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Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by Filipino tribesmen, just months after becoming the first man to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. His life, death and achievements will be celebrated in the song Philippines History by Yoyoy Villame, The Ballad Of Magellan by Animaniacs and Magellan Was Wrong by Bob Lind.
Rice And Barton's Big Gaiety Co is performing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.The musical show The Wonder Bar is presented at The Nora Bayes Theatre on Breoadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 76 performances. Set in a Parisian nightclub in 1929, the show stars Al Jolson and features music by Robert Katscher with lyrics by Irving Ceasar.
Sidney Bechet records Jelly Roll Blues, At A Georgia Camp Meeting, National Emblem March, Hindustan and I'll Take That New Orleans Music, for Commodore Records, New York City, USA.
Coral Records artist Bill Darnel plays the fourth night in a week of dates at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Louis Armstrong And His All Stars record My Bucket's Got A Hole In It for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Mindy Carson is playing during two weeks at The Mocambo, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lionel Hampton is playing during a week of shows at The Casino Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists record The Continental, Cottontail, Fascinating Rhythm and Blues In The Night, for Esquire Records in London, UK.
The George Hooley Jazz Band plays at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson, Duane Eddy, Larry Williams, Dale Hawkins, Fabian, King Curtis, The Skyliners, The Cadillacs and Bobby Freeman are among the acts featured in Alan Freed's Easter Week show at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
Country-gospel quartet Despite facing severe losses, The Twist Spectacular Tour plays the fourth of five nights at St Nicholas Arena, New York City, USA, headlined by Chubby
Checker with Joey Dee And The
Starliters, Dee Dee
Sharp, The
Dovellsand The
Carroll Brothers.
Jet Harris, a former member of UK hitmaking instrumental band The Shadows, signs to Decca Records as a solo artist.
Unit 4+2 play at The Public Hall, Wallington, England, UK.
Country music guitarist and singer/songwriter Elton Britt records Heart Of A Clown, Bluebird Yodel, New Freight Train Blues, The Singing Hills and other tracks in Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th Street,New York City, USA.
The Hollies record Listen Here To Me, So Lonely and Bring Back Your Love To Me at Bell Studios, West 54th Street, Manhattan, New York City, USA.
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 musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
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.Bob
Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as
co-producer. Knopfler also plays guitar on the album, along with
former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor. On this day, Dylan
works on the songs Foot Of Pride, Julius And
Ethel and I And I.
Vanessa Paradis releases a new single, Joe Le Taxi, in France, Europe. The track is produced by her boyfriend, Lenny Kravitz.
Dee Dee Bridgewater plays the third of four nights at Yoshi's Jazz Club, Oakland, California, USA. During these four nights she records the album Live At Yoshi's, which features several songs associated with Ella Fitzgerald, who had died a year earlier.
On her 
With a press conference at his Thiossane nightclub in Dakar, internationally successful Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour launches a partnership with opposition politician Mansour Sy Djamil, which prompts speculation that he may be planning to run for the presidency of Senegal.
On their Something For The Rest Of Us tour, Goo Goo Dolls play at The Hard Rock Live, Orlando, Florida, USA.On her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at The Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
On the North American leg of their I'm With You tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the first of two nights at The Air Canada Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play at The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by Ed Sheeran.
The Rolling Stones play a 'secret gig' at the 700-capacity Echoplex club, Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. The show was announced on Twitter earlier in the day, tickets, at $20 a person, went on sale 30 minutes later and were allocated by a random lottery among the 2,000 people who showed up at The El Rey theatre to claim them.
On his tour in support of the album Love In The Modern Age, Josh Rouse plays at Whelan's, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at Welcome To Rockville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
On their Heathen Crusade tour, Primordial play at Matrix, Bochum, Germany, Europe, supported by Moonsorrow and Der Weg Einer Freiheit.1521 |
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