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The City Club Burlesquers are appearing at The Dewey Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.Fred Astaire, with George Gershwin on piano, records the George And Ira Gershwin composition Fascinating Rhythm, in London, UK.
Guitarist Pillie
Bolling and Barefoot Bill [a pseudonym of Ed Bell]
record I Don't Like That and She's Got A Nice Line, for Columbia
Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Billie Holiday appears at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA, as featured vocalist with The Ralph Cooper Big Band. Pigmeat Markham appears on the same bill.
Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann takes LSD intentionally for the first time. Three days earlier, he had accidentally ingested a small amount and experienced strange frightening delusions and hallucinations. On this day, now known as Bicycle Day, he deliberately takes another dose before cycling home from his lab. The drug will become powerfully associated with the psychedelic music of the 1960s.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Mark Volman, singer with The Turtles, Mothers of Invention and Flo And Eddie, is born in Los Angeles, California.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that texan songwriter and Columbia Records recording artist Floyd Tillman has left Southern And Peer International publishers and moved to Hill And Range.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.
The Harold Quinn Trio is playing during a three week engagement at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Helen O'Connell is playing during a three week booking at Mr. Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Barbara Gilbert.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.The Beach Boys record Surfin' Safari, Judy, Lonely Sea, 409 and their Hearts Were Full Of Spring at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA.
The The cast of the musical film The Sound Of Music boards a Pan Am flight from Los Angeles, California, USA, to Salzburg, Austria, Europe, where exterior scenes are to be filmed.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest
movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nancy Wilson spends the second of two days recording tracks for the Capitol Records album Today, Tomorrow, Forever, in the USA.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at Selland Arena, Fresno, California, USA, supported by Mint Tattoo.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Flaming Groovies and Kaleidoscope play the first of two nights at The Kaleidoscope club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Troy Armoury, Troy, New York State, USA.
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.
Smile play at The Speakeasy Club, London, UK. Members of the band will go on to achieve considerably greater fame when they change their name to Queen.The Herbie Mann Sextet records Suite: Judy Blue Eyes for Embryo Records in New York City, USA. The song is composed by Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young.
The musical On their Destiny Tour, The
Jacksons including Michael
Jackson, play the first of two non-consecutive nights at the Valley Forge Music Fair, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Chicago R'n'B pioneer Willie Mabon dies in Paris, France, Europe, aged 60, after a long illness.On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of three nights at The Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois.
Keith Jarrett plays at Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
Patch William release the EP The Last Bus, in the UK. The title track will be nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.
The 7th annual Record Store Day is celebrated in independent record stores around the world, with artists making special appearances and issuing special vinyl and CD releases to encourage people to support local record shops. This year, Haim, Kings of Leon and Bombay Bicycle Club are among the artists taking part, and One Direction release a special version of their single Midnight Memories.
On their The End World Tour, Black Sabbath play at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
On her 39-date LA To The Moon tour Lana Del Rey plays at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, Europe, supported by Cat Power.
On his All The Rage tour, Ian Siegal plays at The Flowerpot, Derby, England, UK, Europe.
On her Here Come The Aliens tour, Kim Wilde plays at The Victoria Theatre, Halifax, England, UK, Europe.
On their 40th Anniversary tour The Specials play at The Pavilions, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
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