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The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
The Imperial Burlesquers are playing at Kernan's Theatre, Washington, DC, USA.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.Harry Bidgood And His Broadcasters record Carolina Moon and Just Plain Folk, for Vocalion Records in London, UK. Bidgood is perhaps better known as an accordian bandleader under his pseudonym of Primo Scala.
Billie Holiday and the Count Basie Orchestra begin a brief tour of East Coast theatres in the USA.
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra play at The 400 Club Restaurant, New York City, USA.
Popular vocalist Savannah Churchill begins an extensive tour in Virginia, USA, with The Four Tunes and Tab Smith's Orchestra.
Hugo Duncan is born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He will find success as a singer and BBC broadcaster.
The movie musical Lullaby Of Broadway, starring Doris Day, Gene Nelson and The Page Cavanaugh Trio, has its premiere in New York City, USA. The songs in the film are composed by George Gershwin.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The Three Flames are playing during a five year engagement at The Bon Soir, New York City, USA.Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the third of six nights at The Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the third of six nights at the Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
The Red Garland Trio with John Coltrane records Rise And Shine, By The Numbers and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
The Four
Preps appear on American
Bandstand, singing their upcoming single Got A Girl.
According to some reports, The Beatles play at The Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. According to others, the group was already on board a train heading for Hamburg, Germany, Europe, to begin a second season of live dates in the city.
The John Coltrane Quintet and The Jimmy Smith Organ Trio stand in for Ray Charles at The Pyramids, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Ray Charles is out of action, suffering with arterial bleeding from his left hand.The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the stage show No Strings, featuring Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll is released on Capitol Records in the USA. It will debut on the Billboard albums chart on April 21, 1962, peaking at No5 and remaining on the chart for 274 weeks. It will also win a Grammy Award.
Susanne Sulley, female singer with The Human League, is born in Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
The movie The Continental Twist, (aka Twist All Night) is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America. The movie stars Louis Prima and Sam Butera And The Witnesses.
Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, march and sing at the Selma-to-Montgomery march for civil rights in Alabama, USA. 
Roger Miller is taking part in the Ford Motor Company College tour in the USA.
Stephen Lack, bassist of The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
Heart play in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.On their Creatures Of The Night tour, Kiss play at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, California, USA, supported by Motley Crue. This is the first of five dates with Motley Crue on this tour.
In the High Court, London, England, UK, Europe, EMI agrees to play back royalties of £2.8m to The Beatles.
On their Behind The Mask Tour, Fleetwood Mac play the first of five nights at The National Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
In San Diego, California, USA, police discover the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate UFO religion cult who have committed suicide in order to reach an alien space craft which they believe is following the Comet Hale-Bopp. The recently-discovered Comet Hale-Bopp was about to make its closest approach to Earth. Also known as the Great Comet of 1997, it is perhaps the most widely observed comet of the 20th century, and one of the brightest seen for many decades. The 2012 song The Hale Bop by The Mystery Jets is about this grimly bizarre incident.
On their Subliminal Verses tour, John Mayhew, drummer with Steamhammer and Genesis, dies aged 61 of heart disease, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pianist and composer 
Yes play 
On his Spring Tour 2015, Sam Smith plays the second of two nights at The O2 Academy, Brixton, London, England, UK.
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