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Incubus release a new album, Live At Red Rocks, in the USA.
The minstrel show Bryant's Minstrels opens for a season at the Olympic Theater, 23rd Street, New York City, USA, where they will continue for five years.
King Dodo is performed by Raymond Hitchcock And His Merry Choral Court for the first of three nights at Boyd's Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Bob McCracken, a Dixieland and New Orleans jazz clarinettist who will play in the orchestras of Jack Teagarden, Joe Venuti, Benny Goodman, Russ Morgan, Kid Ory and others, is born in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill records Pleadin' For The Blues, Pratt City Blues and Mess, Katie, Mess, for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri is born in Faridpur, East Bengal, India, Asia. She will find fame as Bollywood singing star Geeta Dutt.
The Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra plays at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra play in Cafe Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, USA.
Harry Parry and his Band take part in the BBC Radio Broadcast Contrasts In Rhythm in London, UK. During the session they play Alexander's Ragtime Band, Some Of These Days, Leicester Square Rag and other songs.
Hank Williams writes his classic song Cold, Cold Heart.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
Country vocalist/pianist Moon Mullican records Memphis Blues, Moonshine Blues and other tracks at King Studios, of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Hank Williams releases a new single Baby, We're Really In Love, on MGM Records, in the USA.
The musical comedy revue Hold Everything is presented at The Empire Room, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, featuring Joe Howard, Leo De Lyon, Nat Brandwynne And His Orchestra, Bambi Lynn, Rod Alexander, McCaffrey And Susanne, Betty Lorraine, Bob De Voye, The Abbott Dancers, Earl Barton, Patricia Manning, Tom Morgan, Larry Allen and The Trio Bassi.
Austin Powell and The James Boys Quartet are playing during two weeks of shows at The Ebony Club, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Blind street composer Louis 'Moondog' Hardin gives evidence in New York Supreme court in a $100,000 damages suit alleging that Alan Freed, a deejay for WINS Radio, New York City, USA, is using his music and his name without permission. [Freed was broadcasting under the name Moondog].
Pianist/singer and songwriter Bruce Hornsby is born in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
The Cadillacs, Bo Diddley, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Debutants, The Dells, The Chips, The Schoolboys, Robert And Johnny and The Heartbeats play the fourth of seven nights as part of Dr Jive's Rhythm'n'Blues Revue at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Norrie Paramor And The Big Ben Banjo Band, The Vic Ash Sextet, Chris Barber's Jazz Band, The John Dankworth Orchestra, The Ray Ellington Quartet, The Denny Boyce Orchestra, Ted Heath And His Music, The Jazz Couriers featuring Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes, The Jazzmakers, The Tony Kinsey Quintet, Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band, The Oscar Rabin Orchestra and Edmundo Ros And His Orchestra, play in The Jazz Jamboree at the Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London, England, UK, Europe.
RCA Records denies that Elvis Presley will change his style when he begins recording again after his return from the army. "It just ain't true," declares a spokesman.
The Bill Doggett Combo plays at Pep's Lounge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
With the festive season imminent, The Four Seasons release Santa Claus Is Coming To Town as their new single, on Vee-Jay Records in the USA.
Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams Jr., Lefty Frizzell, The Texas Troubadours, Billy Moore, Buzz Witticer, Patti White, Clyde And Willie May, Wilma Lee And Stony Cooper, Audry Williams, Grand Ole Opry Night in Boston Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Steam Packet play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
The Elvis Presley movie Girl Happy opens at cinemas in Portugal, Europe.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
The Sir Douglas Quintet play the second of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by the Velvet Underground and The Flamin' Groovies.
John Mayall plays at The ABC, Gloucester, UK, supported by The Keef Hartley Band.
Engelbert Humperdinck plays the eighth night in two weeks of shows at The London Palladium, London, UK.
Abba arrive at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe, on a promotional visit.
The Rolling Stones play the first of three nights at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by the Neville Brothers.
The Rain Parade play at The International, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Nik Kershaw releases a new single, When A Heart Beats, on MCA Records in the UK.
On her first British tour, Anne Pigalle plays at Moles, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
On their Vapor Trails tour, Rush play at Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janiero, Brazil, South America.
Incubus release a new album, Alive At Red Rocks, in the USA.
Rihanna releases her fourth album, Rated R, in the USA, UK, Canada and Denmark.
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On their Mylo Xyloto tour, Coldplay play at Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway, Europe.
Ty Segall plays at Le Fuzz'Yon, La Roche Sur Yon, France, Europe.
John Hegley and poetry/music collective Little Machine play at The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden, London, UK.
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran go trailwalking in Franklin Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Taylor's bodyguard in tow.
Eddie Reader plays at The Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, Scotland.
Four, the fourth studio LP by One Direction, reaches No1 in the Official Albums Chart in the UK, on first-week sales of 142,000 copies.
Roosevelt plays at XOYO, London England, UK, Europe.
Nouvelle Vague play at The PBHF Club, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Dub Pistols play at Concorde, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays at The BB+T Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA.
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