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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.
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.
Sunya 'Smiles' Slane, Bob Ferguson, Bobby Morris and The Beef Trust Chorus are appearing in the Travelling Burlesque show at The Gayety Theatre, Washington DC, USA.Benny Goodman And His Orchestra play on the CBS network's Camel Caravan radio show in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Emil Coleman And His Orchestra play at The Mocambo, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Freddy Martin And His Orchestra play the first night of six weeks at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Antonello Salis is born in Villamar, a small village in the south of Sardinia, Italy. He will find international acclaim as an
accordionist , pianist and composer.
The Golden Globes Awards ceremony is held in Ciro's Nightclub, Los Angeles, California, USA. Music-related awards go to Fred Astaire as Best Actor in a Musical Comedy for Three Little Words, and to Franz Waxman for Best Score in the film Sunset Blvd.
When Oscar Rabin plays at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK, he is joined by Austrian guest artist Gina Velden, a popular zither player.
Joe Loss And His Orchestra play in the Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.The Kirby Stone Four are playing during two weeks at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. During thgis stint, they record a live album for Columbia Records.
Roy Hamilton, Etta James, The Vibrations, Arthur Prysock, The Chimes, The Shells and James Booker play the fifth of seven nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Art Farmer - Benny Golson Jazztet records Just In Time, Rue Prevail and other tracks for Mercury Records, at Nola Pentouse Studios, New York City, USA.
Duane Eddy records Dear Lady Twist, Exactly Like You and Moanin' 'N' Twistin', at RCA Victor Studio 2, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. His band includes guitarists Barney Kessel and Bill Pitman, bassist Red Callender, drummer Earl Palmer, pianist Larry Knechtel and saxophonists Jim Horn and Plas Johnson. Production duties are handled by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood. Neither of these recordings will be released.
After one hour of deliberations, the jury in stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce's Gate of Horn obscenity trial returns a guilty verdict, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Peter And Gordon release a new single, A World Without Love, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, in the UK.
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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 comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The Rolling Stones announce that American producer Jimmy Miller has been chosen to work with the group on their next album.
Rock band Ambros e Sl ade are photographed for the cover of their debut LP, Beginnings, at Pouk Hill Quarry, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, Europe. The occasion will inspire Noddy Holder to write the song Pouk Hill in 1970, and the group will eventually re-name itself simply as Slade.
Who'll Stop The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival begins its second week at No1 in the Canadian Pop Singles chart.
David Bowie's New Electric Band plays at The Arts Lab, Basildon, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Iron Butterfly, Overson and High Tide.
During a charity show at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, USA, an over-emotional young man comes out of the audience, clambers onstage and hugs Ray Charles round the neck. [Later, the story will be widely mis-reported, claiming that the young man had tried to strangle Ray with a rope].
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.Can You Feel It by The Jacksons, written by Michael Jackson and Jackie Jackson, enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No6 during a fifteen week run.
The Commodores play the first of three nights at The Night Out, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The The three-day long WOMADelaide Festival begins at The Botanic Park, Adelaide, Australia.
Ed Sheeran performs his song You Need Me, I Don't Need You in the studios of SB:TV in London, England, UK, Europe. The song is constructed live in the studio using Sheeran's trusty loop pedal technique, and the video will go viral on YouTube, notching up over 2m views.
Justin Bieber plays the second of two nights at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz trumpeter Joe Gransden and jazz vocalist Carmen Bradford with the Georgia State University Jazz Band play in a Johnny Mercer Celebration concert at The Rialto Center For The Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Winner of four Academy Awards, Mercer wrote lyrics for numerous standards including Goody Goody, Lazy Bones, Jeepers Creepers, Fools Rush In, That Old Black Magic, Moon River, and Autumn Leaves.
On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays at National Stadium, Singapore, Asia, supported by Mary Mac.This show concludes the Asian leg of the tour.
Dustbowl Revival play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, with Jared And The Mill.
On their Dominion tour, Hammerfall play at The RePublic Club, Minsk, Belarus, Europe, with Battle Beast and Serious Black.1903 |
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