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The Trocadero Quartette present "Their black-face character creation - The Telephone Agent" during a week at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA. Also on the bill are The Hungarian Gypsy Band, "comedy trick violinist" Chevriel and "The Dainty Singing And Dancing Comedienne" Kitty Fox Allen.
Chase's Musical Comedy Stock Company presents a revival of the musical comedy A Trip To Chinatown, at Chases's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Four Cohans are starring in the musical farce The Governor's Son at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Artie Hall, billed as a "Southern Coon Shouter" is among the entertainments on offer at Chase's Polite Vaudeville Playhouse, Washington DC, USA. Also on the bill is the "eccentric singing and dancing speciality" act, Frank Hayes And Anna Suits.
2,000 Shriners attend the grand opening of the first Pittsburgh Syria Temple on Webster Avenue and Washington Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a four story building housing a large ballroom, and will become a successful venue for musical performances until 1991 under the name Syria Mosque. 
Milton Aborn, Dorothy Morton and others star in "the funniest of all operas" The Mascot at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Haley's Band plays a concert accompanied by fireworks at Chesapeake Beach, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA.
The George Edwardes Company, under Musical Director Frank E. Tours, sets forth out of Southampton, England, UK, Europe, on a 65-week tour through New York, Washington D. C., Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, and Paris.
David Bispham, The Honey Boy Minstrels (led by George 'Honey Boy' Evans) and Mack And Walker are playing at B.F.Keith's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Musical comedy The Only Girl, with music by Victor Herbert, is playing at The Belasco Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The All Black musical show Chocolate Kiddies, featuring the dancers Rufus Greenlee and Thadeus Drayton, with music written by Duke Ellington and performed by The Band, aka The Chocolate Kiddies Orchestra, opens at The Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany, Europe, where it will run for 65 performances.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
Geno Washington is born in Evansville, Indiana, USA. He will find success as a soul act in the UK during the 1960s, and his career will inspire the 1980 hit single Geno! by Dexys Midnight Runners.
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Judy Garland plays the first of seven nights at The Empire Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.
The Four Blazes play on the opening night of The Key Club, located in the South of the Border Bar at 1327-29 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and jump blues vocalist Roy Brown play the fifth night in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Joe Cole is born. He will become a roadie for Black Flag and The Rollins Band, as well as a close friend of Henry Rollins. His book, Planet Joe, will document his experiences tourng with Black Flag and the Rollins Band.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play a one-nighter at Pocatello High School, Pocatello, Idaho, USA.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The Brant Inn, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.The Miracles, B.B. King, Gene Chandler, Don Covay, Baby Jane And The Rockabyes, Rick Henderson And His All-Stars and Henry La Mont play the first night of a week at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play a concert in New Delhi, India, Asia. While in new Delhi, Ellington visits the United States Embassy.
The Top Ten records being played on WABC Radio, New York City, USA, in the week beginning on this date, are as follows :
1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes (Philles)
2. Donna the Prima Donna - Dion (Columbia)
3. Washington Square - The Village Stompers (Epic)
4. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And the Fireballs (Dot)
5. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
6. I Can't Stay Mad at You - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
7. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo And April Stevens (Atco)
8. Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms And the Enchanters (United Artists]
9. Talk to Me - Sunny And The Sunglows (Teardrop)
10. Unchained Melody - Vito And The Salutations (Herald)
1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes (Philles)
2. Donna the Prima Donna - Dion (Columbia)
3. Washington Square - The Village Stompers (Epic)
4. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And the Fireballs (Dot)
5. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
6. I Can't Stay Mad at You - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
7. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo And April Stevens (Atco)
8. Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms And the Enchanters (United Artists]
9. Talk to Me - Sunny And The Sunglows (Teardrop)
10. Unchained Melody - Vito And The Salutations (Herald)
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the second night of a one-week engagement at The Pavilion Of The Stars, Harvey's Resort Hotel And Casino, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Duke Ellington records Countdown, When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue and El Viti in Coast Recorders Studio, San Francisco, California, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Herman's Hermits, Marvin Gaye, Richard Pryor and The Smothers Brothers perform on CBS-TV's'The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
The Frank Sinatra movie Assault On A Queen is released to cinemas in the USA. The movie soundtrack is played by Duke Ellington.
Phil Ochs sings a specially-composed song, The War Is Over, at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Washington Square, New York City, USA, then leads the demonstrators in a march up Fifth Avenue to Times Square.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Anita Bryant sings at The Congressional Wives Prayer Group in Washington DC, USA.
Beat Generation icon Neal Cassady, an associate of The Grateful Dead, is found in a coma on the railroad tracks between San Miguel de Allende and Celaya in Mexico. He dies later in the day. The previous day, having consumed some seconals and alcohol, he had set out to walk along the railroad in driving rain. His life and death will inspire several songs including Jack And Neal (1977) by Tom Waits, Styrofoam Plates (2001) by Death Cab For Cutie, Neal Cassady Drops Dead (2014) by Morrissey, Neal Cassady (1989) by The Washington Squares.
Tim Buckley plays the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Michael And The Messengers.
Psychedelic rock venue The Ambassador Theatre in Washington DC, USA, is demolished, having been closed down some months earlier because of "insufficient funds.".
Rhythm and blues singer/pianist Billy Stewart, who scored hits including I Do Love You (1965), Sitting In The Park (1965) and Summertime (1966), dies aged 32 when the Ford Thunderbird he is driving crashes off a bridge across the Neuse River near Smithfield, North Carolina, USA, killing Stewart and three members of his band.
Jazz drummer and vocalist Sonny Greer, best known for his work with Duke Ellington, dies aged 86 in New York City, USA.
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Madonna and Warren Beatty attend the premiere of the movie Dick Tracy in Washington DC, USA.
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Dave Grohl lands at Sea-Tac Airport, in Seattle, Washington, USA, where he is to audition as the drummer for grunge-rock pioneers Nirvana. He stays with Kurt Cobain in his 'Hellhole' apartment in Olympia, and a few days later he gets the job.
Kenny Chesney performs There Goes My Life and Back Where I Come From for US president George W. Bush and Australian prime minister John Howard at the White House in Washington DC, USA
Dan Auerbach and Hacienda play at The Showbox, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Agents for the federal government in the USA execute four search warrants on The Gibson Guitar company's facilities in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The agents seize several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. Gibson has to cease its manufacturing operations and send workers home for the day, while armed agents execute the search warrants. The search is undertaken because the Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal. If the same wood from the same tree had been finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco is removed from the stage by security at a concert in Washington DC, USA, after making anti-Obama comments during the president's second presidential inauguration.
Speaking at a Senate hearing in Washington DC, USA, Sir Elton John states that AIDS could be eradicated in his lifetime, but only if the US government continues funding the fight against the virus.
The Black Dahlia Murder, Iron Reagan, Harms Way and Maruta play at El Corazon, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Bruce Springsteen stages a secret acoustic concert in the East Room of the White House, Washington DC, USA, to reward President Barack Obama's staff for their hard work over the past eight years. The show, for just 250 staffers, features fifteen songs.
Kanye West has lunch with US President Donald Trump at The White House, Washington DC, USA. Their meeting is to discuss prison reform, gang violence and "manufacturing resurgence" in the USA, but also touches on reforming the legislation relating to royalty payments for musicians.1901 |
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