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Banjo virtuoso Fred Stuber, vocalists The Melani Trio and dancer Papinta are among the entertainments on offer at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
The first stage production of The Wizard Of Oz is playing at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Imperial Quartet records Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield, Abide With Me, The Boarding House Turkey, Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes and other songs for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Musical revue The Passing Show Of 1915 is playing at The Winter Garden, New York City, USA.The Washingtonians, led by Duke Ellington, record Saratoga Swing and Who Said "It's Tight Like That" for Cameo Records in New York City, USA.
Blues vocalist and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell records Motherless Boy Blues with Dot Rice on piano, for Decca Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the third of six nights at Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA. Alois Koch is born in Bad Ischl, Austria, Europe. Afer watching
an Elvis Presley movie, he will decide to become a musician and, in
due course will become one of Austria's most prominent blues
musicians, leading the Al Cook Blues Band.
R'n'b vocal group The Blenders record Honeysuckle Rose and Gone [My Baby's Gone] for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Perry Como records Zing Zing Zoom Zoom for RCA Victor Records in The Manhattan Center, New York City, USA.
Pioneering funk-rock guitarist and songwriter Clark Vreeland is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy plays at the Cambridge Theatre, London, UK, supported by The Crane River Jazz Band.Chuck Willis, best known for his version of C.C.Rider, dies in hospital, aged 30, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He had suffered from stomach ulcers for many years, and died of peritonitis during surgery in a Chicago hospital. Ironically, his current single on the day he died was entitled What Am I Living For?.
The landing gear fails on an aeroplane carrying country singer Rose Maddox to Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The plane spins into Boston Harbor, but only one passenger dies.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet plays at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The concert is recorded and will be released as the LP The Dave Brubeck Quartet At Carnegie Hall.
If You Wanna Be Happy by Jimmy Soul reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
UK tv pop show Thank Your Lucky Stars features Dusty Springfield, The Zombies, The Shangri-Las, Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders, Helen Shapiro. The show is hosted by Brian Matthew.
Warner Mack records Hurt (Is The Name Of The Game), Sittin' On A Rock and The Way It Feels To Die, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Blaises Club, London, UK, where they are seen by Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwhistle and Jeff Beck.
The Who play the second of two nights at Wedgewood Village Amusement Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, supported by The Noblemen.
The Jazz Crusaders record Give Peace A Chance, written by John Lennon of The Beatles, at Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Paul McCartney completes two days of filming the video for his single, Coming Up, at Ewart Television Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Harry Chapin spends the first of two days recording tracks in Criteria Studio, Miami, Florida, USA.
Gil Scott-Heron plays at The University Of East Anglia, (UEA), Norwich, England, UK, Europe, supported by Intimate Strangers.
Former Velvet Underground vocalist Nico plays a live concert in Zurich, Switzerland, Europe 
On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at Cayuga County Fairgrounds, Weedsport, New York State, USA.
On the Escape From New York tour, The Ramones, The Tom Tom Club, Debbie Harry (aka Blondie) and Jerry Harrison play at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Bono of U2 turns up at Isleworth Crown Court, London, England, UK, Europe, to testify as a character witness for Peter Buck of R.E.M., who is facing charges of "air rage" stemming from an incident on a flight from Seattle, Washington, USA, to London a year earlier.Nile, Immolation, Krisiun and Abigail Williams play at Slim's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mose Allison plays at Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.On the JLCO Winter Tour 2011, Wynton Marsalis plays at The Ferguson Center Concert Hall, Christopher Newport College, Newport News, Virginia, USA.
On his 
On his Purpose World Tour, Justin Bieber plays the first of three nights at SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
On her 
Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band play at Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy, Europe.
On their The M A N I A tour, Fall Out Boy play at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, supported by Machine Gun Kelly and Gym Class Heroes.
Two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, claim that Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were children, in the documentary film Leaving Neverland, which is given its premiere at The Sundance Film Festival in Utah, USA.1902 |
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