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Pennsylvania

Vocalist Joseph Natus records A Little Boy In Blue, On A Saturday Night, Little Tillie Twinkle and Tell Me The Way To Go, for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Wallace Brownlow sings When Bright Eyes Glance, Off To Philadelphia and Skylark during his appearance at Rickards' New Tivoli Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania. Also on the bill are Harry Rickards' Vaudeville Company, Mark Anthony and Pope And Sales.
Touring in support of her hit movie Everybody Sing tour, Judy Garland is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen-week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Les Brown And His Orchestra play music for dancing at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Billie Holiday plays at Sacramento Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA.
Kaye Thompson and The Williams Brothers are playing during a week at The Latin Casino, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazz vocalist Etta Jones plays at Pep's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Columbia recording artist Jill Corey is playing during two weeks at Beverly Hills, Southgate, Kentucky, USA.
Variety magazine reports that Calico Records of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, , whose best-selling act is The Skyliners, has gone into liquidation.
Fats Domino performs Let The Four Winds Blow on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Brook Benton plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Roberts Show Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Teen-oriented movie, Don't Knock The Twist, starring Chubby Checker, is released in Venezuela, South America, under the title Meneos y zapateos al ritmo del twist.
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett And the Crypt Kickers perform Monster Mash on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded at WFIL tv studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bobby Rydell continues with his three-week engagement at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Joe Pass Quartet records Days Of Wine And Roses, But Beautiful and other tracks at Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kenny Chandler releases a new single, Heart on Laurie Records in the USA.
Bret Michaels, future singer of heavy rock glamsters Poison, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Chubby Checker makes a guest appearance on tv's Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets release a new single, Tenor Man, on Newtown Records in the USA.
Count Basie plays at Hillcrest Hall, Minersville, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Essex play at Hanson's, Harvey's Lake, Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by popular local group The Starfires.
The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, featuring a line-up consisting of Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Ronettes, Little Eva, The Dovells, Myron Lee And The Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, The Jaynettes, The Thymes and Paul And Paula, is scheduled to appear in The Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, USA but is cancelled because of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Tom Paxton plays the second of three nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Top Ten Singles on WABC Radio in New York City, USA, for this week are as follows :

1. I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes (Motown)

2. A Lover's Concerto - The Toys (DynoVoice)

3. 1-2-3 - Len Barry (Decca)

4. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass (Checker)

5. Get Off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones (London)

6. Keep On Dancing - The Gentrys (MGM)

7. Let's Hang On! - The 4 Seasons (Philips)

8. Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (A+M)

9. You're the One - The Vogues (Co + Ce)

10. Everyone's Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King (Parrot)

1-2-3 by Len Barry peaks at No2 in the Canadian pop singles chart, but is unable to dislodge Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones from the No1 position.
The Showstoppers play at The Orchid Ballroom, Purley, England, UK, Europe.
The Buddy Guy Blues Band plays the last of four nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hugh Masekela, Wes Montgomery, Carmen McRae and Buddy Rich play in the Mothers Day Jazz Festival at Philadelphia, Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Erma Franklin is playing during four nights at The Nixon Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Janet Vogel of hit-making 60s vocal group The Skyliners commits suicide in her car in her garage at home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
During his third gospel tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the last of three nights at the Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their Duke tour, Genesis play in The Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Patti LaBelle releases her sixth solo LP, I'm In Love Again on Philadelphia International Records in the USA.
Overkill play at The Airport Road Music Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the bill are Dark Angel.
Keith Jarrett plays at the Grand Théâtre de Fourvière, Lyon, France, Europe.
Circa Survive, Motion City Soundtrack and Copeland play at The Cockpit, Leeds, England, UK.
The Bloodhound Gang release their fourth album, Hefty Fine, on Geffen Records in the USA.
Creed play at Susquehanna Bank Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Chasing Pavements by Adele, Love Story by Taylor Swift and Come as You Are by Nirvana are added to the catalogue of songs available as sheet music and audio download bundles for Rock And Pop exams from exam board Trinity College London, England, UK, Europe.
On her Neon Lights tour, Demi Lovato plays at Sands Event Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, supported by Little Mix and Daniella Manson.
Taylor Swift makes a surprise cameo appearance on NBC-tv's Saturday Night Live, during Seth Rogen's show-opening monologue. "You're getting really upset," she tells him, "And whenever a man shows emotion, I appear!"
Mastodon play at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On her 1989 World Tour, Taylor Swift plays the first of two nights at Nationals Park, Washington DC, USA, supported by Vance Joy, Shawn Mendes and HAIM.
Ringworm play at Acheron, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, supported by Culture Killer and White Widows Pact.
On her 1989 World Tour, Taylor Swift plays at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania, supported by Vance Joy.
Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at The Rialto Theatre, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at The House Of Blues, San Diego, California, USA.
Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at Imperial De Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Taylor Swift releases Cardigan, the first single from her eighth album, Folklore.
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