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The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.Bertha 'Chippie' Hill records Lovesick Blues and Lonesome, Weary Blues, for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical revue Artists And Models Of 1927, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 151 performances.Pioneering country-blues guitarist Sylvester Weaver records Chittlin Rag Blues for Okeh Records in New York City, USA.
Blues bassist and vocalist Jerome Arnold is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. he is best-known for his work with Howlin' Wolf and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
Texas Bill Strength records Paper Boy Boogie and I Was Only Teasing You, for Coral Records in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 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.
Rose Murphy is playing during a week at The Glass Bar, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Johnny O'Neal records Johnny Feels The Blues, So Many Hard Times, Woman and A Whole Heap Of Mama for King Records in Bradenton, Florida, USA, with Earl Hooker on guitar.
Ruth Brown and Willis 'Gator Tail' Jackson play at the Sunset Terrace Ballroom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Sixteen
Tons by Tennessee Ernie
Ford peaks at No1 for the first of seven weeks in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
In a package tour called the Lucky Seven Blues Show, Little Willie John, Champion Jack Dupree, Little George Smith and Otis Williams play the second night of a week at the Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Martha Carson, Kathy Perry, Johnny Johnson, Tommy Duncan, Autry Inman and Dick Flood are playing in Leon McAuliff's Cimarron Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Billy Fury, Eden Kane (backed by Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers), The Allisons, The Karl Denver Trio, Shirley Douglas and (somewhat confusingly) Mike Dee And The Jaywalkers play at The Embassy Theatre, Peterborough, England, UK, Europe. At this point in their career, Mike Dee's Jaywalkers include Ritchie Blackmore, later to play with Deep Purple, on guitar.
Paul
Peterson appears on daily tv pop show American
Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, performing My
Dad.
Rock fan Syd Barrett of Cambridge, England, UK, Europe, is obliged to miss today's long-anticipated gig by The Beatles at his local Regal Cinema, in order to attend an interview at London's Camberwell Art School. As it turns out, Barrett's successful application to the art school will result in a musical alliance with Roger Waters, which will lead to the formation of Pink Floyd.
The Kingston Trio record Song For A Friend (written by John Stewart) for Capitol Records in Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. The song is Stewart's reaction to the news of the assassination of US President John Kennedy. At the same session the trio also records The Patriot Game and If You Don't Look Around.
Leon McAuliffe and His Swingin‘ Western Band play at The Western Way Club, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.
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Editor Irwin Silber of New York City-based folk music magazine Sing Out publishes an 'open letter' to Bob Dylan, criticising the singer-songwriter for having turned inward in his most recent songs. Silber declares that, "your new songs all seem to be inner-directed, now inner-probing, self-conscious
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The Small Faces play in The Mariner Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK, EuropeBlues, R'n'B and soul vocalist and pianist Harold Burrage dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.Free record a live session for the BBC Radio World Service show R And B, in London, UK.
Prince plays at The Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
BMG Rights Management buys Chrysalis, one of Britain's biggest independent music publishers, for £107.4m.On the European leg of her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the Ergo Arena, Gdansk/Sopot, Poland.
Black Eyed Peas release their sixth album, The Beginning, on Universal Music Group in Germany.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at The Hipodromo, Asuncion, Paraguay, South America.
Mastodon play at The O2 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Ronnie Bright dies aged 77 in New York City, USA. He had found success as a vocalist from the 1950s until the 1970s, with The Valentines, The Cadillacs, The Deep River Boys and The Coasters. He also provided the distinctive bass voice on the 1963 hit single Mr. Bass Man by Johnny Cymbal.1902 |
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