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Billed as 'The Greatest Singing And Dancing Act In The Land', Fleurette And Gardiner play during a week at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Three Brooklyns, billed as 'Musical eccentrics from The Alhambra, London' are playing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lydia Yeamans Titus, Hayes And Healy, The World's Trio, The Four Emperors Of Music and The Schenk Brothers are appearing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.EMI is formed by a merger of The Gramophone Company Ltd and The Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd who jointly register a new holding company - Electric and Musical Industries Ltd (EMI). Alfred Clark of The Gramophone Company becomes Chairman and Louis Sterling of Columbia becomes Managing Director.
Elmer Keeton, best-known as the founder of the pioneering Bay Area Negro Chorus dies in San Francisco, California, USA.
Bruce Barthol is born in Berkeley, California, USA. He will find success as bass guitarist of 60s San Francisco hippy band Country Joe And The Fish.
An eleven-member gang steals $1.2m in cash, plus over $1.5m in cheques, money orders and other securities from The Brinks Building in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and will become feted as 'the crime of the century'. The incident will inspire the song Brinx Job by Pavement.
Russell Ferrante is born in San Jose, California, USA. He will find success as keyboard player for jazz fusion group The Yellowjackets.
John Lee Hooker is playing two weeks of shows at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, USA.Ray Charles, his Augmented Orchestra, The Raelets [aka The Raelettes] and Betty Carter plays at The Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California, USA.
Judy Garland is playing during a three-week engagement at the South Shore Room, Harrah's Resort, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
The USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, sinks by accident during deep-dive trials southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, killing all of its 129 crew members. Phil Ochs will be inspired by this incident to write his 1964 song The Thresher. Also The Kingston Trio will record Ballad Of The Thresher in June 1963.
The Kingston Trio play at Mershon Auditorium, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA, with tickets priced at $2.00.
Mance Lipscombe plays the last of five nights at The Cabale, Berkeley, California, USA. The performance is recorded by Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, and tracks will be released on various albums over the years.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the twenty-sixth night in four weeks of dates at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Country Joe And The Fish and Neon Gothic play the first of five nights at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
Clover and Black Swan play the first of two nights at the Straight Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Who are thrown out of a bar in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, after a gig at New Edmonton Gardens with Blue Cheer and Sagittarius.
Moby Grape play the third of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.The Doors play at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Support acts on this date are Steppenwolf and The Chambers Brothers.
Jefferson Airplane, The Youngbloods and Joseph Eger's Crossover play the second of three non-consecutive at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
The Steve Miller Band plays the last of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
San Francisco band The Grateful Dead play at Ford Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Journey play at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Farm Aid activist Neil Young places a full-page ad in USA Today asking President Ronald Reagan, "Will the family farm in America die as a result of your administration?"
John Fogerty, former leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, starts his Rockin' All Over The World tour in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Carlos Santana is arrested at Houston Airport, Houston, Texas, USA, for possessing five grams of marijuana. Authorities decline to press charges because the amount is so insignificant. 
The Best Disco In Town tour, featuring Chic, The Pointer Sisters, Candi Staton, The Emotions, The Three Degrees, Evelyn 'Champagne' King and Boney M, plays at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK.Keith Urban and John Fogerty tape their joint episode of CMT Crossroads at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their 21st Century Breakdown tour, Green Day play at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.
The Sonisphere '10 festival is held at Milovice Airport, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe. Artists appearing include Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Rise Against, Therapy?, Fear Factory and Volbeat.The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the second of three nights at The O2 Arena London, UK.
Carlos Santana unveils a commemorative guitar sculpture at The House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bonnie Dobson plays at The Apple Tree, Mount Pleasant, London, England, UK, Europe. Dobson's best-known composition, Morning Dew, became an international standard, covered by Fred Neil, The Grateful Dead, Tim Rose and Devo, to name but a few.
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