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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 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.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Original American Ragtime Octette introduce ragtime music into England, when they open at the London Hippodrome, London, UK, for a six-week engagement, which will be extended because of the huge success of the show.
Little Caruso, The Imperial Quartet and blackface duo Bertie Herrron and Milt Arnsman are appearing at The Empress Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.Blues guitarist and vocalist Fenton Robinson, is born in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA.
The Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, opens with a concert by Frank Sinatra and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Singer Bob Savage, singer Betty Lou Barto, jazz pianist Erskine Butterfield and The George James Orchestra play at Cafe Society, New York City, USA.
Hank Williams records Your Cheatin' Heart, Take These Chains From My Heart and two other songs in Castle Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, during his last ever recording session. On the same day, r'n'b pioneer Big Joe Turner records Baby I Still Want You, in New York City, USA, for Atlantic Records.
US r’n’b pioneer Big Joe Turner records Baby I Still Want You in New York City for Atlantic Records.
The Sid Phillips Band Show with Frank Nelson, Kay McKinley, Professor Glover and Norman Cave plays at St George's Hall, Bradford, UK.
That'll Be The Day by The Crickets (including Buddy Holly) reaches No1 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. Holly's career will inspire Weezer to release their song Buddy Holly in 1994 on Holly's birthday.
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.
Rosemary Clooney quits US tv show The Bell Telephone Hour in the USA because the network has asked her to drop the song If Love Were All. Clooney has just split with her husband, the actor Jose Ferrer, and the network feels that the song might have embarrassing personal connotations. (1961) (censorship)Don Herron, steel guitarist of country rock band BR5-49, is born in Stubenville, Ohio, USA.
Rusty 'Ko Ko' Adams is playing during thirteen days at The Little Brown Jug, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA, with Jo Ann And Ray Cantrell.
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Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie And His Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing play at The Odeon, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
The Animals begin their first tour of North America at The Norfolk City Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, with Gene Vincent. During the day, The Animals hold a press conference at The Golden Triangle hotel.
The Sons Of Adam play during a six-night booking at Gazzarri's, 319 North La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.Jefferson Airplane and Muddy Waters perform at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Vikki Carr is playing during three weeks at The Sahara, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
The New Yardbirds, later to re-name themselves Led Zeppelin, play the first of two nights in Oslo, Norway, Europe.
Earth plays at The Gretna Hall Tavern, Carlisle, England, UK, Europe. Their vocalist is Ozzy Osbourne, and they will soon re-name themselves Black Sabbath.Gil Turner, a prominent folk singer in the early 60s folk scene in Greenwich Village, New York City, dies. Turner was the first person to record the Bob Dylan songs Blowin' In the Wind and Don't Think Twice.
During a massive 62-city trek, Bob Dylan plays at the War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York State.
Trouble Funk, Minor Threat and Big Boys play in the Punk Funk Spectacular at The Lansburgh Center, Washington DC, USA.
UK music trade paper Music Week reports that George Harrison's song Something has passed the four million plays mark on radio in the USA, representing almost 23 years of non-stop play.
Dio, Stryper, Dogs D'Amour, Cold Sweat and Love/Hate play at Pacific Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Johnny Johnson Band, with Ry Cooder on guitar, plays at The Village Music Annual Party, Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California, USA.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo, Brazil, South America.Yoko Ono places a full-page announcement in the New York Times which reads, "Imagine all the people living life in peace." The words, a quote from John Lennon's song Imagine, are her response to the World Trade Center tragedy.
Willie Nelson releases a new album, To All The Girls, on Sony Legacy Records in the UK. The album consists of a collection of duets featuring Nelson along with prominent country music female singers - Dolly Parton, Miranda Lambert, Loretta Lynn, Carrie Underwood, The Secret Sisters, Roseanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Wynonna Judd, Alison Krauss, Melonie Cannon, Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris, Lily Meola, Brandi Carlile, Tina Rose; and his daughter, Paula Nelson.
Tokio Hotel release the official video for their song Girl Got A Gun - the second single from their album Kings Of Suburbia.
Katy Perry, supported by Tegan And Sara, plays the second of two nights at The SAP Center, San Jose, California, USA.
During the South American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses, The Who and Incubus play at Rock In Rio, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
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