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Songwriter, vaudevillian song and dance man, and tv/radio star George E. Price, aka Georgie Price, is born in New York City, USA. His best-known compositions are Angel Child and Sing Me a Song of the South.
Billed as "A Glorious Galaxy Of Stars", Kara The Great, The Three Faust Sisters, Arthur Buckner, Jacques Inaudi, Girard And Gardner, The Three Westons, Alf Holt, Mr And Mrs Gardner Grane and The Biograph are providing the entertainment at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical comedy Miss Simplicity, featuring Helen Lord, is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 56 performances.Vocalists Banks And Winona Winter, Novelty Musical Artists The Perching Brothers and comic vocalists The Clipper Quartette are among the entertainments on offer at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Orvon Eugene Autry is born in Tioga, Texas, USA. He will find fame as singing cowboy Gene Autry.Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters and Jesse Crawford play the fifth night of a week at The Paramount Theatre, Times Square, New York City, USA.
Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra record Hot Club Stomp, The Swing Session's Called To Order, Blues In Disguise and That's How I Feel To-day for HMV Records in New York City.
Meet The People, billed as "The All-American Hit Musical Revue" is playing at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Rockabilly guitar virtuoso Charlie Gracie plays at The Erie Social Club, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Hitmaking r'n'b vocal group Shep And The Limelites record Our Anniversary, Who Told The Sandman, Gee Baby What About You, I'm A-Hurting Inside and Easy To Remember, for Hull Records in New York City, USA.
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars record Hello Brother, The Home Fire and Fantastic That's You for ABC Paramount Records in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Marilyn Monroe is found dead in bed, with an empty bottle of Nembutal sleeping pills by her side, in her home in Los Angeles, California, USA. Bernie Taupin and Elton John will write Candle In The Wind about her life. Also, in 1952, Ray Anthony And His Orchestra recorded the song Marilyn about her for Capitol Records.
The Beatles release their first American single, Please Please Me / Ask Me Why on VeeJay Records in the USA.
Thelonious Monk records Memories Of You and Shuffle Boil in New York City, USA, for CBS Records.
Herman's Hermits, Freddy Cannon, The Hondells, Brenda Holloway, The Ikettes, Myron Lee, Reparata And The Delrons, Bobby Vee, The Detergents and Little Anthony And The Imperials arrive at Victory Stadium, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, to take part in The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars, but torrential rain causes the show to be cancelled at the last minute.
The Doors, Chuck Berry and Salvation play the first of three nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Don Sebesky Orchestra records Dancing In The Street, The Word and You've Got Your Troubles, for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Forever Came Today by The Supremes entering at No54.
Fleetwood Mac are in CBS Studios, New Bond Street, London, England, UK, Europe, recording tracks for Blue Horizon records.
During a BBC live radio session for John Peel's Top Gear, Dave Edmunds' Love Sculpture perform a rock version of Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance so powerful that Peel plays it twice in the same show. When Parlophone Records hear it, they insist that Edmunds should record it as a single, so he does, gaining a No5 chart entry as a result.
Marco Antonio Muñiz is born in New York City, USA. He will find fame as Marc Anthony and will become the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time.
John Lennon spends some time at Record Plant studios in New York City, USA, mixing his album Rock'n'Roll.
B.J. Thomas reaches No1 in the Billboard country singles chart in the USA with one of country's longest song titles - (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.
Nils Lofgren plays at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Jonathan James Hogan, files suit against Courtney Love in Santa Clara County, California, USA, alleging that she assaulted him at a show by her band Hole in Palo Alto in November of the previous year.
Britney Spears is photographed in public wearing a t-shirt bearing the slogan Brunettes Are So Hot Right Now. In recent days she has also been seen out and about wearing such slogans as I'm A Virgin (but this is an old t-shirt), MILF In Training, How Could I Say No? and Shut Up And Do Me.
George Harrison of The Beatles gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine Street, next to former bandmate John Lennon's star. Appropriately, because Capitol Records was The Beatles' American record label, both stars are located in front of the Capitol Studios HQ building.
Sony/ATV announces that it has signed an exclusive songwriting agreement with Illinois-based singer-songwriter Lissie as part of a worldwide music publishing deal.
When a 46 foot high pinata breaks the Guiness Record for the world's largest pinata in New York City, USA, Cee Lo Green officiates by pulling a rope which allows thousands of M+M's Pretzel packages to come spilling out.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at The Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
After cutting his left hand severely while preparing dinner at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, tonight, Chris Young is forced to cancel several CMA Music Festival appearances.
On his Purpose World Tour Justin Bieber plays at The Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, California, USA.
As part of the advance promotion for their upcoming Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode appear at Telekom Streetgigs at The Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany, Europe. Deutsche Telekom broadcasts the concert live on their website and on YouTube and there is also a 360-degree Livestream and the concert is broadcast worldwide on Twitter.
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