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The stage musical Bric-A-Brac is playing at The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, UK, during a run of 385 performances. Music for the show is by Lionel Monckton and Herman Finck, and the cast includes Gwendoline Brogden, Teddie Gerard, A. Simon Girard, Nelson Keys, Gertie Millar, Arthur Playfair and Lauri Wylie.Vocal duo Correll And Gosden [better known as radio stars Amos'n'Andy] record Just A Bird's-Eye View Of My Old Kentucky Home, for Victor Records in The Webster Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Al Starita And The Piccadilly Players record Follow Through - Selection, Parts 1 and 2, in London, UK, for Columbia Records. This version is not released.
The musical revue Sim Sala Bim, with words and music by Alvin H. Jansen, is playing at The Morosco Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 54 performances.The Tanner Sisters, with an orchestra conducted by Don Carlos, record Jambalaya [On The Bayou], written by Hank Williams, for His Master's Voice records in London, UK.
T-Bone Walker plays the ninth night of a two-week stay at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Joe Williams plays live with the Count BasieOrchestra at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Film star, tv star and musician Phil Harris is the subject of This Is Your Life on NBC TV in the USA.
Liverpool-born pop idol Billy Fury releases a new single, A Wondrous Place, on Decca Records in the UK.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
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Dobkins Jr performs the Gene Pitney composition A Chance To Belong on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, in W-Fil Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Take Five which will peak at No25 during a seven-week run on the chart.
Mike Porco of Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, rings New York Times music critic Robert Shelton to invite him to see Bob Dylan at the club.Big band jazz drumming star Gene Krupa performs Drum Boogie on tv's The Tonight Show in the USA.
Pop singer Bobby Freeman and jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain pre-record appearances for an upcoming edition of The Steve Allen Playhouse on tv in the USA.
Irish piper and singer 
Universal Soldier by Donovan enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No53. (In the UK, Universal Soldier is the title track of an EP).
Yesterday by The Beatles enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA at No45. It will peak at No1 for four weeks during an eleven-week stay on the chart.Jefferson Airplane play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Muddy Waters.
Rolf Harris is playing during a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Vikki Carr is playing during three weeks at The Sahara, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Fairport Convention play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Gordon Smith.
The United States of America play the first of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rockets.
It is announced in the UK press that the Anti-Nowhere League (ANL) has been found guilty of obscenity under the Obscene Publications Act because of the lyric of So What?, the b-side of their single The Streets Of London.
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As The Who's new single, Athena, is released in the UK, their album It's Hard enters the Billboard Albums Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No8.
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On her Wild Heart tour, Stevie Nicks plays at the City Of Hope Benefit Concert, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
On his Born In The USA tour, Bruce Springsteen plays the second of two nights at The War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York State, USA.Bill Haley's Comets, Dave Edmunds and Mike Berry play at the 10th annual Eddie Cochran Festival in Monkton Park, Chippenham.
The 
Ellie Goulding plays her first live date since signing to Polydor Records, at Audio, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Lady Gaga questions US president Obama about bullying when she attends a political fundraiser in Silicon Valley, California, USA. The $35,800-a-person event for about 70 people is held in the yard of Facebook boss, Cheryl Sandberg.Crosby, Stills And Nash play at The Gallo Center For The Arts, Modesto, California, USA.
Rise Against play the second of two nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by The Gaslight Anthem.
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On their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play the second of six nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, supported by Jamie Lawson and Augustana.
On his 
Pioneering country music singer, Jean Shepard, dies of Parkinson's Disease, aged 82, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA. In her long career, she released a total of 73 singles to the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and recording a total of 24 studio albums between 1956–81.