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The musical comedy Florodora is in its eighth month at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.
Louis 'Moondog' Hardin is born in Marysville, Kansas, USA. Hardin will begin his musical career as a percussionist in his high school band, losing his sight in 1929 when a dynamite cap explodes in his hands. Following the accident, Hardin attends the Iowa School For The Blind and the Missouri School For The Blind, where he studies stringed instruments, organ and harmony. He also learns to compose in braille. In later years, using the name Moondog, he will become an innovative jazz/avant-garde composer, instrument maker and recording artist, familiar and much-loved on the streets of New York City, where he performed dressed in bizarre Viking garb.
Bing Crosby records Some Of These Days for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
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.
Bill Bardo opens at The Miami Hotel, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Griff Williams And His Orchestra play the sixth of 28 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Popular US folk group The Weavers record the Leadbelly song Goodnight, Irene, which will become a major hit for them.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
The popular musical Guys And Dolls is running at The Shubert Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jane Froman is playing at Chez Paree, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Guy Mitchell is playing during a week-long engagement at The Skyway Lounge, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
Jane Froman sings I'm Sittin' On Top of the World, Take A Trip in a Rocket Ship, Destination Moon, If I Loved You A Mountain, Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better and Black Magic, on the CBS-tv show USA Canteen, in the USA.
Kenny Baker And His Dozen record Bugler's Lament, There'll Never Be Another You, If You Were The Only Girl, Whistle And I'll Come To You, Gal From Joe's, Coquette, We'll Always Be Sweethearts and Too Cool For The Blues, for Pye/Nixa Records in London, UK.
Adam Faith, The John Barry Seven, Johnny Worth and The Honeys play during a week of shows at The Granada, Shrewsbury, England, UK, Europe.
Patti Page is playing during a month of shows at The Pigalle, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Allisons continue with their summer season at the North Pier Theatre, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers play the sixth night of a two-week season at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Burl Ives records Mary Ann Regrets and Busted during an afternoon session at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Busted will go on become a hit in cover versions by Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and John Conlee.
Carla Thomas releases Stop! Look What You're Doing as a single on Stax Recordsin the USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the fifth of nine consecutive nights at the Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
The Charlatans, The Salvation Army Banned, and Blue Cheer play the first of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pink Floyd play a benefit gig for Oz – an underground magazine - at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Pretty Things, Social Deviants and Blonde On Blonde.
When Cynthia Lennon returns from a holiday in Greece, Europe, she finds that Yoko Ono has moved into Kenwood, the home she shared with her husband John Lennon of The Beatles, in Weybridge, UK, Europe. Paul McCartney will be inspired to write a song, Hey Jules, to comfort John and Cynthia's son Julian Lennon during the period when their marriage is falling apart. The song will find huge success under a revised title, Hey Jude.
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Tim Buckley and Mary McCaslin play the sixth of thirteen nights at Doug Weston's Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at Palasport, Bologna, Italy, Europe.
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Count Basie plays the first of two nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Don McLean records American Pie at the Record Plant, New York City, for Mediarts. The song will become a huge hit on United Artists after they buy Mediarts.
The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Waylon Jennings play at the Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The three day long Ozark Mountain Folkfair begins at Oak Hill Ecopark, Eureka Springs, Kansas. Artists appearing over the course of the event include The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, The Earl Scruggs Revue, John Lee Hooker, Lester Flatt And Nashville Grass, Big Mama Thornton, John Hartford, Mance Lipscomb, Clifton Chenier, James Cotton, Johnny Shines, Jimmy Driftwood and others.
Phil Ochs plays at The Stables, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
The Rolling Stones release a new single, Miss You, on Rolling Stones Records in the UK.
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Internationally popular calypso band The Merrymen play at The Pepperpot, Barbados, Worthing, Christ Church, Caribbean.
The Crusaders play at The Music Hall, Houston, Texas, USA.
On their On Through The Night World tour, Def Leppard play at The Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA.
On his The Concert tour, Mike Oldfield plays at The Gaumont, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) play at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
ZTT Records is presenting a two-week series of concerts entitled The Value Of Entertainment, featuring Andrew Poppy (and guests), Anne Pigalle, Propaganda and Instinct, at The Ambassadors Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The Art Of Noise are billed to appear but, in the end, do not perform.
On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at Red River Valley Speedway, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
Radiohead release the single Paranoid Android, in the UK on Parlophone Records.
Fishbone play at Irvine Plaza, New York City, USA, with Slightly Stoopid.
On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays at Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Morrissey plays at The Bob Hope Theatre, Stockton, California, USA.
Dream-pop singer Princess Chelsea plays at The Louisiana, Bristol, UK.
The Cure play at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California, USA.
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