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The musical comedy The Wild Rose is presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
Dan W. Quinn records The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous, When Sousa Comes To Coontown, Must You, Baffin's Bay and other songs, for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Country music singer Goebel Reeves, aka The Texas Drifter, makes his first recordings, including I Learned About Women From Her and The Drifter Parts 1 and 2, for OKeh Records in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Former Ford motor plant employee Joe Louis defeats Italy's Primo Carnera in the sixth round of a boxing match before a crowd of 60,000 in Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA. "Whether it was the South Side of Chicago, St. Antoine Street of Detroit, or the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Negro communities throughout the nation went crazy with joy," reported the New York Amsterdam Star-News. A folk hero had been born and the song He's In The Ring [Doin' The Same Old Thing] by blues guitarist and singer Memphis Minnie was inspired by Louis' success in the ring.
Claudius Afolabi Siffre is born in Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe. He will find success in the 70s and 80s as singer-songwriter, musician and poet Labi Siffre. Woody Herman And His Orchestra record the Hoagy Carmichael composition The Nearness Of You for Capitol Records in the USA.
Les Paul And Mary Ford, Tommy Edwards and Ralph Marterie's Orchestra are providing the musical entertainment at The Paramount Theater, New York City, USA.Count Basie And His Band and The Ravens play at The Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Blues guitarist, singer and recording artist Luke Jordan dies in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
The Ink Spots are playing during three weeks at The Palomar Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet enters the UK popular albums chart with Time Out which will peak at No11 in its week of entry.
Entering at No66, the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA is There's Something On Your Mind by Bobby Marchan.
The Tom Nicholls Dance Orchestra and The Eric Latham Orchestra play
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Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
The Oranim Zabar Troupe plays during a four week run at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
US music trade magazine Billboard reports that juke boxes have been banned in Bangkok, Thailand, Indochina, Asia.
The Paul Desmond - Jim Hall Quartet record Polka Dots And Moonbeams, Take Ten and That Old Feeling, for RCA Records in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
The Dave Clark Five play at The Civic Centre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, supported by Link Wray And The Wraymen, The Majesticks, The Maliboos, The Uptowns and Barry And The Vikings.
The Kingston Trio and Roger Miller play the fifth of seven nights at The Carter Barron Amphitheater, Rock Creek Park, Washington DC, USABig Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the second of two nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Quicksilver Messenger Service are also on the bill.
Pink Floyd begin recording the song Great Gig In The Sky in >EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, UK. It will appear on their album Dark Side Of The Moon,
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Acker Bilk plays in an NSPCC Charity fund-raising concert at The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Having lately completed a tour of the Far East, The Osmonds arrive back in the USA.US singer/actor Mark Lindsay learns that he has been dropped from playing the role of The Beatles' John Lennon in the NBC-tv film John and Yoko : A Love Story, because Yoko has learned that his real name is the same as Lennon’s killer, Mark Chapman.
Former junkie Hillel Slovak, guitarist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, calls his brother, and tells him he is considering using heroin again. His brother tries to dissuade him, but Slovak will be dead by the next day.
The third day of the Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, stars David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Burt Bacharach and Willie Nelson.
David Cassidy, David Essex, The Osmonds and Les McKeown's 70s Bay City Rollers play the first of two nights at Wembley Arena Pavilion, London, England, UK.
Chet Helms, best-remembered as the manager of Janis Joplin, dies of a stroke, aged 62, in San Francisco, California, USA. Helms was also a founder-member of Big Brother And The Holding Company, the group with which Joplin made her name.Glastonbury Festival gets underway at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK. Maximo Park, Altern 8 and Pronghorn are among the acts performing on this day.
Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Wolfmother, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hives, Gomez and others play in Hyde Park, London, UK.
Marcus Miller plays a concert entitled Tutu Revisited - The Music of Miles Davis at the Orleans Jazz Festival, Orleans, France, Europe.On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays in The Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.
Gogol Bordello and P.I.L. play at The Festival Of Peace, Kazan, Russia, Europe. Gogol Bordello's performance is stopped by the arrival of a platoon of machine-gun bearing soldiers, who then bring the Russian premier, Dmitry Medvedev, on stage. He thanks the band, then goes down to the front of the stage and ejoys the show.
Ringo Starr attends the Ringo Starr POP Art Collection Showcase at Pop International Galleries in New York City, USA.
Linkin Park release their fifth studio album, Living Things in the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Poland and Portugal.
Bayonce and Jay-Z begin their On The Run tour with a show at The Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida, USA.
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