Welcome to MusicDayz

The world's largest online archive of date-sorted music facts, bringing day-by-day facts instantly to your fingertips.
Find out what happened on your or your friends' Birthday, Wedding Day, Anniversary or just discover fun facts in musical areas that particularly interest you.
Please take a look around.

Showing all 26 Facts found
Click to filter results

Filter to between years

Topic:

Genre:

Location:

The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Mills Brothers are playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Murray The K's Holiday Revue plays during ten days at The Brooklyn Fox Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring Ben E. King, Little Stevie Wonder, Jan And Dean, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Gene Pitney, The Miracles (including Smokey Robinson), Paul And Paula, The Angels , The Dovells, Jay And The Americans, The Tymes, The Chiffons, and Randy And The Rainbows.
The Beatles play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mike Berry And The Innocents, Freddie Starr And The Midnighters, Ian Crawford And The Boomerangs and Rocking Henry And The Hayseeds.
Read More
The Jaynetts perform Sally Go 'Round the Roses on tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the show is Neil Sedaka performing The Dreamer. [Formerly a daily show, Bandstand is now reduced to once a week].
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single She Loves You by The Beatles.
Sarah Vaughan appears on the front cover of music newspaper Melody Maker in the UK. She is touring the UK with Count Basie during September.
The Rolling Stones play at King's Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, Europe.
Brent Liles is born in California, USA. He will find success as the bassist for Social Distortion and also for Agent Orange.
Mike Clifford is playing at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Freddie And The Dreamers play at The Victoria Hall, Keighley, England, UK, Europe.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at The Vapors, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
Bobby Rydell plays at the State Fair in Sacramento, California, USA.
Little Peggy March plays at The Fairgrounds Coliseum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Gene Pitney plays at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA, with Frankie Avalon.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr perform with Antonio Morelli and Orchestra at the Copa Room, The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The recording will not be released until almost forty years later as The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands.
While The Beach Boys are in Farmington, Utah, USA, for a gig at The Lagoon, they come up with the idea for a song called Fun, Fun, Fun.
Bombora by The Atlantics reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart. The track is considered by some critics to have been an early pre-cursor of speed metal, although its roots lie more in Wipeout by The Surfaris and instrumentals by The Shadows in general.
The Hollies play in The Town Hall, Abergavenny, Wales, UK, Europe, supported by Vince White And The Hunters.
Jackie Wilson plays at Park Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, supported by Bob Collins And The Fabulous Five, Soul Inc., and The Poor Soul.
King Curtis plays the third night of two weeks of shows at Birdland, New York City, USA.
The Detours, featuring Pete Townshend, who will go on to form The Who, play at The Oldfield Tavern, Greenford, London, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan makes his Billboard album chart debut in the USA when his second LP, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, enters at No125. It will peak at No22.