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Jazz guitarist, singer, songwriter and performer Tony Romano is born in Madera, California, USA. He will perform on radio and appear in Hollywood musical productions in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, becoming noted as a musical accompanist to Bob Hope and Frances Langford during their USO tours in World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars.
A devastating 140mph hurricane hits The Bahamas. It will go down in local legend as The Great Andros Island Hurricane, and will be immortalised in the song Run Come See Jerusalem, written by Bahamian calypso singer Blind Blake.
Teddy Grace with Bud Freeman and The Summa Cum Laude Orchestra (including Eddie Condon) record Gee! But I Hate To Go Home Alone, Sing (It’s Good For Ya!), See What The Boys In The Back Room Will Have and I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town, for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Al Donahue And His Orchestra play at The Orpheum Theatre, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
The musical comedy Hold On To Your Hats, starring Al Jolson, is playing at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, during a run of 158 performances.
Big Bill Campbell, The Ken-Dorvilles, Syd Makin, The Accordeon Girls and others play at The Palace, Leicester, UK.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.Composer, musician and folk singer/songwriter Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
T-Bone Walker plays the tenth night of a two-week stay at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
Dorothy Squires plays the second night of a season at the Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at The Granada, Shrewsbury, England, UK, Europe.
The Top Five Singles in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this day are as follows :
1. BAD TO ME - BILLY J. KRAMER And THE DAKOTAS
2. Hello Mudduh,Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman
3. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
4. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
5. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
1. BAD TO ME - BILLY J. KRAMER And THE DAKOTAS
2. Hello Mudduh,Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman
3. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
4. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
5. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
The Elgin Jazz Club presents The Barron Knights with Duke D’Mond plus The Alex Sutherland Sextet in The Two Red Shoes, Elgin, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Black And White Minstrel Show is playing during a season at Victoria Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Russ Conway is playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
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The Kult play at The Cobweb, Hastings, England, UK, Europe.Motown Records announce that The Jackson Five, including Michael Jackson, have sold one million records in nine months.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
On their Kilroy Was Here tour, 
Husker Du, Nik Turner's Inner City Unit and Crime And The City Solution play at The Electric Ballroom, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
A new main-belt asteroid is discovered by E. W. Elst of the European Southern Observatory, Chile, South America. The asteroid is named 7934 Sinatra in honour of singer Frank Sinatra.
A 30 minute Kim Wilde special featuring an interview and a few music videos is broadcast on the Nordic Channel in Sweden, Europe.
PiL Records, a company founded by PiL member Keith Levene in 1984, is dissolved due to inactivity.
Internationally successful virtuoso guitarist, songwriter and recording artist Baden Powell dies of septicaemia, aggravated by alcoholism and diabetes, in Rio De Janiero, Brazil, South America.Shawn Lane, guitarist, dies of a heart attack in hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, aged 40. Lane is perhaps best-remembered as guitarist of Southern Rock band Black Oak Arkansas. However, his exceptional musical skills led him on to a rather lower-profile but highly-acclaimed career in instrumental rock, jazz fusion and world music.
The Red Thread release their third album, Ship In The Attic, Birds In The Subway, on Badman Records in the UK.
A Bob Dylan tribute concert is held at the Barbican Hall, London, UK, and is subsequently broadcast on BBC Four. Artists appearing include Odetta, Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, K.T.Tunstall, Liam Clancy and Roy Harper.
Jazz star Jamie Cullum releases his third major-label album, Catching Tales, in the UK.
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