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The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.Carson Robison and Frank Luther record A Chaw Of Tobacco And A Little Drink, Why Ain't I Got No Sweetheart, Left My Gal In The Mountains and Railroad Boomer, at Gennett Recording Studio, Woodside, Long Island, New York, USA, for Supertone Records.
Sten Carlberg And Rolf Berg record New Guitar Boogie and Mud In Your Eye for Metronome Records in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Victor Borge is playing at The Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Richard Hayes.
Singing pianist Ginie Torcom is playing as part of The Parade Of Stars show at The Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Violinist Gene Pringle And His Orchestra with 'songstress' Lilli Malloy is playing at The Lotus Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bobby Bland (aka Bobby 'Blue' Bland) records No Blow No Show, Army Blues and Wise Man Blues for Duke Records at Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.Elvis Presley's manager Col Tom Parker secures a deal with the Mirisch Corporation, under which they will produce the next two Elvis movies, Follow That Dream and Kid Galahad.
The Clyde Valley Stompers play at The Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Moon River by Danny Williams enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No1 during a stay of nineteen weeks.
The highest new entry in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, is Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean, entering at No4. Take Good Care Of My Baby by Bobby Vee remains at No1 for the second of two weeks.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays at The Auditorium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 
First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane record Today in RCA Music Center Of The World, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA, for RCA Records. Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead plays guitar on the track.
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Darren Burn releases his second single, Is It Love, on EMI Records in the UK. He is being launched as a British teenybop idol, but when his career fails to take off, he will become depressed. By the age of 30, unable to cope with the failure of his career, he will take an overdose of his Dotheipin anti-depressant tablets and die.
At Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, George Harrison begins his first North American tour since the break-up of The Beatles.
Black Sabbath play at The Phillipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe, supported by ZZ Top and Chapman And Whitney's Streetwalkers.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco.
The Police play the first of two nights at The Omni Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Sensible Jerseys play at Queen Elizabeth College, Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Fats Domino, Little Anthony, Leslie Gore, The Drifters and Frankie Ford play the last of six nights at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Freddie Jackson, Meli'sa Morgan and Levert play at The Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, earning gross receipts of $75,739 from an audience of 4094 fans.
Run DMC, Public Enemy and Derek B perform at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan releases the album Good As I Been To You, a collection of cover versions, in the UK on CBS Records.
Court Yard Hounds, a duo comprised of Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks, play the second of two nights at The Union Chapel, Islington, London, England, UK.
Robbie Williams releases his ninth studio album, Take The Crown, in Australia, Germany, Sweden and Ireland.
The Steve Cropper Band plays the second of three nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The film Bohemian Rhapsody, about the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, opens at cinemas in the USA.
On the North American leg of his Call The Comet tour, Johnny Marr plays at The National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.
On their Are We There Yet? - 40th Anniversary Tour, Nine Below Zero play at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.1917 |
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