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"Venetian Serenaders" The Five Nosses, "Statuesque Singer" Marie Dresser and "Singing And Dancing Comedians" The Knight Brothers are providing the musical entertainment at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.Watson's Oriental Burlesquers are performing twice daily at The Standard Theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
W.W. Saunders of Washington DC, USA, applies for a patent for his invention of an automatic playing attachment for pianos or other musical instruments of similar character.In Dahomey, the first full-length Broadway musical written and performed by African Americans
(George Walker and Egbert Austin Williams), transfers to the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, UK, where it becomes a major success.
Hailed as "the most popular musical show in London", it will be
seen by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace, during a command
performance celebrating his birthday.
The stage musical The Century Girl, with music by Victor Herbert and Irving Berlin, closes at The Century Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 200 performances.
Percival Mackey's Band records Cecilia, Bobadilla, Without You and Lady Be Good - Selection Part 2, for Columbia Records in London, UK.
Al Jolson records Are You Lonesome Tonight? for Decca Records in the USA. The song will prove to be a much bigger hit ten years later for Elvis Presley. At the same session Jolson records No Sad Songs For Me.
John Lee Hooker records Boogie Chillen No2 for Sensation Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The musical Hazel Flagg, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Hilliard, is playing at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 190 performances.Bill Haley and His Comets are recording a cleaned-up version of Big Joe Turner's Shake, Rattle And Roll. Haley tells a reporter, "We steer clear of anything suggestive". (censorship)
Bill Haley and His Comets are the musical guests on CBS tv's Ed Sullivan show, recorded in New York City, USA.
The Coasters play the last of three nights at The Broadway Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, with Faye Adams, Jack Scott, Johnny And Joe, Amos Milburn, Johnny Janis and The Red Prysock Combo.
Paul Anka plays the fourth of seven nights at The Town Casino, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
Helen O'Connell is playing during a three week booking at Mr. Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Barbara Gilbert.
Country-gospel quartet 
Damita Jo performs Sweet Georgia Brown on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on tonight's show are The Del Vikings.
The National Association of Record Merchandisers declares Elvis Presley to be the Best-Selling Male Vocalist of 1961. Connie Francis is Best-Selling Female Vocalist, and Mitch Miller And The Gang is Best-selling Vocal Group.
Sonny James records Ask Marie, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Muddy Waters and Big Mama Thornton play at the Freeborn Hall, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding of The Jimi Hendrix Experience add overdubs to Redding's song Little Miss Strange at Sound Center Studio, New York City, USA. Hendrix also logs up a staggering 41 takes of Gypsy Eyes.
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Buffalo Springfield play at The Valley Theatre, Tarzana, California, USA, supported by The Illinois Speed Press.
Janis Joplin is added to the list of artists confirmed for the Woodstock Festival, with a fee of $15,000. On the same day, Johnny Winter's manager, Steve Paul, confirms that his artist will play at Woodstock for a fee of $7,500.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the last of three nights at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
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Supertramp, led by Swindon-born Rick Davies, enter the American Top 40 singles chart with The Logical Song, which will peak at No6.
During his third gospel tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Palace Theater, Albany, New York State, USA.
During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, working on the songs Watered Down Love, Heart Of Mine, Property Of Jesus and Dead Man, Dead Man.
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
Eddie Montgomery of country duo Montgomery Gentry loses his footing when he steps on a speaker cabinet during the third song in their show in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. After the show, X-rays reveal that he has broken his left wrist.
It is reported that 81-year-old jazz drummer Ron Jefferson has been admitted to St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, New York, USA, suffering from the sudden onslaught of a debilitating illness. In a long career, Jefferson worked with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Charles Mingus and others.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the first of two nights at the Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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On her Aphrodite World Tour, Kylie Minogue plays at The Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Faze Action release the album Body Of One on Faze Action records in the UK.
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On their 40th Anniversary tour The Specials play at The Academy, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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