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Charles W. Harrison is born. He will become one of the busiest recording artists of the acoustic era, scoring a major hit in 1918 with I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, released by Victor Records in the USA.
Jessie Bartlett Davis, The Young America Quintette, Johnson And Dean [billed as 'Originators of The Kinetoscope Rag Dance'], and others play the third night of a week at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jack Fascinato is born in Bevier, Missouri, USA. He will find success as a musical arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist.
Fats Waller records Goin' About and My Feelin's Are Hurt in Camden, New Jersey, USA, for Victor Records.
Phillip Arthur Dennis Kattner (some sources give his surname as Wadey) is born in Dartford, Kent, UK. He will find fame as Phil May, vocalist of The Pretty Things.
Al Hendrix changes his son Johnny's name to James Marshall Hendrix. [The boy will find fame as Jimi Hendrix].
Because Of You by Tony Bennett is the current No1 song in the Billboard Magazine Singles Chart in the USA.
The movie Saturday's Hero opens in New York City, USA, and features songs including Loyal Sons of Psi Gamma, by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin; The Canteen Song and Jackson Fight Song by Paul Mertz and Morris Stoloff and Hail Jackson U by Paul Mertz.
Ronald Frankau, a saucy comedian and recording artist who started in cabaret and made his way into radio and films, dies at Eastbourne, Sussex, UK.
The Joe Morris Orchestra play the fourth night of a week at The Spodoree Club, Youngstown, Ohio USA. For many years, The Joe Morris Orchestra was the house band at Atlantic Records.
Tommy Shaw of A survey of American ballroom operators shows that business in the first half of 1954 was down by 54% compared to the first half of 1953. Blame is placed on the increasing popularity of record hops where teenagers dance to records rather than live performers.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
After being on furlough, US Army private James Marshall Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] arrives back at his camp, Fort Ord, California, USA.According to a front-page feature in Billboard magazine, music industry executives are expressing concern that sales of stereo discs currently account for just 23% of the total market in the USA. Stereo discs were introduced a little over three years earlier, but their sales have not matched initial hopes and projections.
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.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
The Beach Boys play at The Station Theatre in China Lake, California, USA, with the Cherry Creek Singers.
Long-haired student George Leonard of Attleboro High School in Massachusetts, USA, is sent home by the school principal and told not to return until his hair is 'decent'. Leonard plays in a band called The Cry Babies, and will take the case to court, arguing that his long hair is required for his work with the band.
Blues Incorporated, The Spencer Davis Group and The Moody Blues play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.
British pop paper The Melody Maker runs a feature about The Preachers, a band from Bromley in Kent, England, UK, whose fifteen year old guitarist is named Peter Frampton.
The Small Faces play at The Cavern In The Town, off Leicester Square, London, England, UK.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.Rolf Harris is playing during a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Tillotson is undertaking a tour of American Military bases in Germany, Europe.One of the first widely-available bootleg recordings, a double LP set called The Great White Wonder by Bob Dylan, goes on sale in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is soon being played on radio stations up and down the West Coast.
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Led Zeppelin play in the Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York State, USA, supported by Black Sabbath.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
When Carlos Santana plays the first of two nights in the Sunrise Music Theatre, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, jazz-rock bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius comes onstage without permission. Pastorius is then thrown out of the theatre and goes to the Midnight Bottle Club in nearby Wilton Manors, where he becomes involved in a confrontation with bouncer Luc Havan. Pastorius is stabbed and dies several days later.
The Judds release their fifth studio LP, Love Can Build A Bridge, on RCA/Curb Records in the USA. It will peak at No5 in the Billboard Country Albums chart.Guns N' Roses and Metallica play the sixteenth show in a co-headlining 25-date US tour at Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, with Faith No More as the opening act.
Author, poet and punk-rocker Jim Carroll dies of a heart attack, aged 60, at his home in Manhattan, New York City, USA. He had been suffering ill-health for some time due to pneumonia and hepatitis C.
Jose Carreras, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, and Brian May play at the BBC
Proms in the Park, Hyde Park, London, UK, with Neil Sedaka as Special Guest Star.
Keyboardist Roger O'Donnell announces via his Facebook page that he has rejoined One Direction release their debut single, What Makes You Beautiful, in the UK on Syco Records.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the first of two nights at The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.1878 |
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