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The Three Brooklyns, billed as 'Musical eccentrics from The Alhambra, London' are playing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Billed as 'The Sweetest Singer On The Stage', Mr Chauncey Olcott appears in the new comedy Garrett O'Magh, at The Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Johnny Hodges, sometimes called 'the first soul sax player', is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He will lead Duke Ellington's sax section and enjoy his own solo recording career.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.Uncle Dave Macon, vocal and banjo, records Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line, for Vocalion Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bessie Smith records Take It Right Back ['Cause I Don't Want It Here] for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
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Jazz pianist, band leader, composer and recording artist Si Perkoff is born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. In the early 1960s he will move to San Francisco and base himself there for the remainder of his career.
Cow Cow Boogie by Ella Mae Morse and The Freddie Slack Orchestra reaches No1 in the singles chart in the USA. The song is written by blues piano pioneer Cow Cow Davenport.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
Tiny Bradshaw And His Orchestra play during a four-week engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Billie Holiday is playing at Weeke's Cafe, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, with The Wild Bill Davis Trio.
Eddie Calvert, aka The Man With The Golden Trumpet, plays at The Regal, St. Leonards, UK.
It's Now Or Never by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1, during a sixteen week run.
Popular singer Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Brenda Lee plays the fourth of seven nights at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Wes Montgomery records his album Full House at The Tsubo jazz club, 2901 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA. [The Tsubo will later become The Jabberwock].
Headling the Galaxy Of Stars package tour, Gene Pitney plays in Syracuse, New York State, USA.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
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During their On Parole tour, The Clash play the second of four nights at The Music Machine, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Suicide and The Specials.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
Pat Benatar and Eddie Money play at The Dr. Pepper Music Festival, Central Park, New York City, USA.
Barry Manilow plays at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Forest Hills, New York State, USA.
The Bob Dylan comes to the end of the European leg of the Shot Of Love tour with a gig at the Palace des Sports, Avignon, France. Two deaths occur during this show. One member of the crowd dies after falling into electric cables, causing total blackout. In the resulting confusion, a girl falls off a wall and also dies.
Paul McCartney plays the second of three nights at Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA.The Bob Gibson Class Reunion is held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with the participation of Bob Gibson, Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, John Brown, Dennis Locorriere, Oscar Brand, Ed McCurdy, Glenn Yarbrough, Shel Silverstein, Spanky McFarlane, Josh White, Jr and others.
Gomez release Out West, a three disc set of live recordings from The Fillmore, San Francisco, in the UK.
It is reported that Tupac Shakur's mother is seeking an injunction against Death Row records to prevent the label from releasing any of the deceased rapper's recordings.
Inch-time release a new album, The Floating World, on Mystery Plays Records in the UK.
On their Live And Loud tour, Rascal Flatts, supported by The Band Perry and Cassadee Pope, play at Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenee, Wyoming, USA.
On her The Mrs Carter Show World Tour Beyonce plays at The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Tedeschi Trucks Band plays at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA.
The BPI reveals today that the number of songs streamed per week in the UK recently hit a major new landmark - 505,849,000 for the week ending July 16 - almost double the figure for one year earlier. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk is the UK's most streamed song of the year so far, played more than 45 million times. Ed Sheeran is the most streamed artist so far this year, with over 170m streams.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play the Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.1901 |
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