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Musical extravaganza, The Defender, is playing at The Herald Square Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of sixty performances. The show is best remembered for introducing the song In The Good Old Summer Time, which will become a popular standard.
The musical play The Circus Girl, starring Miss Florence Young, is presented at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
The Mazetti Troupe, Grattan, White And Company, Katherine Bloodgood, Zara And Zara, Yorke And Adams, Elita Proctor Otis, Lew Hawkins and A.O. Duncan are providing Vaudeville-style entertainment at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Twelve big Vaudeville acts are appearing at Hammerstein's Roof Gardens atop the Belasco and Victoria Theatres, New York City, USA, including The Mysterious Aga.
Haley's Band is playing selections from popular light and grand opera at Cabin John Bridge, Cabin John, Maryland, USA, with the added attraction of fireworks and illuminations.
Country fiddler, singer, banjo player and blackface humourist Ruey Collins, better known as Curley Collins, is born in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, USA.Singer, songwriter and pianist Frank Luther records I Cried For You for Decca Records in the USA.
Mike Bloomfield is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will play guitar for Paul Butterfield, Bob Dylan and The Electric Flag before going on to an acclaimed solo career.Johnny Duncan And The Blue Grass Boys plus Billie Anthony play at The Empire, Newcastle, UK.
Bobby Vee releases a new single, Take Good Care Of My Baby, on Liberty Recordsin the USA. The song is written by Brill Building songwriting duo Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Neil Young And Crazy Horse play at Zollhafen, Mainz, Germany, Europe, supported by The Magic Numbers.
Eddie Fisher plays the fourth night of two weeks at Coconut Grove, New York City, USA.The Cleftones, The Teenagers, The Cadillacs, The Bobbettes, The Solitaires, The Charts, The Dubs, Johnnie And Joe, and The Sil Austin Orchestra play at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, in Alan Fredericks' Old Goldies show.
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys play at The New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Maryland, USA.
Norma Jean, with producer Chet Atkins, records It's A Little More Like Heaven, I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name and other tracks at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Charlie Moore and Bill Napier record John Henry, There's A Place Called Banjo Mountain, Talk Of The Town and other tracks in King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Ambassador Theater, Washington DC, USA, re-opens as a psychedelic music venue with music by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy supported by The Mandrake Memorial.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.Andy Williams is playing during a week of shows at The Carousel Theatre, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, supported by The Osmond Brothers.
The second free concert to be held in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe, is headlined by Traffic, The Nice, Pretty Things, The Action and Junior's Eyes.
The Beatles spend the day at various locations around London, England, UK, Europe, being photographed by esteemed war photographer Don McCullin and Stephen Goldblatt. This day will become known as The Mad Day Out.
Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis come to the end of a stint at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Iron Butterfly play the last of four nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Beatles continue to work in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, on Polythene Pam and She Came In Through The Bathroom Window.
Locomotiv GT, Stray Dog, Budgie, East of Eden, Man, Fumble and Nazareth play at Alexandra Palace, London, UK.
Black Sabbath release their sixth studio album, Sabotage, on Warners Records in the USA.The Steve Miller Band earns a gold disc from the R.I.A.A. in the USA for the album Fly Like An Eagle.
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The The movie The King Of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese, is released in Portugal. The film includes a brief cameo by The Clash, who are seen performing live outside 1650 Broadway, New York City, USA, in emulation of The Drongos, a post-punk era band who frequently busked on that very spot.
Earl Thomas Conley becomes the first artist in any genre to score four chart-topping songs from the same album (Don't Make It Easy For Me), when his song Angel In Disguise hits No1 in the Billboard Country Chart in the USA. As well as Angel in Disguise, the album provided a hit with its title track, plus Your Love's On The Line and Holding Her And Loving You.
South African band Wild Youth plays at The Pindar Of Wakefield, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Radio Satellites and Stiff Fix.
French punk Plastic Bertrand, reveals that he did not sing on Ca Plane Pour Moi, the 1977 hit single released under his name. He further admits he was not the singer of any of the songs in the first four albums released under his name.
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway, Europe.
The Jive Aces release a new LP, Diggin' The Roots on Golden Age Recordings in the UK.
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