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Benny Goodman And His Orchestra make a live radio broadcast from the Madhattan Room of the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
The Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra come to the end of a month-long residency at The Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, USA.
The Eddie Fitzpatrick Orchestra Orchestra plays in The Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play the fourth night of four weeks at The Cafe Rouge in The Hotel Statler, New York City, USA.
Joe Pernell And His Combo with Eddie Johnson on tenor saxophone, play at The West Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy revue Hold Everything is presented at The Empire Room, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, featuring Joe Howard, Leo De Lyon, Nat Brandwynne And His Orchestra, Bambi Lynn, Rod Alexander, McCaffrey And Susanne, Betty Lorraine, Bob De Voye, The Abbott Dancers, Earl Barton, Patricia Manning, Tom Morgan, Larry Allen and The Trio Bassi.
Ray Price records The Price For Loving You, That's What I Get For Loving You, Cold Shoulder and You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night in Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session includes guitarists Grady Martin and Jack Shook with Don Helms on steel.
Carl Smith records This Orchid Means Goodbye, Do I Liked It? Trademark and Just You Wait 'Til I Get You Alone in Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Connie Francis plays the second night of three weeks at The Sahara Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Folk trio The Salty Dogs [featuring banjo virtuoso Paul Champion] play the second of five nights in The Carrera Room at The Gifford Arms Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA.
The Kai Winding Sextet is playing during an engagement in The Riverboat Room of The Penn-Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.The relevance of stereo to the existing music market place is debated in a special session conducted by NARAS in The Great Northern Hotel, New York City, USA. Participants in the session include Enoch Light (musician and businessman), Bill Miltenburg (sound engineer), Dave Kapp (Kapp Records) and Gerry Mulligan (jazz musician).
Saverio Saridis, nicknamed The Singing Cop, opens at The Persin Room of The Hotel Plaza, New York City, USA.Louis Armstrong and Marlene Dietrich open for one month of performing together at The Riviera Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars package tour plays in Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, with acts including Gene Pitney, Paul And Paula, Lou Christie, Johnny Tillotson, The Crystals, The Dovells, Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans, Big Dee Irwin and Ruby And The Romantics.
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Cyril Davies And His All Stars with Long John Baldry play at The Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith comes to the end of three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Gene Pitney enters the UK singles chart with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition 24 Hours From Tulsa. It will peak at No5.
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Ray Charles is playing during a week of shows at The Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Nevada, USA.
Songwriter Sammy Cahn is telephoned by Irvin Feld, manager of Paul Anka. He wants Cahn to work with Anka on an upcoming live show at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at the Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London, UK.
The Tridents, featuring guitarist Jeff Beck, play at Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, UK, as backing group for US folk-blues musician Jesse Fuller.
Unit 4 + 2 play at The Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, England, UK.
Patti Page is appearing during two weeks at The Copa Room of The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Glenda Grainger opens for two weeks at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The Who, Small Faces and Paul Jones kick off a tour of Australia and New Zealand with a concert in The Royal Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania. After the gig, Keith Moon of The Who drives off in a rental car, which he later parks in front of a motel's reception desk.
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Yes play at Redcar Jazz Club in The Windsor Ballroom of The Coatham Hotel, Redcar, England, UK, Europe.
Elvis Presley continues his month-long season at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with his four-week second season at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
David Bowie, Iggy Pop and others are arrested at the Americana Rochester Hotel, Rochester, New York State, USA, on marijuana charges. Three other persons, including a Rochester woman, Chi Wah Soo, are arrested with him.
The Eagles' sixth album, Hotel California spends the first of eight non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 Albums chart in the USA. 
At a rock memorabilia auction at Sotheby's in London, England, UK, Europe, £500 is fetched by a hotel napkin autographed by Elvis Presley. American dollar bills signed by The Beatles go for £220. 
Wu Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is ejected from The Four Seasons hotel in Berlin, Germany, Europe, for repeatedly mooning at passers-by over the balcony of his room.Donny H [aka Donny Hyder] performs live for the first time, at The Grand Plaza Hotel for the Fowler All Night Sings, Branson, Missouri, USA.
During a private visit to Berlin, Germany, Europe, Michael Jackson shocks fans gathered outside the Adlon Hotel, when he dangles his nine month old son, Prince Michael Jackson II, aka Blanket, over the balcony outside his fifth floor room.
The Fight play at The Viewfield Hotel, Arbroath, Scotland, UK.
Loretta Lynn is inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, USA. At the same event, Anne Murray receives the Hitmaker Award.
Ke$ha plays at The Music Box, Borgata Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Sir Paul McCartney and his new wife, the American heiress Nancy Shevell, throw a party to celebrate their recent wedding in The Bowery Hotel, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Guests include Yoko Ono, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones and The Eagles' guitarist Joe Walsh.
A coroner's report is issued by the Wayne County Medical Examiner on Chris Cornell, singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, who died shortly after playing a concert with Soundgarden in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The report states that Cornell committed suicide in his MGM Grand hotel room by hanging.
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