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Folk blues legend Jesse Fuller is born in Jonesboro, Georgia, USA. Fuller is best-remembered for his song San Francisco Bay Blues.Truly Shattuck, The Harmony Four, Madame Doria and others, including Mlle. Christina's Dog Monkey And Cat Circus, play at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The 'Popular Songstress' Mabel Hudson is appearing at The Olympia Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
A "brilliant, frisky, English musical novelty, The French Maid, performed by the "Greatest Cast Ever Seen In San Francisco", is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Ten Nelsons, The Troubadors Toulousians, The Three Dancing Dawsons, The Auers, Eva Mudge, The Six Blackbirds, and Paul Cinquevalli are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Williams And Walker are starring in their musical show Sons Of Ham at The California Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. (A popular song and dance duo, Bert Williams and George Walker are often cited as the first African-American superstars.)John Philip Sousa And His Band play the last of three nights at The Alhambra, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz trumpeter and band leader Lu Watters is born in Santa Cruz, California, USA,David Bennett Cohen is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He will find success as David Cohen, keyboardist of 60s San Francisco hippy band Country Joe And The Fish.
Peter Albin, bassist with Big Brother And The Holding Company, is born in San Francisco, California, USA.
Bill Haley and The Comets fly out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, headed for Chicago, Illinois, USA, on the first leg of a journey that will take them to Sydney, Australia, to begin a tour.
Dinah Washington plays the thirteenth night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Virgil Gonsalves Group is playing at The Outrigger, Monterey, California, USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the fifth of nine consecutive nights at the Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
Jackie Wilson, The Beau Brummels and Glen Campbell appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Malachi play at The Intersection coffee house in San Francisco, California, USA.
The gig is advertised in two local underground newspapers, Rag Baby and The Berkeley Barb, as a performance of 'psychedelic music'.
Jefferson Airplane and The Charlatans play at the California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
When The Beatles, supported by The Ronettes, The Cyrkle, and The Remains play the last gig of their North American tour at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, USA, rumours are rife that they will never play live again. Folk singers Joan Baez and Mimi Farina meet The Beatles backstage at this gig.Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steppenwolf and Kaleidoscope play the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Brother and The Holding Company play the last of three nights at the Straight Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Grateful Dead play the first of two consecutive nights at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Buffalo Springfield and Blue Cheer.
Kaleidoscope play the last of three nights at The Straight Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.It's A Beautiful Day and Three Dog Night play the second of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jefferson Airplane and H.P. Lovecraft play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Albert King, Sha-Na-Na, The Coasters and The Platters play at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
Appearing on the second day of The Bath Festival Of Blues and Progressive Music at the Bath And West Showground, Shepton Mallet, England, UK, Europe, are Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, The Moody Blues, The Byrds, Flock, Santana, Dr John, Country Joe McDonald and Hot Tuna.The album Pendulum by San Francosco band Creedence Clearwater Revival earns a gold disc in the USA.
Black Sabbath, Edgar Winter's White Trash and Sweathog play the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
David Crosby and Graham Nash record Where Will I Be? at Wally Heider's Studio C, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jerry Garcia Band plays the first of two nights at Theatre 1839, San Francisco, California, USA. The shows are recorded and will eventually be released as the live album Pure Jerry - Theatre 1839, July 29 and 30, 1977 .
Neil Young and Crazy Horse play the second of two nights at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
The Steve Miller Band plays at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, USA.
On their 
Green Day, Neurosis, 2 Car Family and Big Gulp play at Bridges Cafe, East Windsor, Connecticut, USA.
Queens of the Stone Age play at The Music Box At The Fonda, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.British pop star Lily Allen makes a hasty exit from the NME Awards in London, England, UK, Europe, after a confronation with Courtney Love, who has been conducting a war of words against Allen on Twitter in recent weeks.
Vulturegeist, Fortress and Thosgrol play at El Rio, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jason Mackenroth, former drummer for The Rollins Band dies at home in Henderson, Nevada, USA, aged 46, after a nearly four-year battle with prostate cancer. 
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On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
On the North American leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play at The Quebec City Summer Festival, The Plains Of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.On their Wheels Of Soul tour, The Tedeschi Trucks Band plays the second of two nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA, supported by Hot Tuna and The Wood Brothers.
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