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Pianist and bandleader Dan Kildare is born in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as a pioneer of syncopated dance music in New York, USA, and London, England, UK, during the first two decades of the 20th century.The Giddy Throng is playing at The New York Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 164 performances. The show consists of a a vaudeville program followed by one-act burlesque revue.
Lew Dockstader's Minstrels are playing at The Victoria Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Jazz violinist and trombone player Edward "Ed" Burke is born Fulton, Ohio, USA. In a long career he will work with Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins
to name but a few.
Loy Bodine records Wabash Cannonball and Farmer Gray for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana, USA. He also records Fox Chase No1 and The Hobo's Dream, but both tracks are rejected.
Boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons records Early Mornin' Blues for Decca Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
John Lees, guitarist and founder of Barclay James Harvest is born in Oldham, Lancashire, UK.
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy by country music star Red Foley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 during a fifteen-week run.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.The Clovers record I'm Confessin' That I Love You, One Mint Julep, Too Young and other tracks in New York City, USA, for United Artists Records.
Tony Bennett records Ask Me and Bring Me A Rainbow, in CBS Studios, 30th Street, New York City, USA.
Sarah Vaughan, with the Count Basie Orchestra, records Perdido, I Cried For You and other tracks for Capitol Records in Capitol Studios, New York City, USA.
Jazz trumpet star Dizzy Gillespie is robbed at gunpoint in his hotel room in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and relieved of $2,700.
UK pop paper Disc runs a review of the single My Bonnie by Tony Sheridan and "the British instrumental group The Beatles".
Acclaimed jazz trumpeter/filmscore composer Terence Blanchard is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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While The Beach Boys are in Western Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California, USA, recording Good To My Baby, their leader Brian Wilson announces to the band that he will no longer be touring with them.
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Kathy Keegan is playing during four weeks at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Billy Daniels is playing during six days at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Nat Adderley Quintet record Walls Of Jericho, Cantaloupe Island, The Other Side and Hippodelphia for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Lulu is playing during a two-week engagement at Cesar's Palace, Luton, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz vocalist Bobbe Norris is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
Jean Shepard is playing during a week-long engagement at The Nashville Club, New York City, USA.
Sammy Davis Jr. is appearing during two weeks at The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at the Barnes Park Bandshell, Monterey Park, California, USA.
The Manchester Guardian reports that seventeen year old ex-public schoolboy Richard Branson hopes to become "the voice of youth." His first venture is to edit and publish a new magazine called Student.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, closes at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after running for 293 performances.
Eric Clapton, with the help of Pete Townshend of The Who, stages his comeback with a live all-star concert at The Rainbow, London, UK. Elton John, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jimmy Page and Tony McPhee of The Groundhogs are among the celebrities in the audience. The opening act for the night is The Average White Band.
The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship play at a benefit for the boat people of Kampuchea, in California, USA.
Uriah Heep are working on their sixteenth LP, The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in Hong Kong.
Stereophonics reach No1 in the UK albums chart with Just Enough Education To Perform.
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Jay Reatard dies aged 29. He is found dead in his home in the Cooper-Young neighborhood of Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, having died in his sleep.
Still suffering from a respiratory infection which has already caused him to delay tonight's show by 24 hours, Usher leaves the stage of the O2 Arena, Berlin, Germany, Europe, after lip-synching to the first two songs of the set. Once again, the show is re-scheduled.
Anna Calvi and James Vincent McMorrow collect The European Border Breakers Awards at the Eurosonic Noorderslag music festival in Groningen, Holland, Europe. The event is hosted by Jools Holland.
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