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Vocalist Reno Aubrey, along with The Barrett Trio, billed as 'Club Swingers' plus dancers The Ford Brothers are among the entertainments on offer at The Casino, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The "Merry musical success" The Princess Chic is playing at The Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.The Columbia Burlesquers with Nellie Florede ['The Lily Of Melody'], play at The Gayety Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bing Crosby and The Boswell Sisters play the twelfth of fourteen nights at The Paramount Theatre, Times Square, New York City, USA.
Billy Merrin And His Commanders record We'll Make Hay While The
Sun Shines in London, UK.
Ralph Flanagan And His Orchestra play at The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. 
Too
Much by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where
it will peak at No1 during a fourteen-week run.
The Four Freshmen record I'm Beginning To See The Light and other tracks for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Teen dance craze The Twist is banned by Bishop Burke of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, USA, who decrees that it must not be danced, sung about or listened to at any Catholic school, parish or youth organisation.
Claude
King records Wolverton
Mountain and I Backed Out in Bradley Film
and Recording Studios, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Notable players on the session include guitarists
Grady
Martin, Harold Bradley and Gerald Tomlinson, Buddy Harman on
drums and Floyd Cramer on piano.
Trevor Beresford Romeo is born in Hornsey, London, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as Jazzie B, a founding member of 80s and 90s soul/rap band Soul II Soul.Singer-songwriter and recording artist Peter Bruntnell is born in Wellington, New Zealand.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the last of four nights at Monreal's Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Dusty Springfield records Don't Speak Of Love in Philips Studios, Stanhope Place, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz harpist/pianist Alice Coltrane records the album Ptah The El Daoud, at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York State, USA.Bob Dylan sets up his own record label, Accomplice Records, but little more is ever heard of it.
The Spinners enter the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with the medley Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl which will peak at No2.
Kenny Rogers enters the UK singles chart with Coward Of The County which will peak at No1.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.
Roy Ayers is playing during six nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, London, England, UK, Europe.UK rapper Lady Sovereign is forced to cancel her 'secret' gig at Pianos in New York City, when she fails to get a US work visa.
Blues harmonica virtuoso Sugar Blue releases his latest album, Theshold, on Beeble Music in the USA.
Keith Urban and John Mayer film an episode of CMT Crossroads at Liberty Hall in Franklin, Tennessee, USA, in front of an audience including Jake Owen, Taylor Swift, Kix Brooks and Love And Theft's Eric Gunderson.
Gladys Horton, co-founder and former lead singer of popular all-female Motown group, The Marvelettes, dies aged 66 in a nursing home in Sherman Oaks, California, USA, where she had been recuperating from a stroke.
On their Hurricane tour, 30 Seconds To Mars play at The Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, Texas, USA.
Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy play at The Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jimmy Buffett requires stitches in his head after falling from the stage of Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia, at the end of a concert there.
On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play the second of two nights at The Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern, Ireland.
Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, frontman for funk/r'n'b band The Ohio Players, dies aged 69 in Trotwood, Ohio, USA.
Taylor Swift and One Direction are among the artists performing at The NRJ Music Awards in the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France, Europe. (2013).
INXS guitarist Tim Farriss seriously damages one finger when his hand is caught in an electric anchor winch aboard a boat on Australia Day. It is speculated that he may never be able to play guitar again.
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