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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
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.Coleman Hawkins And His All-Star Jam Band, with Stephane Grappelli on violin and Django Reinhardt on guitar, records Honeysuckle Rose, in Paris, France, Europe.
Calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Delta blues slide guitarist Johnny
Shines records Rambling, Fish Tail, Ain't Doin' No Good, and
Cool Driver for Job Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fred Knobloch is born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He will go on to earn hits as a solo artist and as a member of Schuyler, Knobloch And Overstreet during the 1980s. He will also write Meanwhile for George Strait and Back In Your Arms Again for Lorrie Morgan.
Bill Haley and His Comets are the musical guests on CBS tv's Ed Sullivan Show, recorded in New York City, USA.
The Coasters play the last of three nights at The Broadway Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, with Faye Adams, Jack Scott, Johnny And Joe, Amos Milburn, Johnny Janis and The Red Prysock Combo.
Gene McDaniels plays the seventh night of a four week season at Ye Little Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Everybody Loves Me But You by Brenda Lee peaks at No6 in thBillboard pop singles chart in the USA.
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Gillespie, Leo
Wright and Art Blakey
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play the second of seven nights at Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows have the first of four days of recording sessions in EMI's studios in Barcelona, Spain, Europe, for the album When In Spain.
Celebrated Trova musician, composer, guitarist, singer and recording artist Eusebio Delfín y Figueroa dies in Havana, Cuba, Caribbean.
Ithamara Koorax is born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America. She will find success as a popular latin vocalist and recording artist with a four octave range.
The Mills Brothers are playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Little Boy Blues play the last of three nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Rush.
Jay And The Americans release a new single, Hushabye, on United Artists Records in the USA. The song, written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, was originally a hit for The Mystics in 1959.
Columbia Records in the USA begins a brief marketing campaign based around the slogan, "The Man Can't Bust our Music". The intention is to ingratiate Columbia with music-buying hippies. Unfortunately for Columbia, hippies firmly believe that major record labels and 'the man' are virtually synonymous, so this appallingly patronising campaign backfires, making the label seem cynical and seriously out of touch.
Roy Orbison is playing during a two-week season at Batley Variety Club, England, UK, Europe.
Rickie Lee Jones releases a new single, Chuck E's In Love on Warner Bros Records in the USA. It is the first single from her eponymous debut LP, and will peak at No4 in the Billboard Singles Chart.
The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, working on the songs Watered Down Love, Heart Of Mine, Property Of Jesus and Dead Man, Dead Man.
Men In Black, Minus One and The Twist play at Mabuhay Gardens [aka The Fab Mab], San Francisco, California, USA.
Blues and rock'n'roll guitarist Rockin' Dave Allen dies aged 43 of pneumonia in Houston, Texas, USA.
Jon Bon Jovi marries his childhood sweetheart Dorothy Hurley on the steps of Graceland Chapel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On their Presto tour, Rush play at The War Memorial, Rochester, New York State, USA.
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones flies out of New York City, USA, to Paris, France, Europe, because the band is due to start tour rehearsals shortly at the Château du Dangu near Paris.
Bob Dylan And Merle Haggard play the third of five non-consecutive nights at The Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA.
Bob Dylan releases his thirty-third album, Together Through Life, in the USA on Sony Music/Columbia Records.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the first of two nights at the Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Palm Beach Post reports that The Flaming Lips, who were scheduled to play Thursday night at SunFest, have canceled their performance due to the hospitalization of guitarist Steven Drozd. No reason for his hospitalisation is given.
It is reported that singer Anastacia has filed for divorce from her bodyguard-husband Wayne Newton, citing irreconcilable differences,
Broadcaster Glenn Beck in the USA labels the My Chemical Romance song "Sing" as "propaganda" after a cover version was featured on the musical drama TV series Glee. Beck misquotes the song's lyric and, soon after, MCR's frontman Gerard Way responds to the accusation stating, "I think the word Glenn Beck was looking for was 'subversion' not 'propaganda', because I don't know what it would be considered propaganda for — truth? Sentiment?" He also said that he was, "shocked that no actual fact-checking was done on the lyrics"
On his Swing Tour Live, Robbie Williams plays the first of two nights at Wiener Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
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