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Hanlon And Singer, Paul La Croix, Mae Tunison, J.F. Veaco, Olive Vall and Pearl Hickman play at Fischer's Concert House, San Francisco, California, USA. The admission fee is 10c, or 25c if a seat is reserved.
A revived musical comedy The Casino Girl plays at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of thirty-two performances.
The Mabel Hazelton Burlesque Company, including a "good Vaudeville bill", is playing at The Dewey Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Grace Elizabeth Agnes Anne Cole is born in Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England, UK, Europe. She will find success as Gracie Cole pioneering leader of an All-Girls Jazz Orchestra during the 1950s.
The musical revue Artists And Models Of 1927, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 151 performances.
Radio show Bing Crosby's Music Hall in the USA features Ken Carpenter, Bob Burns, The Paul Taylor Choristers, Josephine Tuminia, Verree Teasdale and Adolphe Menjou. Songs performed include Nice Work If You Can Get It, Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon, I've Got Rings On My Fingers, Roses In December, When The Organ Played At Twilight and Down By The Old Mill Stream.
The musical comedy Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson opens at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a total run of 1404 performances at three different theatres.
Virginia Wynette Pugh is born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA. She will find international fame as country singer Tammy Wynette, nicknamed the First Lady of Country Music.
The Current No1 single in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA is Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole.
Brook Benton plays the last of three nights at The Royal Peacock, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Dusty Springfield bowls the first ball in a fund-raising game of cricket at Eaton Road cricket ground, Hove, UK. Other celebrities taking part include Frankie Vaughan, Tommy Steele and Jess Conrad.
Roy Orbison, The Rockin' Berries, Marianne Faithfull, Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers and Jon Mark play at The Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK.
Tom Jones meets Elvis Presley on the set of the movie Paradise, Hawaiian Style, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Appletree Theatre record What A Way To Go, Saturday Morning, Brother Speed and other tracks for Verve-Forecast Records in New York City, USA.
The Monkees are working on the songs Long Title and Tear The Top Right Off My Head, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beatles are filming rehearsals at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, UK, for a tv show which will eventually become the Let It Be album. During this day George Harrison performs I Threw It All Away, a Bob Dylan song which has not yet been recorded by Dylan.
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Ringo Starr of The Beatles and actor Peter Sellers hold a party at London's Les Ambassadeurs club, to mark the end of filming of the movie The Magic Christian. Guests include John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Christopher Lee and Stanley Baker.
Reggae makes its first appearance in the Billboard Top Ten singles chart in the USA when The Israelites by Desmond Dekker And The Aces, appears at No9.
Scott Walker sustains head injuries when his car hits a tree in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK, Europe. He is ordered to rest for two weeks.
John Phillips releases his solo debut LP, John Phillips (John, the Wolf King of L.A.), on Dunhill Records in the USA.
Joe Cocker And The Grease Band make a guest appearance on tonight's broadcast of the tv show This Is Tom Jones in the USA.
Urge To Kill play at The Hot Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by KPH and Maniax.
Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin ruptures his spleen in an accident while swimming in a Miami, Florida, USA, swimming pool.
Sting plays a gig at The Palais Des Sports, Toulouse, France, Europe.
Bob Dylan contributes vocals when rapper Kurtis Blow records the song Street Rock in Greene Street Recording Studios, New York City, USA.
Jefferson Airplane play in New York State Fair Park, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
On their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play at The Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
Band Aid 20 release a new single, Do They Know It’s Christmas, in the UK on Mercury Records.
The 38th annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction begins in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Among the vehicles being offered at auction are a pair of classic 1956 Chevys - a Chevrolet 210 and a Chevrolet Nomad station wagon - both owned by Van Halen.
Lady Gaga posts a message on her Twitter site in support of 15-year-old student Cole Goforth who was recently sent home from Greenbrier High School, White House, Tennessee, for wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan, 'I Heart Lady Gay Gay'.Bruno Mars and Ellie Goulding play at The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Franz Ferdinand are interviewed live on BBC tv show Breakfast in Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK, shortly after the release of their fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.
Don McLean is arrested on charges of domestic violence in Camden, Maine, USA, where he has a home with his wife, Patrisha.
Ellie Goulding plays at The Wolstein Center – Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.Selena Gomez and The Weeknd, rumoured to be her new boyfriend, are seen kissing outside the Giorgio Baldi restaurant, Santa Monica, California, USA.
The Royal Mint in the UK launches a new range of collectable coins celebrating The Who. To mark the launch, co-founder and lead singer of The Who, Roger Daltrey, visits The Royal Mint to strike one of the very first coins. The Royal Mint Kilo Gold Coin celebrating The Who sells for £68,380. Other versions start from £22.50.1900 |
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