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Emerson, Allen And Manning's Minstrels open for one week at the Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Grand Negro Jubilee, a four-day event, begins at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. The main attraction over the course of the four days is soprano and vaudeville star Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones.
Actor and singer Ben Hendricks with The Swedish Ladies Quartet is appearing at Cordray's Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Blues singer and guitarist 
Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.The Quintette of the Hot Club of France record Mystery Pacific, Miss Annabelle Lee, In A Sentimental Mood, Runnin' Wild and A Little Love A Little Kiss in Paris, France, Europe, for HMV Records.
Ernest Tubb records Walking The Floor Over You, Our Baby's Book, When The World Has Turned You Down, I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back and Mean Mama Blues at the Biggs Studio in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Barry Dickins is born in East Ham, London, UK. He is the son of Percy Dickins, founder of the New Musical Express newspaper and initiator of the first UK pop chart. Barry will go on to become a powerful music agent and promoter, representing Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Diana Ross and many others though his company ITB [International Talent Bookers], while his brother Rob Dickins will become Chairman of Warner Bros Music Group and the BPI in the 1980
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band record Ice Cream for Parlophone Records in London, UK.
Louis Armstrong And His All Stars record [Oh] Didn't He Ramble for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Coral Records artist Bill Darnel plays the third night in a week of dates at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Oscar Peterson is playing during a one-week stint at The Hi Hat, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lionel Hampton is playing during a week of shows at The Casino Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Freddie King records You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling for King Records, in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA.
Johnny Burnette plays at the Gaumont, Worcester, England, UK, Europe. Tickets cost £6.Grahame 'Skin' Skinner, vocalist of Scottish bands The Jazzateers, Hipsway, Cowboy Mouth and others is born.
Jerry
Butler, The Miracles, The
Marvelettes, Ben E. King, Maxine Brown and
Betty Everett play the last night in a week at The Regal
Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Despite facing severe losses, The Twist Spectacular Tour plays the third of five nights at St Nicholas Arena, New York City, headlined
by Chubby
Checker with Joey Dee And The
Starliters, Dee Dee
Sharp, The
Dovells and The Carroll Brothers.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers pre-record a live session for the BBC Radio show Saturday Club in London, England, UK.Jesse Fuller plays the first of five nights at the Questing Beast, Berkeley, California, supported by Lynne Hughes.
Stephen Stills, having recently left Buffalo Springfield, records an album's worth of solo acoustic demos in New York City, USA, some of which will eventually be recorded by Crosby, Stills And Nash.Traffic, Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA. A young Billy Joel, of local band The Hassles, visits Traffic in their hotel room.
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Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin appears as a guest on The Julie Felix Show, filmed at BBC-TV Studios, Lime Grove, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Civic Center, San Jose, California, USA, supported by Motley Crue.
Sledgehammer by
Peter Gabriel, recorded at
Real World Studios, Box, enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at
No4.
Steve Norman and the Kemp Brothers of Spandau Ballet escape serious injury when their car crashes in West Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Fats Domino, Jose Feliciano and Allen Toussaint headline the third day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
On the second leg of their Unleashed tour, Fleetwood Mac play at the Greensboro Coliseum. Greensboro, South Carolina.
Reggae vocalist 
On their Made In Germany tour, Rammstein, play at The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jorma Kaukonen plays at Songs From Blue Country Heart, Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, Ohio, USA.
Touring in support of their second LP, Another Eternity, Purity Ring play at Concorde 2, Brighton, UK.
On her Emerald Island tour, Caro Emerald plays the second of two nights at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Irit Dekel.
Ed Sheeran plays the second of two nights at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.1869 |
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