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The musical comedy A Runaway Girl is playing at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 40 performances.
Comedy singing act Cushman, Holcomb And Curtis play at The Suburban, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Also on the bill are Colibri's Midgets and "Premier Black-Face Comedians" Haines And Vidoco.Musical comedy The Show Girl is presented at Wallack's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 64 performances.
Jack Hylton's Kit-Kat Band records I'm Lonely Without You, Do You Believe In Dreams and When You Love More Than One, for HMV Records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK.
Louis Jordan And His Orchestra play the second night in a week at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hoop-Dee-Doo by Russ Morgan enters the Billboard Popular Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No15.
The King And I is performed at The St. James Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1246 performances.
B.B. King records She's Dynamite at Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for RPM Records.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Carol Burnett has the first of three recording sessions for her Decca Records album Let Me Entertain You.
The Harold Bailey Singers record It's Mighty Nice, Have Thine Own Way, Learn How To Walk By Faith and Lord, I'll Go Part 2, for Savoy Records in the USA.
The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Beckenham Ballroom, Beckenham, UK.
Long Live Love by Sandie Shaw reaches No1 in the UK singles chart, where it will remain for three-weeks.
The Pretty Things play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Talismen.Big Brother And The Holding Company plus The Steve Miller Band play the second of two nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
UK folk supergroup Pentangle play their first-ever show together, at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
The Dells are playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.The Byrds, Pacific Gas And Electric, Kaleidoscope, John Hammond, Firesign Theater and Jim Kweskin play in a benefit concert for recently fire-damaged folk music venue The Ash Grove, at the Pilgrimage Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who plead not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court, New York City, USA, to a charge of kicking a policeman during an on-stage scuffle in a New York concert. They are released on bail.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at The Eberthalle, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Europe.
Andy Blade releases a new single, Break The News, in the UK. Blade was previously a member of Eater.On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at Edmonton Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
B.B. King is awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.A complete collection of drawings by John Lennon of The Beatles opens free to the public for four days at The Gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair, London.
When Coldplay frontman Chris Martin loses his voice, the band is forced to cancel tonight's gig at Sarasota Springs in New York State.
When Alicia Keys and her music producer boyfriend Swizz Beatz attend a Keep A Child Alive charity ball in London, UK, it is learned that she is pregnant and that the couple plan to marry later in the year. Bryan Ferry appears at the same event.
Chicago-born poet, musician and author Gil Scott-Heron dies aged 62 in St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, USA. Many critics regarded him as the father of rap music.
When Lady Gaga plays in Central Park, New York City, USA, for the tv show Good Morning America, she arrives dramatically on stage by zip-line.
Neil Diamond and Frankie Valli appear on BBC tv show Breakfast in the UK to promote their upcoming tours.
Justin Bieber becomes involved in a scuffle with a papparazzi photographer at a shopping mall in Calabasas, California, USA, while out with his girlfriend Selena Gomez. The photographer later files a complaint with local police.
Angus Young of AC/DC and his wife Ellen attend the French Open Tennis Tournament in Paris, France, Europe, where he sees Roger Federer of Switzerland and Marcel Granollers of Spain.Brandon Flowers of The Killers appears on BBC tv show Breakfast in Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK, to promote his second solo LP and his current UK tour.
On his Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour, Brian Wilson plays at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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