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The musical extravaganza Chris And The Wonderful Lamp, with music by John Philip Sousa, is playing at The Victoria Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 58 performances.
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 Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances.
The musical comedy Hodge, Podge And Co plays at Hoyt's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 81 Perfomances.
The Williams And Walker Company present The Cakewalk Carnival, with Louise Thrndyke Boucicault, Horace Goldin, Hamilton Hill and Rogert And O'Brien, at Keith's Theatre, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy 
Boston-born popular singer Andrew Mack is appearing in "His Greatest Success" Tom Moore, at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA. The newspaper ad for the show urges "Hear Mack's sweet songs".
Klaw And Erlanger's Troubadours are performing in the musical comedy The Liberty Belles at The Madison Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The musical extravaganza The Sleeping Beauty And The Beast is playing at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 241 performances.
The musical comedy Miss Simplicity, featuring Helen Lord, opens at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 56 performances.Musical Comedy The Slim Princess is presented at The Globe Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.
The Broadway Gaiety Girls play the second night of a week at The New Lyceum Theatre, Washington DC, USA, along with The Georgia Campers, billed as "The greatest colored act on the stage".
Musical comedy The Girl From Utah closes at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 140 performances. This production features several songs by Jerome Kern, including They Didn't Believe Me, which will become a popular standard, recorded by artists including Frank Sinatra, George Sanders, Dinah Washington, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Parker, Elvis Costello, Stan Kenton, Bill Frisell, Harry Belafonte, Leontyne Price and Marian McPartland.
Vaudeville stars Weber And Fields open at The Palace Theatre, New York City, USA, earning $3,000 per week. Just two years earlier, they had been earning $40.Vaudeville stars Weber And Fields are headlining at The Palace Theatre, New York City, USA.The musical Somebody's Sweetheart, plays at The Central Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 224 performances.
The musical comedy Teddy Brown And His Cafe De Paris Band record Headin' For Louisville, Then I'll Be Happy, Close Your Eyes and I Never Knew How Wonderful You Were, for Imperial Records in London, UK.
The musical comedy Bye, Bye, Bonnie is presented at The Ritz Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances on Broadway.
The musical comedy Ballyhoo of 1930 is presented at Hammerstein's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 68 performances.
Hard-bop pianist 
The musical comedy Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson is performed at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a total run of 1404 performances at three different theatres.
The musical comedy Hold On To Your Hats, starring Al Jolson, is playing at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, during a run of 158 performances.Benny Carter plays the third night in a week of shows at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
The King And I is performed at The St. James Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1246 performances.David Roland Rodriguez is born in Houston, Texas, USA. He will find success as acclaimed singer, songwriter and recording artist David Rodriguez.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie closes at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 276 performances. As well as the actress-singer star, the show featured piano duettists Eddie And Rack. In a package tour called the Lucky Seven Blues Show, Little Willie John, Champion Jack Dupree, Little George Smith and Otis Williams play in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
Sam
Cooke plays the fifth night of a week of shows at the The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
The Original 
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.Dick Hartman, mandolin player of pioneering North-Carolina-based country music and Western swing band The Tennessee Ramblers, dies.
Dinah Washington records That Old Feeling for Roulette Records in Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley goes to
see the movie musical West Side Story at The Memphian cinema, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The two-day long Philadelphia Folk Festival begins on The Wilson Estate, Paoli, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Acts appearing over the two days of the event include the Rev. Gary Davis, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mike Seeger And Sonny Miller, Pete Seeger, Bonnie Dobson, Keith And Rooney and Tossi Aaron.
The
The Lonely
Bull by Herb
Alpert And The Tijuana Brass peaks at No6 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. In all, it will sell
about 800,000 copies and earn about $180,000 for A+M Records.
(1962)
The musical Barbra Streisand agrees to star in a Paramount Pictures adaptation of the successful Broadway musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
Jackie Trent, Tony Hatch and Karl Denver play the fifth night of a week at The Broad way, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Actor and singer 
Canadian Blast, an all-day Canadian music-themed event takes place at The Barbican, London, UK, featuring such act as Chilly Gonzales, Hidden Cameras, Devon Sproule and Woodpigeon.
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