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Chase's Musical Comedy Stock Company presents a revival of the musical comedy A Trip To Chinatown, at Chases's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Imperial Burlesquers are playing at Kernan's Theatre, Washington, DC, USA.Clarice Grant (aka The Southern Singer) and The Quaker City Quartette are among the musical offerings at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Black Patti Show is appearing at Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA. The entertainment includes a Grand Champion Cakewalk.
The Gay Butterfly Extravaganza Company, featuring The Meredith Sisters vocal group plus 'two burlesques and 25 pretty girls', opens at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Royal Burlesquers are playing during a week at Kernan's Theater, Washington DC, USA.The Howard Theater is opened in Washington DC, USA. It will become an illustrious venue for jazz and blues artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine. In the 1950s and 60s it will become one of the busiest venues on the USA's r'n'b and rock'n'roll circuit.
The National Industrial Recovery Act, intended to assist America's recovery from the Great Depression, is signed into law in the USA. "History will probably record the National Industrial Recovery Act as the most important and far-reaching legislation ever enacted by Congress," declares US President Franklin D, Roosevelt. Two months later, Bill Cox will be inspired to celebrate the three R's promised by the NRA -
relief, reform, and recovery - in his jaunty NRA Blues.
Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Eric Blore, Edward Everett Horton and John Howard are appearing at Keith's RKO Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in the Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio. 
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
Oran 'Hot Lips' Page plays the sixth night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Ahmad Jamal And His Three Strings, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker play in Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
Sol Hoopii, nicknamed the King of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar, dies in Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA. (N.B. Some sources state that Hoopii died in Los Angeles).Elvis Presley arrives at The Mount Vernon, a floating palace of entertainment with its own live band and ballroom, on the Potomac River in Washington DC, USA, to perform a concert during a cruise. The vessel, however had recently blown a steam pressure valve, so had to remain at the pier. Nevertheless, Elvis plays a three hour show.
Joe Cole is born. He will become a roadie for Black Flag and The Rollins Band, as well as a close friend of Henry Rollins. His book, Planet Joe, will document his experiences tourng with Black Flag and the Rollins Band.
Jazz trumpeter Taft Jordan records tracks for his Prestige Records album Mood Indigo - Taft Jordan Plays Duke Ellington, in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, with Stephane Grappelli and Ray Nance on violins, record the album Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session, at Barclay Studios in Paris, France, Europe.
The Dillards are currently fulfilling a booking at The Shadows, Washington DC, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Stacy Lattisaw is born in Washington, DC, USA, In the 80s she will become a successful recording artist.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 Free Spirits [including guitar virtuoso Larry Coryell] play the second of five nights at The Ambassador Theater, Washington DC, USA.
The Cousin Duffy Show plays the first of three nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
A group of seventeen young demonstrators are ejected from the National City Christian church, frequented by US President Lyndon Johnson in Washington DC, USA, after they protest about the treatment of singer Eartha Kitt, who had spoken out during a recent function at The White House against the war in Vietnam.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play the second of two days at Eagles Stadium, Seattle, Washington, USA.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra perform live on WBBM-tv's show Dial M For Music in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tim Rose releases a new single, Long Haired Boy, in the UK on CBS Records. The single is produced by Al Kooper.
On the final day of the three-day long Sky River Rock Festival, held in fields near Sultan, Washington, USA, The Grateful Dead turn up unannounced and play. Other acts playing over the three days include Santana, Big Mama Thornton, James Cotton, Country Joe And The Fish, Pink Floyd, Kaleidoscope, John Fahey, Richard Pryor, Dino Valenti, Byron Pope, It's a Beautiful Day, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Alice Stuart Thomas, The Youngbloods, The New Lost City Ramblers, and local groups such as Juggernaut and Easy Chair.
American singer/songwriter Tim Buckley appears on BBC tv show How It Is, in the UK, Europe.
Canned Heat play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Tim Buckley and Terry Reid. On this night, guitarist Mike Bloomfield jams with Canned Heat.
A feature in today's edition of Variety magazine reveals why Stevie Wonder recently rejected an invitation from the Reagan administration in the White House, Washington DC, USA.
Nirvana play 
Madonna and Warren Beatty attend the premiere of the movie Dick Tracy in Washington DC, USA.
On their 
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.The four day long Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington, USA, begins with performances by Garbage, New York Dolls, The Donnas, Mavis Staples, Kermit Ruffins, Little Brother, Zion I, Razrez, M. Ward, The Ruby Doe, Anna Oxygen, Maktub, Stan Ridgway, Chris Stamey and Smoosh.
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is named Songwriter Of The Year at the ASCAP Awards in London. His song First Cut Is The Deepest, written in 1969, is chosen as Song Of The Year.
It is reported that Leona Lewis has - with regret - turned down an invitation to perform for US President Barack Obama at The White House, Wahignton DC, USA, because she is too busy working on her second
album.
Eminem is named as the first artist to have earned two Digital Diamond Awards from the R.I.A.A. in Washington DC, USA. A Digital Diamond Award is in recognition of 10m sales of a single. The two singles in question are Not Afraid and Love The Way You Lie.
Jorma Kaukonen, David Lindley and G.E.Smith play at Fur Peace Station Guitar Summit, Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, Ohio, USA.
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Key Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA.Audioslave, the supergroup featuring Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and members of Rage Against The Machine, reunites onstage for the first time in nearly twelve years at the Anti-Inaugural Ball concert in The Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, USA. The event is headlined by Prophets of Rage and also features performances by Jackson Browne, Vic Mensa, Jack Black and the Los Angeles Freedom Choir.
Howard Jones begins a North American tour, with a show at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Rachael Sage.
On their Alopecia 10 Year Anniversary Tour , WHY? play
at Neumos, Seattle, Washington, USA.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Moda Center, Portland, Oregon, USA, supported by Megadeth.1901 |
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