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William Ifor Jones, conductor, organist and recording artist, is born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.The stage musical Queen Of The Moulin Rouge is presented at The Tacoma Theatre, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
The La Monica Ballroom, with a 15,000 square foot hard maple floor, opens on Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA. Customers buy tickets for a dime and dance the Charleston, fox trot and waltz to the music of the La Monica Orchestra led by Don Clark who has come directly from Paul Whitman's Orchestra in New York City.
Percival Mackey's Band records Along The Old Lake Trail, In The Swim At Miami, Why Don't You Say So? and Polly, Put The Kettle On, for Columbia Records in London, UK.
Al
Bowlly, accompanied by Ray Noble And His
Orchestra, records the Irving Berlin compositions Let Yourself Go and Let's
Face The Music And Dance, and also If You Love Me for Victor
Records in New York City, USA.
Les Hite And His Orchestra play at The Chatterbox, Mountainside, New Jersey, USA, during an extended engagement . Hite's band are the first black musicians to have played at this venue.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. 
Danny Kaye is headlining at The Palace Theater, New York City, USA, during a lengthy run of shows.
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.Fats Domino holds the first two places in the Billboard US R'n'B charts with Blueberry Hill and Blue Monday.
Jerry Lee Lewis is undertaking a five-day recording session at the newly established (but not yet officially-opened) Sun Records studios, on Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Over the course of the five days, Jerry Lee will record over fifty songs.
Running Bear by Johnny Preston reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.Actor/singer and champion of racial equality Paul Robeson dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, from a stroke.
Maxine Brown debuts on the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA with her own composition, All In My Mind.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.Frank Sinatra acts as best man when music promoter Lee Gordon marries dancer and model Arlene Topfer in Acapulco, Mexico.
George Louis Henry Evans is born in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. As George Evans he will become a vocalist and recording artist active on the Canadian jazz scene.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Bye Bye Baby by The Four Seasons, entering at No59.
The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Honeycombs and Tony Sheveton play the second of two nights at The Royal Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
Ray Anthony's Bookend Revue is playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Small Faces play two gigs in one day - one in Sidcup, London, England, UK, Europe, and the other in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
Black Sabbath, Freedom and Curved Air play at Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
A newly-formed band called Malice holds its first rehearsal in St. Edwards Church Hall, Crawley, England, UK, Europe. The band includes Robert Smith on guitar. He will go on to greater success as founder and leader of The Cure.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.
Bruce Springsteen plays the first of two nights at The Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.Blues and gospel composer and recording artist Thomas Andrew Dorsey , aka Georgia Tom, Barrelhouse Tom and Texas Tommy, dies aged 93 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Judge Rodney Melville, the Santa Monica judge in Michael Jackson's child molestation case, orders 82 pages of documents containing "sensitive information" to be sealed indefinitely. He also refuses to lift a gagging order, ruling that it would violate the privacy of all parties involved.
Steel Panther play at The House Of Blues, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their 2nd Law World Tour, Muse play at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their Take Action tour, The Used play at The House Of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In a Twitter message, Katie Diamond (wife and manager of Neil Diamond) reveals how touched the couple have been after receiving messages from fans in Australia and New Zealand who say they are donating their ticket refunds for the shows Diamond has had to cancel (because he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease) to research into the disease.
Jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and often called "the father of South African jazz", dies aged 78 from prostate cancer in Johannesburg, South Africa.1900 |
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