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Eleanor Falk And Her Ten Sunbeams are heading the bill at Forest Park Highalnds, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Also appearing are "coon shouter" Artie Hall, "musical mokes" Snyder And Buckley, and singer/dancer Ray Sullivan.The May Howard Extravaganza Company And High-Class Vaudeville Company opens at Uhrig's Cave, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.Syran M'Benza, guitarist of Les Quatre Etoiles [The Four Stars] is born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.
Louis Jordan And His Orchestra play the sixth night in a week at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tony Bennett plays during a two-week engagement at The Vogue Room, Hotel Holland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Songwriter and recording artist Jimmy Silva is born in Seattle, Washington, USA. His songs will be recorded by The Smithereens and The Young Fresh Fellows, as well as by his own group Jimmy Silva And The Goats.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.Bill Haley And His Comets play at at Indiana Beach Ballroom, Monticello, Indiana, USA.
Dick Dale performs his song Let's Go Trippin' live for the first time during a gig at The Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa, California, USA. This is considered by some to have been the first step along the road to the surf music craze of the early 1960s.
Connie Francis plays the second night in a two week engagement at Sciolla's Club,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Patti Page is playing during a month of shows at The Pigalle, London, England, UK, Europe.The Everly Brothers record Hi-Lilli Hi-Lo at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tenessee, USA, for Warner Brothers Records.
Scott Lawrence Mulvehill is born in Manhasset, New York State, USA. He will find success as guitarist Scotti Hill of Skid Row
Backing vocalists Lynn Hughes and Mary Ellen Simpson leave San Francisco group Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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.
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Erma Franklin is playing during four nights at The Nixon Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
A Salty Dog, the third LP by Procol Harum enters the Billboard best-selling albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No32.
Touring in support of their fifth LP Deceptive Bends, 10cc play the second of two nights at The Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at Cambrais, Palais des Grottes, Valenciennes, France, Europe.
The On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington, USA.
Deborah Harry (aka 
Vogue by The Pop Disaster tour, headlined by Green Day, Blink 182 and Jimmy Eat World, plays at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Oasis reach No.1 in the Japan's Oricon album charts for the first time with Don't Believe The Truth. It is the first original album by a British band to reach No.1 since the Bay City Rollers in 1977.
On their Live With Teeth tour, Nine Inch Nails play the second of two nights at Soma, San Diego, California, USA.
KISS play at O2 World, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.On their Progress Live tour, Take That play the last of four nights at The Stadium Of Light, Sunderland, UK.
The Cure play their first three albums in their entirety in a 'Reflections' concert at The Vivid Live Festival, in Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia. The show also sees the return of former members Lol Tolhurst and Roger O'Donnell, but guitarist Porl Thompson is missing from the line-up.Award-winning blues band King King play at WunderbarWeite Welt, Eppstein, Germany, Europe.
On her Set The World On Fire Tour, Alicia Keys plays the second of two nights at The O2 Arena, London, UK.
Jack White publishes a lengthy apology on his website to the Black Keys, Danger Mouse, Adele, Meg White and "anyone I've offended with my comments about my creativity, their creativity, and the music business in general". The message comes in the wake of critical remarks reported to be have been made by White.
Wolf - a guitar played for much of his career by Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead - fetches over $1.9m at an auction in the Brooklyn Bowl music venue in New York City, USA. Ther guitar which was built in 1973 for $1500, is now the third most expensive guitar ever sold.
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