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The musical comedy The Strollers is being presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of seventy performances.
Hughey Emmett, Leonard And Leonard, Howard Chambers, The Rosseaus, Olivio and Avery And Hart are providing the entertainment every afternoon and evening at The Chutes, Fulton Street And Tenth Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA.
Comic opera King Dodo is presented at The Studebaker Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is billed as featuring "100 superior singers".
The 'Vigourous Vaudeville' show at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA, features The Great Kaufmann Troupe, Dooley And Tenbrooke, Roberts, Hayes And Roberts, George Austin, and Macari's Dogs And Monkeys.
At The Battle Of The Nek [aka The Battle of Sari Bair], part of the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey, Europe, during the First World War, two regiments of the Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade mount a tragic and futile attack on the Ottoman trenches on a knoll known as Baby 700. The disastrous engagement leaves nearly 400 Australian cavalrymen dead. This tragic story will inspire P.J. Harvey to write her 2011 song The Colour Of The Earth.
The 'opera comique' Girls Of The Orient is playing at The Cosmos Theatre, Washington DC, USA.The musical revue Michael Todd's Peep Show is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 278 performances.
Louis Jordan's Tympany Five plays during two weeks of shows at The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Bill Haley and His Comets appear on US tv show Toast Of The Town, hosted by Ed Sullivan, performing Rock Around The Clock.
R'n'b vocal quintet The Robins record A Quarter To Twelve and Little Dolly at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Coasters, Milt Buckner, Tiny Topsy and The Jesse Powell Combo play the first night of one week at the Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Novelty song Who Put The Bomp? by Barry Mann enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. It will peak at No7 during a twelve-week stay on the chart.
Barbra Streisand plays the twenty-second of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Outrageous British comedy-horror rock'n'roller Screaming Lord Sutch announces that he intends to run for election as an independent candidate at the upcoming Stratford-Upon-Avon by-election.It is announced that Frank Sinatra has sold his record label, Reprise, to Warner Brothers.
Al Hirt plays at the Berkshire Music Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.Jazz vibraphone player Milt Jackson records I Love You in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse Records.
The Top Ten Records played on K-BOX Radio, Dallas, Texas, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :
1. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes.
2. G.T.O. - Ronnie And The Daytonas
3. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
4. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
5. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
6. I'm Into Something Good - Earl Jean
7. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
8. C'Mon And Swim - Bobby Freeman
9. Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl - Patty And The Emblems
10. She's The One - The Chartbusters.
1. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes.
2. G.T.O. - Ronnie And The Daytonas
3. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
4. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
5. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
6. I'm Into Something Good - Earl Jean
7. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
8. C'Mon And Swim - Bobby Freeman
9. Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl - Patty And The Emblems
10. She's The One - The Chartbusters.
Billy Eckstine, Jackie Mason and Lanie Kazan are playing at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
UK tv show Lucky Stars – Summer Spin features The Small Faces, Sonny And Cher, Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, Heinz And The Wildboys.
The Stax Revue, featuring Wilson Pickett, Booker T And The MG's, The Mar-Keys, Carla Thomas, The Mad Lads, William Bell, Rufus Thomas and The Astors, plays the first of two nights at The 5/4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Serendipity Singers are playing at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The Who play at The Schaefer Music Festival, Wollman Skating Rink, Central Park, New York City, USA, supported by Mandala.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Black Sabbath begin the first European leg of their Born Again tour at The National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. This tour will become famed for its use of a massive full-size replica of Stonehenge on stage. Unfortunately, the replica was so huge that it could not fit onto the stages in most of the venues on the tour, and later became parodied in the film Spinal Tap.
Dumpy's Rusty Nuts (aka Dumpy's Rusty Blues Band) play at The Grey Horse, Kingston, London, England, UK, Europe.
David Lee Roth plays at Alpine Valley Music Theater, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA.
Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman, all former members of The Byrds, spend the second of three days recording tracks for an upcoming Byrds box-set.
It is announced that Kylie Minogue's battle with breast cancer has led to a significant rise in the number of Australian women seeking early screening for the disease.
Status Quo visit the set of long-running UK tv soap Coronation Street to film an appearance as themselves playing as the band at cast member Les Battersby's wedding.
Bo Bruce, Casino Drive, The Volt, The Alfonz and others play at The Marlborough Music Festival, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK.
Rx Bandits play their last-ever show at The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
British rapper Professor Green takes to Twitter to blast his record company for mis-handling his recent releases. Green alleges that Never Be A Right Time [2012, No.35], had been 'rushed? by his label, EMI imprint Virgin Records. He also claims that the video for follow-up single Remedy [2012, No.18] was 'a month late'. He Tweets, 'How would you feel if a company taking 25% of your earnings weren't doing their jobs properly? Would you pay someone not doing their job? Why would your own record label hinder you?"Coldplay play the first of two nights at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Marina And The Diamonds and Charli XCX.
DJ Betty Pino, nicknamed The Queen Of Radio, dies in Miami, Florida, USA, aged 65 from complications caused by
cosmetic surgery.
On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
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