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Boston-born popular singer Andrew Mack is appearing in "His Greatest Success" Tom Moore, at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA. The newspaper ad for the show urges "Hear Mack's sweet songs".
In Old Kentucky is presented at The Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show features a "Pickaninny Brass Band" and is described as "The Frolic Of The Inimitable Pickanannies In Southern Songs And Plantation Dances".
The Little Host is playing in The Columbia Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show stars Pauline Chase, and features popular songs including Good Night Lucindy, Twas While Waltzing, Moonlight Song and The Welcome In Your Eyes.
Paul Clayton Worthington is born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He will become prominent as folksinger and folklorist Paul Clayton during the 1950s and 1960s. It is said that Clayton inspired both the Bob Dylan song It's All Over Now Baby Blue and the Joni Mitchell song Blue.
The Count Basie Septet plays the sixth of seven nights at The Hi-Hat, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Ames Brothers record Shadrack, Blind Barnabas, Dry Bones and Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho at Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
Nellie Lutcher opens for a series of shows at The Storyville Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Everly Brothers play the last night of a week at The Frolics Club, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA.Frankie Avalon, Bobby Vinton, Gene Pitney, Freddy Cannon and Ral Donner are among a host of stars appearings at the KQV Radio Appreciation Day Show, in Western Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The show draws a crowd of 60,000 fans.
The Dick Clark C aravan of Stars, featuring Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Freddy Cannon, The Shirelles, Gary U.S. Bonds and Johnny And The Hurricanes, plays the last of four nights at The State Fair, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Dion, Roy Orbison, Ray Peterson, Freddy Cannon and Tony Orlando play in Brisbane, Australia, Oceania.
The USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, sinks by accident during deep-dive trials southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, killing all of its 129 crew members. Phil Ochs will be inspired by this incident to write his 1964 song The Thresher. Also The Kingston Trio will record Ballad Of The Thresher in June 1963.
Flamenco guitar virtuoso Little Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, The Wailers, Freddy Cannon, Nino Tempo And April Stevens, Dee Dee Sharp, Ray Stevens, The Vice Roys and Gail Harris play at the Opera House, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dodie Stevens, The Lennon Sisters, Johnny Prophet, Dick Dale, Wayne Newton, Rose Marie, Jack Jones, Bud And Travis, Tony Jerome, Tim Morgan, Trini Lopez, Vic Dana, Gene McDaniels, The Righteous Brothers, The Surfaris, The Ventures and Kay Starr play at the opening event for Wallich's Music City, South Bay Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. The show is hosted by DJ Bob Crane.
Robert Bartleh Cummings is born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He will achieve widespread notoriety as shock-rock musician Rob Zombie.
The Beacon Street Union play the first of two nights at The Cheetah, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Who play the last of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Roland Kirk.Led Zeppelin play the second of two nights in The Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
B.B. King, Cold Blood and the J. Geils Band play at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Pablo Picasso, perhaps
the most influential artist of the 20th century, dies of a heart
attack in Mougins, France, Europe, while he and his wife Jacqueline
are entertaining friends for dinner. His final words are "Drink to
me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more." which
will, later the same year, inspire the song Picasso's Last Words by Paul McCartney And Wings. Another celebrated - although somewhat fanciful - song about Picasso is Pablo Picasso by Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers.
Arlo Guthrie turns up to perform at The Civic Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour.Squeeze play the last of three nights at The Rat Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Hall And Oates play at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Robin Laine And The Chartbusters.
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On their Presto tour, Rush play at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
On their Pump tour, 
On their Pump tour, Aerosmith, Metallica, Warrant and The Black Crowes play at The Skydome/CNE Toronto, Canada, to an audience of 60,000.
On their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
On his Manic Nirvana tour, Robert Plant plays the second of two nights at Great Woods Amphitheatre, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.
The Fools, Big Train, Trace Of Red and The Many play at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Whitney Houston holds her bridal shower party at The Rihga Hotel, Manhattan, New York City, USA, (She is soon to marry singer Bobby Brown). Guests include Dionne Warwick, Ce Ce Winans and Jasmine Guy.
On his Devils And Dust tour, Bruce Springsteen plays at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner rules that Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University student ordered to pay $675,000 for copyright infringement, need only pay one tenth of that fine. The judge states that the fine was "unconstitutionally excessive." . Tenenbaum had downloaded and shared music files to millions of people by uploading the files onto P2P networks including Napster and Limewire.
Foals, Cage The Elephant and J. Roddy Walston And The Business play at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On their 40th Anniversary tour, Boston play the first of two nights at The Wang Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On her 
On their 25th Anniversary Of Images And Words tour, Dream Theater play at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.1901 |
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