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Haverley's United Mastodon Minstrels play at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London, England, UK, Europe. Musical comedy The Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances. The show is advertised as including a chorus of 100 persons.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.Morey Carr of vocal group The Playmates is born in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. The group will score a Billboard Top Ten hit single in 1958 with the novelty tune Beep Beep.
Bonnie Brown is born in Sparkman, Arkansas, USA. She will achieve success as a member of 1950s trio The Browns, best-remembered for their folk-pop single The Three Bells.
Roland Kent LaVoie is born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Under the name Lobo, he will score several US hits in the 1970s, most notably Me And You And A Dog Named Boo.
Louis Jordan's Tympany Five plays during two weeks of shows at The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.Living Doll by Cliff Richard and The Drifters reaches No1 in the UK singles chart, for the first of six weeks
Woody Herman And His Orchestra record The Swinging Machine, Johnny On The Spot and other tracks, in New York City, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Joe Gordon and drummer Shelley Manne play at The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles California, USA.
The Harry James Orchestra and Jane Morgan are the musical guests on tonight's edition of the Ed Sullivan Sow, recorded in New York City, USA.
Popular singer Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Brook Benton plays the twentieth night in a month of gigs at Robert's Show Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Sam
Cooke, The
Flamingos, The Falcons, Ketty
Lester, and Chuck Jackson play the fifth of seven nights at The
Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Berry Gordy Jr forms Divinity Records, a label designed to get his Motown organisation into the gospel market.
Music business mogul Berry Gordy Jr forms Divinity Records, a label designed to get his Motown organisation into the gospel market.
LaVern Baker continues with her month-long season at The Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Animals, with producer Mickie Most, record fifteen tracks for EMI Records in London, UK, twelve of which will appear on their debut album.The Four Seasons begin a month-long tour of the USA with a show at The Armory, Akron, Ohio.
The Beatles continue to work in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, on Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and You Never Give Me Your Money.
Flesh For Lulu play at The Underground, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, supported by Lazy Dynamite.
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Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd re-unite briefly to play together at Annabel's Night Club, Copenhagen, Denmark.
On his Journeyman World Tour, Eric Clapton plays at The Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The city of Lubbock, Texas, USA, declares this to be Mac Davis Day in honour of its hometown singer-songwriter. As part of the celebration, a section of Avenue O is re-designated as Mac Davis Lane.
Ozzfest, featuring Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Mastodon, A Dozen Furies, The Haunted, Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bury Your Dead, It Dies Today, Soilwork, Gizmachi, Wicked Wisdom and Trivium, plays at Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana, USA.
New Order, Moby and The Beach Boys (Mike Love and Bruce Johnston only) play at The Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Niigata, Japan, Asia.Rufus Harley, jazz saxophonist, bagpipe jazz innovator and recording artist, dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of prostate cancer.
The Beastie Boys cancel their appearance at the All Points West festival in Liberty State Park, New Jersey, USA, because band member Adam Yauch (MCA) has been diagnosed with cancer. 
Jah Wobble and the Nippon Dub Ensemble play at The O2 Academy2, Islington, London, England, UK.
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Justin Timberlake wins the inaugural Decade Award at the Teen Choice Awards, in the USA.
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