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The Miyo San Operetta Company, Dave Gennaro And Ray Bailey (billed as "originators of the real ragtime cake walk") and singing comedienne Blanche Ring are among the acts on offer at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
Blues vocalist Bumble
Bee Slim records Ramblin' With That Woman in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sonny
Boy Williamson 1st writes and records Good Morning Little
Schoolgirl at the Leland Hotel, Aurora, Illinois, USA. He also records Got The Bottle Up And Gone.
He is accompanied on the session by Big Joe Williams and
Robert Nighthawk.
It is his first ever recording, and will be released by Bluebird Records.
Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play at The Meadowbrook Ballroom, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA.
Supreme Records Incorporated and Black And White Record
Distributors Inc. lose a legal action in the United States District Court S. D.
California, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, USA, against
Decca
Records Inc., alleging unfair competition by appropriating the musical arrangement of the song A Little Bird Told
Me. The song was originally recorded by Paula
Watson for Supreme Records, then done as a cover version by
Evelyn
Knight And The Stardusters for Decca. Judge Yankwich decides
that Decca did not infringe any copyright.
Don Cherry records Mona Lisa in his first session with Decca Records in the USA, backed by Victor Young And His Orchestra.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the fifty-eighth night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Jane Froman sings Beyond The Blue Horizon, I
Can Dream, Can't I?, Ukulele Lady, Bali Hai and Sweet Leilani
on the CBS-tv show USA Canteen, in the USA.
Helen O'Connell is playing during a three week booking at Mr. Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Barbara Gilbert.
Neil Sedaka and Anita Bryant are playing during eight nights at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia.
Jim And Jesse and The Virginia Boys record My Empty Arms and Beautiful Moon Of Kentucky, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Columbia Records.
Elvis Presley continues with studio-based filming for the movie Blue Hawaii, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.Gary U.S. Bonds, Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Mark Wynter and The Fleerekkers play at The Granada, Mansfield, UK.
Ella Fitzgerald and Brenda Lee are the musical stars on tv's Ed Sullivan Show, broadcast live from New York City, USA.
Dean Ford And The Gaylords record The Name Game (a cover of an American hit by Shirley Ellis), in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, with producer Bob Barratt. The group will find greater success after evolving into The Marmalade.
Keyboardist 
A UK package tour featuring Billy Fury, The Pretty Things, Dave Berry and The Cruisers, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The John Barry Seven and The Zephyrs, plays at The ABC, Stockton, England.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
American soul duo Bob And Earl play at the Industrial Club, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
Three Dog Night release a new single, their version of the Harry Nilsson song, One, on Dunhill Records in the USA.
The Who play the first of two nights at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Skeletal Family play at The Wellington Club, Hull, England, UK, Europe.
The Housemartins play at The Riverside Club, Fetcham, England, UK, Europe.
Eek-A-Mouse plays at The Cosmo Club, Leeds, England, UK, Europe, supported by Talisman.
Harvey And The Wallbangers play at The Wrekin And Telford festival, near Telford, Shropshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Billy Bremner Band plays at The Cartoon, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Country singer Tammy Wynette is admitted to hospital with a bile duct infection in the USA.Garth Brooks is named artist of the decade at the 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, in the USA.
Kylie Minogue plays the last of four non-consecutive nights at Earls Court, London, England, UK.
It is announced that Edwyn Collins, former singer and songwriter of Orange Juice, has contracted MRSA after undergoing emergency surgery at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. He is, nevertheless, "doing absolutely fine".On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play the second of two nights at The Fox Oakland Theatre, Oakland, California, USA, supported by Ed Sheeran.
Randy Blythe, vocalist with Lamb Of God, is cleared in court in Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, of charges of causing bodily harm resulting in death, in connection with the death of a fan who jumped onstage three years earlier during a concert.
On a tour in support of his third album, Gilded, Blair Dunlop plays at The Place, Bedford, England, UK.
Max And Harvey play at Playlist Live Orlando - World Center Marriott, Orlando, Florida, USA.Touring in support of her ninth album, Mental Illness, Aimee Mann plays at The Boulder Theatre, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
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