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Aaron H. Allen, of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is granted a patent for a "new and Improved Self-Adjusting Opera Seat", which is described as "a folding chair for theatres or other public buildings; pivoted seat constructed with weights or springs to assume and retain a vertical position when pressure upon it is relieved as the occupant rises from it."
Alex Ford, who will find fame as Sonny Boy Williamson II, is born near Glendora, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA. In his youth he is also known as Aleck 'Rice' Miller.
The Four Musical Colbys, Fred Niblo, The Holloway Trio, The Nichols Sisters, Rose Coghlan and others play at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Ellery's Royal Italian Band plays at The Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical play The Volunteer Organist is performed at The Academy, Richmond, Virginia, USA.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.Whistlin' Alex Moore records They May Not Be My Toes, West Texas Woman, Ice Pick Blues and Heart Wrecked Blues for Columbia Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.
T-Bone Walker makes his recording debut for Columbia Records in Dallas, Texas, USA, under the name Oak Cliff T-Bone. He records the songs Wichita Falls Blues and Trinity River Blues.
Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five record My Blue Heaven, Dr. Livingstone I Presume?, When The Quail Come Back To San Quentin and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes for RCA Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nelson Riddle arrives in Los Angeles, California, USA, to begin a job as musical arranger for bandleader Bob Crosby.
The tv show Cavalcade of Bands in the USA features Elliot Lawrence, George DeWitt, Bob Fosse and The Arnaut Brothers.
Perry Como records Zing Zing Zoom Zoom for RCA Victor Records in The Manhattan Center, New York City, USA.
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 Walt Disney animated film Cinderella, including the songs A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, So This is Love, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Work Song, and Cinderella, is released to cinemas in Austria.
The Crickets release a new album, In Style With
The Crickets, on Coral Records in
the USA. This is their first album without Buddy Holly.
Bob Scobey And His Frisco Band are playing at Bourbon Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chubby Checker arrives in London, England, at the start of his first promotional visit to the UK.The Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Contours, The Marvelettes, Martha And The Vandellas and Little Stevie Wonder, plays a date in The Mosque, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Ty England is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He will first find success as the guitarist with Garth Brooks during the superstar's peak years, but will pursue a solo career starting in 1994, scoring the following year with Should Asked Her Faster.
Pop movie What A Crazy World, starring Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, Marty Wilde and Freddie And The Dreamers, has its premiere in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Cilla Black, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The Granada, Kettering, England, UK, Europe.
Susie Edwards, the female half of pioneering Okeh Records comedy duo Butterbeans and Susie, dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A married black couple, they mixed saucy songs with comedy routines derived from racial stereotypes, and have been credited with inspiring the humoiurous style of George Burns and Gracie Allen.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week stay at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.When Delaney And Bonnie And Friends (including Eric Clapton] play at The City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, they are joined by George Harrison of The Beatles on guitar.
Robin Trower records a King Biscuit Flower Hour radio concert in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul Young is playing during six nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Blancmange.
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is legally forced to sever all links with his controversial therapist/business adviser Dr Eugene Landy.
The Jazz Singer soundtrack album by Neil Diamond is certified as a five times platinum album in the USA by the R.I.A.A..
Seriously alcoholic Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter of The Gin Blossoms, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with a .38-cal. special pistol on the bed of his apartment in Tempe, Arizona, USA.Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction spends the fourth of eight days in the Sudan, North West Africa, as part of a mission, organised by he humanitarian group Christian Solidarity International, to free Southern Sudanese slaves from their Northern masters.
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Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck dies, aged 91, of heart failure after being taken
ill while on his way to a cardiology appointment in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
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