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Musical instrument dealer O. K. Houck And Company of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, files a Charter Of Incorporation, with James Rose, Secretary of the State of Illinois. By the mid-1950s, Houck will be the premier dealer in the Memphis area where blues and rock'n'roll musicians will buy their instruments.
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The musical revue Around The Map, billed as "A Musical Globe Trot" opens at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 104 performances.
Edison Records releases a version of Vernon Dalhart's The Wreck Of The Old '97, in the USA. Dalhart's subsequent Victor recording of the song is widely regarded as the first million-selling single in country music history.
John Bondurant of the Gospel singing and recording group 
Mario Lanza records The Lord's Prayer in MGM Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for the sioundtrack to the film Because You're Mine.
Singing pianist Ginie Torcom is playing as part of The Parade Of Stars show at The Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On US tv show Toast Of The Town (aka The Ed Sullivan Show), Frankie Laine sings Jezebel, High Noon and On The Sunny Side Of The Street; singer and pianist Alec Templeton performs The Grandfather Clock, Aria from Samson And Delilah and Give Me The Name, Age, Height and S i z e; and French 9-man vocal group Les Compagnons De La Chanson perform The Three Bells.American scientist Walter Brattain learns that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize for the invention of the transistor. In later years, Brattain will often be heard to say, "The only regret I have about the transistor is its use for rock and roll."
Radio station KWAC in Bakersfield, California, USA, changes to a rock'n'roll music format.
Robb Storme And The Whispers play at The Gaumont Ballroom, Bradford, England, UK, Europe. The evening also features the added attraction of the final of the "Milk For Vitality" Rock'nroll competition.
On their fourth trip to Hamburg, Germany, Europe, The Beatles start a two-week residency at The Star Club, supporting Little Richard.
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Phil Everly heads the bill on a package tour at Colston Hall, Bristol, UK. The show is supposed to star The Everly Brothers, but Don Everly collapsed after a suicide attempt in London's Savoy Hotel. Other acts on the bill include Frank Ifield, Ketty Lester and The Vernons Girls.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas release a new single, I'll Keep You Satisfied, on Parlophone Records in the UK. The song is composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles.
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TV show Hullaballoo in the USA features performances by The Lovin' Spoonful, Lesley Gore and Herman's Hermits.
Sonny Rollins plays at The Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland, Europe, during the Second Annual Helsinki Jazz Festival. 
Sandie Shaw begins a three-week season at The Savoy Hotel restaurant room, London, England, UK, Europe. The opening night is roundly criticised by the music press. Her backing group for these dates is The Paramounts, later to find success as Procol Harum.Big Brother And The Holding Company play the first of six nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play the first of two nights at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gordon Lightfoot plays the second of three nights at The University Of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.Poco and The Liverpool Scene, play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fat Mattress, the group formed by former Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding, plays at the Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland.
In Stephen Stills' Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA, basement, The Rolling Stones spend the last of five days rehearsing for their upcoming US tour.
Entering at No66, the highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the US is Heaven Knows by the Grass Roots.
Bob Dylan begins his Slow Train Coming tour at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. Audiences on this tour boo because his conversion to Born Again Christianity has affected his music.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.The album Grace And Danger by John Martyn enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No54.
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Bruce Springsteen reaches No1 in the Billboard Album Charts in the USA for the first time with his album The River.
Trey Anastasio releases a new album, Shine, in the USA. Fans ordering the album in advance receive a free bonus CD, Live In Chicago, recorded earlier in the year at The Charter One Pavilion At Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Reggae pioneer Winston Riley is shot in the head at his home in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. Riley, a noted producer and also founder of The Techniques, had been the target of previous unexplained attacks in 2011, including being shot in August and stabbed in September. He will not, however, survive this attack.
Ed Sheeran plays the second of three non-consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. On this night, Taylor Swift joins him onstage for a rendition of their duet Everything Has Changed.
Wayne Static, guitarist and frontman of industrial-metal band Static-X dies aged 48 in Landers, California, USA. He had consumed half of an oxycodone pill plus alcohol that morning before going to bed with his wife. She woke up later that day to find him dead in his sleep.
When Los Angeles-based rock band Threatin plays at The Underworld, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe, only three people attend. It later transpires that the band's leader, Jered Eames, had manufactured a totally imaginary fanbase for the band by manipulating several social media outlets to make the group seem popular. Subsequent dates on the tour attract even fewer fans.Singer-songwriter Christopher Holland releases his seventh solo album, Golden Hour, via Cosmic Harmony Records / Nova Distribution. This is his first new studio album in six years.
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