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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
While seeking local musical talent for The Gramophone Company in Hong Kong, Asia, musician and engineer Fred Gaisberg writes in his diary that "We made 20 records before 12 o'c and by 3 oc had packed our boxes and soldered the tins and were ready to decamp."Singing trio The Gumm Sisters play the first of seven nights with The Gilmore Circus at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
Woody Herman & His Orchestra record Dupree Blues, Doctor Jazz, Trouble In Mind and It Happened Down In Dixieland for Decca Records in the USA.
Woody Herman And His Orchestra record Dupree Blues and other tracks for Decca Records in the USA.
The Light Crust Doughboys record Mean Mean Mama, in Burrus Mill, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with producer Art Satherly.During a series of concerts at Copacabana, New York City, USA, Frank Sinatra suffers hemorrhaging of his vocal cords and has to cancel the remaining shows.
Pee Wee King is playing during a week of shows at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Memphis Slim begins recording sessions in New York City, USA, which will result in the album No Strain, for Prestige/Bluesville Records.
Ernestine Anderson is playing during a week of shows at The Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, Martha And The Vandellas, The Miracles, The Contours and The Supremes, play in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, as part of a Motortown Revue package tour.
Del Shannon, The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield], Johnny Tillotson, Kenny Lynch and The Eagles (UK band) play at The Odeon, Newcastle, UK, Europe
A new composition, Do You Want To Know A Secret, composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, is released as the debut single by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas in the UK.
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Sex-bomb actress Jayne Mansfield is signed as a vocalist by Original Sound Recordings of Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wainwright's Gentlemen play at The Seagull Hotel, Southall, Middlesex, UK. Immediately after this gig, vocalist Ian Gillan will quit the group, and he will find greater fame in later years with Deep Purple.Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
Little Boy Blues play the first of three nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Rush.Traffic, Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA. A young Billy Joel, of local band The Hassles, visits Traffic in their hotel room.
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During recording sessions for the album Self Portrait, Bob Dylan records A Fool Such As I, Take Me As I Am and other tracks in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The high temple of disco, Studio 54, New York City, USA, is closed for violation of licencing laws.
Jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins plays at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Bob Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as co-producer. Knopfler also plays guitar on the album, along with former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor. On this day, Dylan works on the songs Foot Of Pride, Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart and others.
Nina Simone is playing during twenty nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
African Connexion and Ferenji Warriors play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK.
Sledgehammer by
Peter Gabriel, recorded at
Real World Studios, Box, enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at
No4.
When Elvis Costello plays in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, he is joined on stage by David Hidalgo of Los Lobos.
Barenaked Ladies release a new album, 
Spotify drops a totally silent LP called Sleepify, by a Los Angeles funk band called Vulfpeck, citing "violations of the service's content policies" as a reason. The album was intended as a protest against Spotify as well as a means of raising tour funding. Up to the time it was pulled off Spotify it had been streamed 5.5m times, earning the band almost $20,000.
Girls' Generation play the first of two nights at Marine Messe, Fukuoka, Japan, Asia.Janelle Monae, Foster The People, Mayhem, Above And Beyond, Wolfgang Gartner and others play at The CounterPoint 2014 festival, Kingston Downs, Rome, Georgia, USA.
Musical trio Time For Three are left stranded on the tarmac of Charlotte Douglas International Airport, North Carolina, USA, when US Airways refuses to allow two members of the group to take their violins aboard the plane with them.
On his All The Rage tour, Ian Siegal plays at The Greystones, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Peter Doherty And The Puta Madres release their debut LP, Peter Doherty And The Puta Madres on Strap Originals/Cargo Records in the UK.1902 |
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