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Jazz guitar and violin duo Eddie Lang And Joe Venuti record Cheese And Crackers for OKeh Records in the USA.
The Music Makers perform for a 'special dinner and informal dancing' occasion at The Sea View Hotel, Singapore. Meanwhile, at The Europe Hotel, music is provided for the dinner dance by The Europe Orchestra.
Big Bill Broonzy records Starvation Blues, Milk Cow Blues, Friendless Blues, Mississippi River Blues and other tracks for Bluebird Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Billie Holiday plays the first of six shows at the Palomar Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Jerry Wald Orchestra with vocalist Chris Connor records You're The Cream In My Coffee, The Thrill Is Gone, Cherokkee, Pennies From Heaven, Raisins And Almonds and Terremoto for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
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Duke Ellington Orchestra plays at The Palomar Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Eric Dolphy records Gazzelloni, Hat And Beard, Something Sweet Something Tender, Out To Lunch and Straight Up And Down, for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. the tracks will be released on the LP Out To Lunch.
The Lalo Schifrin Orchestra records The Peanut Vendor, New Fantasy and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Verve Records.
James Brown records a new version of (Do The) Mashed Potatoes at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, USA.

The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Do The Clam by Elvis Presley, entering at No69.


Mariposa Folk Festival in Centre Island, Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Although Cockburn is still a member of 3's A Crowd, this is a solo gig. Also on the bill for this day are Joni Mitchell, Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers, Mike Seeger, The Travellers, The Young Tradition, Darlene Colson, Bill Hawkins, Terry Ber, Ava Nasten, Vera Johnson and Breakfast.
Canadian folk star Bruce Cockburn plays at the

Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran peaks at No3 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
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On his Midnight At The Lost And Found tour, Meat Loaf plays in Basel, Switzerland, Europe.
Halfway through playing Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood on his BBC Radio One Breakfast Show, deejay Mike Read removes the record from his turntable and declares it to be obscene.

Billed as the 'largest gathering of fashion creatives in the UK', the Ethiopian fund-raising event Fashion Aid takes place at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. The event features the combined talents of 18 top international fashion designers, 35 hairdressers, 60 make-up artists, 120 dressers, 125 models and a host of celebrities from the entertainment world. 'Superstar' attendees include Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach, Boy George, George Michael, Bob Geldof, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Madness, Michael Caine, Eurythmics, Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet, Tina Turner, Paul King, Anjelica Huston, Paula Yates and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The event is climaxed with a faux-wedding ceremony between Freddie Mercury of Queen and actress Jane Seymour. A post-event party is held at The Groucho Club in Soho, where sausage and mash is served up to the guests.





Multi-award-winning jazz vocalist Clare Teal is interviewed on BBC tv show Breakfast to promote her recently-released album, Hey Ho, in the UK.


Snow Patrol appear on UK tv show Breakfast to promote their sixth studio album, Fallen Empires, and the single This Isn't Everything You Are.
After eating 'bad shrimp', rapper DMX spends four hours being treated for food poisoning, in Gastonia Memorial Hospital, near Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Kelly Clarkson is interviewed and performs live on BBC tv show Breakfast live from Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.
James Arthur is interviewed and sings live on BBC-tv show Breakfast, at Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.

Otis Taylor releases his fourteenth album, Hey Joe Opus Red Meat on Inakustik Records in the UK and Ireland.


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