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Musical comedy The Casino Girl is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 105 performances.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.The musical Little Lester is presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 272 performances.
Percival Mackey's Band records I'd Rather Charleston, The Half Of It Dearie Blues, Barcelona and Thanks For the Buggy Ride, for Columbia Records in London, UK.
Blind Willie McTell records Talking To Myself and Razor Ball for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Tony Bennett has his first recording session for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. At the session he records Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Let's Make Love and I Wanna Be Loved.
Eddy Arnold records Heart Strings, Bundle Of Southern Sunshine, When You And I Were Young Maggie and A Sinner's Prayer, in RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan, New York City, USA.
Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner and others spend the second of two days recording the original cast soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein's fifth musical, The King and I, for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
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.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack. 
Dick Denny And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.Musician, producer and songwriter Michael Sembello is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Papa George Lightfoot records Wine, Women, Whiskey, When The Saints Go Marching In, Jump The Boogie and Mean Ol' Train in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, for Imperial Records.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.
Ella Fitzgerald is playing during a season at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
In the wake of allegations that The Kingsmen's hit single Louie, Louie, includes pornographic lyrics, the FBI reports that it cannot accurately decipher the lyrics of the song.
Paul McCartney of The Beatles ventures out in disguise to shop for furniture for his new house in London, England, UK. He is, however, recognized by a bartender who is not fooled by McCartney's fake Irish accent.
Land Of 1000 Dances by Cannibal And The Headhunters on Rampart Records enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA. It will peak at No30 during a six-week run on the chart. Wilson Pickett will enjoy much greater success with the song, peaking at No6, when he covers it a year later.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, supported by Jefferson Airplane, play at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Henry 'Red' Allen dies of pancreatic cancer in New York City, USA. In a long and distinguished career, he worked with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Jelly Roll Morton, Billie Holiday, Victoria Spivey and many more.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
A Tribe Called Quest release their debut LP, People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm on Jive/RCA Records in the USA.
On their Pump Tour, 
Gloria Gaynor guest stars as herself on tonight's episode of US tv series Ally McBeal, which is entitled I Will Survive.
Queen And Paul Rodgers play at Leipzig Arena, Leipzig, Germany, Europe.
Popular actress, singer and spokeswoman for the arts Kitty Carlisle dies aged 96, in Manhattan, New York State, USA, from congestive heart failure resulting from a prolonged bout of pneumonia.
The third international Record Store Day is held at hundreds of record stores around the world.The Decemberists play at The Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, supported by Justin Townes Earle.
KT Tunstall plays at On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play the first of two nights at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by Ed Sheeran.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Justin Bieber plays the second of three nights at Telenor Arena, Fornebu, Norway, Europe.
A newly-published survey by the ICM Group reveals that one in ten young people in the UK bought a music cassette tape in the last month. This, and other findings, are taken to suggest that that many consumers still prefer physical music formats over downloading their sounds digitally.
On his All The Hits All Night Long tour, Lionel Richie plays at Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia.
On his All The Rage tour, Ian Siegal plays at Mr. Kyps, Poole, Dorset, England, UK, Europe.1900 |
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