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King Dodo is performed by Raymond Hitchcock And His Merry Choral Court for the last of three nights at Boyd's Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Alto saxophonist Willie Smith is born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Smith will play with Jimmie Lunceford's band from 1929 until 1942, before going on to work with Harry James, Duke Ellington, and Billy May.
Alto saxophonist Willie Smith is born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Smith will play with Jimmie Lunceford's band from 1929 until 1942, before going on to work with Harry James, Duke Ellington and Billy May.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.
Country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers records Mississippi River Blues and Nobody Knows But Me, for Victor Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Art Gillham, aka The Whispering Pianist, records If You Were The Only Girl In The World, Hollywood, Have A Little Faith In Me and Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Innovative tap dancer Bill Robinson, who performed under the name Mr Bojangles, dies of heart disease, aged 71, in New York City, USA. His name and his achievements are immortalised in two popular songs. First is Bojangles Of Harlem, written by Jerome Kern for the 1936 Fred Astaire movie Swing Time. The second song is Mr Bojangles, written by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and recorded by artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Nina Simone and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Mule Train by Tennessee Ernie Ford enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No10 during a nine-week run.
Bull Moose Jackson And His Orchestra are playing during a week of shows at Uncle Tom's Plantation, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Brenda Lee releases her new single, Papa Noel/Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, on Decca Records in the USA. The b-side will become a huge hit on re-issue two years later.
The Modern Jazz Quartet plays at St. George's Hall, Bradford, UK, supported by the Don Rendell Jazz Six.
Steve Rotheray, guitarist of UK prog-rock band Marillion, is born in Brampton, UK.
Vocal quartet The Roomates record Band of Gold, Glory of Love, The Only Girl For Me, O Baby Love, and Never Knew, at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, USA, for Valmor Records.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next movie, Wild In The Country , at the 20th Century Ranch, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Hank Ballard And The Midnighters release a new single, The Hoochie Koochie Koo, on King Records in the USA.
Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
Cozy Cole is playing during a week of shows at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Everly Brothers are inducted into the US Marine Corps. They will serve at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California, USA.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Martha Carson, Kathy Perry, Johnny Johnson, Tommy Duncan, Autry Inman and Dick Flood are playing in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield), Rosemary Squires, Colin Day, Danny Davis, The Galliards featuring Jimmie Macgregor and Robin Hall, Arthur Greenslade And The Gee-Men, Tommy Sanderson And The Sandmen and Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band provide the live music on BBC Light Programme show Saturday Club, introduced by Brian Matthew from London, England, UK, Europe.
Elvis Presley is filming scenes for his tenth movie Kid Galahad in Culver Studios, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Blues By Six play at Studio 51, London, UK, supported by The Rolling Stones.
Buddy Bair And His Orchestra with vocalist Elaine Powell are playing during a three-week booking at The Skyway, Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Dion records My Babe, Kind Hearted Woman, The Devil's Got My Woman and other tracks, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Supremes play at The Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, supported by the Lovin' Spoonful.
Folk-blues duo Larry And Hank record If You Don't Want Me Baby, Watchdog Blues and Four Women Blues, for Prestige Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the album The Blues – A New Generation.
Successful producer and songwriter Tony Hatch signs 18-year-old David Bowie to Pye Records in London, England, UK, Europe, as David Bowie with the Lower Third.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features Bobby Vee performing Take Good Care Of My Baby, composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The show also includes Len Barry performing 1-2-3.
Bob Dylan has recalled writing his song Just Like A Woman on this date in a hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. (Unlikely, given that he was playing in Chicago, 540 miles away the next day, and his previous gig had been in New York four days earlier).
Robbie Basho plays at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Kinks record Two Sisters in Pye Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Rodney Sheppard, guitarist with Sugar Ray is born in Trinidad, Caribbean.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
The Velvet Underground play the third of five nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Barry Harris Trio record Sun Dance, These Foolish Things, and other tracks for Prestige Records in New York City, USA.
Led Zeppelin play at Leicester University, Leicester, UK.
The musical stage play Beatlemania is presented during a three-week run at the Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA. The play is built around the music of The Beatles.
King Kurt play at The Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe.
New Model Army play at The Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Sting plays at The Philipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
Madonna releases her new single, Dress You Up, on Warner Bros Records in the UK.
Jamiroquai play at a private gig for employees of the Carphone Warehouse, at Alexandra Palace, London, England, UK, Europe.
Towards the end of U2's Vertigo tour, at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand, as Bono walks out the venue after the show, he asks stage designer Willie Williams if, on their next tour, there might be a way the band could play to all the stadium. Their discussions will lead to the development of a massive structure known as The Claw, which will be used during the band's 360 Degree tour.
On the second of four non-consecutive nights at The Relentless Garage, Islington, London, England, UK, Europe, Inme play their album White Butterfly in full.
On her Crazy Cats Tour, Pixie Lott plays at The Guildhall, Preston, UK.
Toploader are putting the finishing touches to their third studio album, Only Human, at Hook End Studios, Hookend Manor, Checkendon, near Reading, UK.
Roosevelt plays at Broadcast, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Alec Benjamin plays at Le Trabendo, Paris, France, Europe, supported by Boy In Space.
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