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Aladdin Jr. is presented at The Grand Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.
Primrose And Dockstader's Big American Minstrels are playing at The Grand Opera House, New York City, USA.
The Colby Family, billed as "Vaudeville's most entertaining Musical Speciality" are playing at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The Dainty Duchess Burlesquers are appearing at The Empire Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Vaudeville duo the Misses Melville And Stetson head the bill at The Grand Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Also on the bill are Hal Stephens, Beatrice Moreland, Johnny Carroll, The Three Livingstons and Duryea And Kearney.
Francis Henry Gardner is born in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He will find success as jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Jack Gardner, working with Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Eddie Condon and Harry James, as well as leading his own ensembles.
Vocal duo Collins And Harlan record Bake Dat Chicken Pie for Victor Records in New York City, USA. The first line, "If you wanna make a nigger feel good, I'll tell you what to do" is indicative of the racist tone of the song.
Popular accordionist Ivan Thelme is born in Alby, Borgsjö, Medelpad, Sweden, Europe.
Edith Giovanna Gassion is born in the Hospital Tenon in the Rue de Chine, Paris, France, Europe. She will grow up to become legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf, known as the 'little sparrow'.
The highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Blue Moon by The Marcels entering at No49.
The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield) play a live session for the BBC Light Programme Radio show Easy Beat in London, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Charles plays at The Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
New albums reviewed in this week's edition of UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] include Instant Party by The Everly Brothers, Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson and Stranger On The Shore by Acker Bilk.
French cabaret star Patachou plays at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
Producer Norman Petty overdubs contributions by The Fireballs onto Buddy Holly's original recording of the song Gone, in order to release the track in a more complete form.
The Surf Bunnies release a new single, Surf City High, on Goliath Records in the USA.
The Detours play at The Railway Hotel, Wealdstone, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find much greater success after they evolve to become The Who.
Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.
The Who play at The Civic Hall, Crawley, UK.
Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds release a new single, Buzz With The Fuzz, in the UK.
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When Jane Fonda throws an Independence Day party in Malibu, California, USA, musical entertainment is provided by The Byrds.
Loretta Lynn begins recording tracks for her next album, I Like 'Em Country, with producer Owen Bradley, at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
When Neil Diamond plays at The Hullabaloo Club, Los Angeles, California, USA, music reviewer Digby Diehl lambasts the show and declares that, in a live environment, Diamond is "sadly lacking in the evident talent that sparks his songs and records."
During sessions at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their album Forever Changes, Love record Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale which features a distinctive trumpet solo. Many years later, in 1983, Scottish band Aztec Camera will release a single called Oblivious which includes a guitar solo all but identical to the trumpet solo on Maybe The People.
The Giant Jellybean Copout record Awake In A Dream and Look At The Girls for Poppy Records in New York City, USA.
The Monkees are working on the songs Shake 'Em Up and Don't Say Nothing Bad at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
With the Rolling Stones' bootleg album Liver Than You'll Ever Be now being imported into the UK in significant quantities, the band's publishing company, Essex Music, in conjunction with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, begins legal action to prevent its sale.
Demos by aspiring songwriter D.P.Costello are played on influential deejay Charlie Gillett
Belgian 'punk' Plastic Bertrand enters the UK singles chart with Ca Plane Pour Moi, which will peak at No8.
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Don Williams plays at the Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
The Revillos and The Playn Jayn play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Temptations play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play their fourth concert this month at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
Tracy Chapman plays at Carlaw Park, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania.
A date, September 16, 2005, is set for the start of the trial of reclusive record producer Phil Spector in connection with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, at Spector’s California, USA, home.
Secret Garden release their eighth LP, Earthsongs, on Decca Records.
Duran Duran play at The Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
New Order, The Coral, Rufus Wainwright and Faith Evans perform live on UK tv show Later With Jools Holland.
It is reported that Alice Cooper has been banned from playing an upcoming show in Finland, Europe, because, according to Harri Wiherkoski, managing director of the Tampere Areena Oy, "artists who express suspicious values from Christianity's point of view cannot be allowed to perform at the venue."
Tony Peluso dies aged 60 from heart disease in Los Angeles, California, USA. Although best-remembered as the man who played the fuzz guitar solo in Goodbye To Love by The Carpenters, Peluso also played with Paul Revere And The Raiders, and carried on to an acclaimed career as a record producer at Motown and elsewhere, winning four Grammy Awards during his career.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at The XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Belle And Sebastian play at The Caupolican Theatre, Santiago, Chile, South America.
Fall Out Boy supported by The Pretty Reckless play at The Metro FM Arena, Newcastle, UK.
Guitarist and composer Bill Frisell plays the third of four nights at Yoshi's, Oakland, California, USA. On this night, Frisell plays his interpretations of music by John Lennon.
Madness play at The BIC, Bournemouth, UK.
Marianne Faithfull plays at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Steve Cropper Band plays the second of three nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the second of two nights at The American Airlines Center, Dallas Texas, USA.
Alec Benjamin plays at The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe, supported by Boy In Space.
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