with Martha Raye] and Summertime.
Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra record Jelly Roll Blues for Victor Records in the USA.
When Louis Jordan plays at The Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, he is dismayed to discover that his black fans are only allowed to sit in the balcony. To underline his annoyance, he opens the show with It's A Low Down Dirty Shame.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
"Piano humourist" Hots Michaels is appearing at The Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe begins a UK tour at The Town Hall, Birmingham, with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ottilie Patterson.
James Morrison is born in London, UK. He will find fame as Jimbob, half of the 90s UK hitmaking duo of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, aka Carter USM.
Jerry Reed is playing at the recently-opened Loon Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
He's A Rebel by The Crystals, written by Gene Pitney and produced by Phil Spector, enters the UK singles chart. It will peak at No19 during a thirteen-week run on the chart.
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The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
The Beatles release their second album,With The Beatles, on Parlophone Records in the UK.
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The Cotillion Ballroom, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
The Moody Blues play at The Blue Indigo Club, Bay Tree Inn, Southampton, UK.
Steam Packet play at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
The Osborne Brothers record One Tear, Making Plans, Yesterday's Gone, Footprints In The Snow and Sure-Fire in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
TV show Hullaballoo in the USA features performances by The Dave Clark Five, The Brothers Four and Dionne Warwick.
In court in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Ray Charles pleads guilty on four counts of narcotics possession.
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 rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
The Moody Blues play the second of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Something/Come Together by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Jethro Tull play the third of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Squeeze play at The Rochester Castle, London, England, UK, Europe.
Andy Fairweather Low plays at The City Hall, Glasgow, Scotland.
Bob Dylan releases his live album, Bob Dylan At Budokan, in Japan.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Banana Republic by The Boomtown Rats enters the UK singles chart.
Embarassment by Madness enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No4.
PiL aka Public Image Ltd play at Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their Synchronicity tour, The Police play at The McNichols Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
While promoting his single Come On Down, Captain Sensible plays at Gloucester Art College, Cheltenham, England, UK, Europe.
The Human League reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with Human.
During a show at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses jumps off the stage into the crowd and assaults a security guard who has been manhandling an audience member. Rose is arrested, bringing the show to an end after just three songs.
Larrikin Management's Ted Gardner, co-founder of Lollapalooza and Tool's manager of eight years, files a $5m lawsuit against Tool in Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA. The suit alleges "fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, quantum merauit, and contract rescission" by the band.
Ray Charles plays at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.
Michael Jackson fans turn out in cities across the world including London, Paris, Rome, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York to hold candlelit vigils in support of their beleaguered idol, currently facing child molestation charges in California, USA.
Geri Halliwell releases a new single, Ride It, in the UK on Virgin Records.
It is announced that EMI Music Publishing has secured deals with two of the hottest new British bands of the moment, Mona and Brother.
Taylor Swift releases a karaoke version of her No1 album Speak Now in the USA.
During her Loud Tour, Rihanna plays at The Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, UK.
Rickie Lee Jones plays at The City Winery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Florence And The Machine play at The Zenith, Munich, Germany, Europe.
Bastille play at The Zenith, Munich, Germany, Europe.
In an article in the Sunday Times of London, UK, Joni Mitchell claims that she has prevented Taylor Swift from portraying her in the upcoming movie Girls Like Us. She tells the paper, 'I squelched that! I said to the producer, 'All you've got is a girl with high cheekbones'."
Roosevelt begins a British tour with a show at The Green Door Store, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
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