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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.
Bernie Green is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as a 'Space age pop maestro' working in radio, tv and movies, often creating music of a satirical or humourous bent.
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The 3-act musical comedy The Girl Who Smiles is presented at The Longacre Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Minstrel show musician Emmett Miller accompanied by his Georgia Crackers, records Take Your Tomorrow [And Give Me Yesterday] and Dusky Stevedore for Okeh Records in New York City, USA. The Georgia Crackers include Eddie Lang, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and Gene Krupa.
Vocalist George Metaxa with orchestra conducted by Ray Noble and Hawaiian guitar by Len Fillis, records Pagan Love Song in London, UK, for HMV Records.
Winston Jarrett is born in Lime Tree Gardens, St. Ann, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as a rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter, working with The Flames, The Righteous Flames and as a solo artist.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
Hank Williams is interviewed by DJ, singer, station owner and later Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee Mack Sanders at KFBI Radio studios, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
The Heidelberg Singers with Smiling Fritz are playing at Math Igler's Casino, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Ruth Brown and Billy Eckstine are undertaking an eight-day tour of the West Coast of the USA.
The Four Preps enter Capitol Records studio in Hollywood, California, for their first recording session, where they record Dreamy Eyes.
Cecil Taylor records Bemsha Swing, Charge 'Em Blues, Azure, Song, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, Rick Kick Shaw and Sweet And Lovely, for Transition Records [owned by producer Tom Wilson] in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. the tracks will appear on his debut album Jazz Advance.
Morten Harket, heart-throb singer of Scandinavian 80s popsters a-ha, is born in Kongsberg, Norway.
Jazz trumpeter and composer John Carisi records Angkor Wat for Impulse Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The track will be released on the album Into The Hot under the name of Gil Evans who had sponsored the session.Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell and saxophonist Coleman Hawkins record Out Of This World, Montana Blues and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Moodsville Records.
Anita Carter records Little Things Mean A Lot, Stop Being Mean To Your Baby and You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me, in Fred Foster Sound Studios, 319 7th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Geordie Beat Show, a package tour featuring The Merseybeats, Joe Cocker and The McKinleys, plays at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The Beach Boys have another recording session for the album Beach Boys Party! in Los Angeles, California, USA. On this day, they record their version of I Should Have Known Better, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.Jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin records his version of I Left My Heart In San Francisco, in Webster Hall, New York City, USA, for Pacific Jazz Records.
The Scaffold, Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments, Ron Geesin, Terry Reid's Fantasia, Junior's Eyes, David Bowie, Principal Edward's Magic Theatre, Spider And The Stable, Gethsemane and Pete Drummond play at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
I Shot The Sheriff, a cover of a Bob Marley song, by Eric Clapton, reaches No1 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
Andrea Bertorelli, first wife of Phil Collins, gives birth to their first son, Simon.
The Grateful Dead play the first of three gigs at the Sound and Light Amphitheatre, in the shadow of The Great Pyramid in Egypt.Bruce Springsteen's The River tour ends at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, after 139 shows over twelve months in thirteen countries. This is also Miami Steve Van Zandt's last live show with the band.
Andy Warhol attends the first MTV Video Awards, in Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA, with Diana Ross. Lou Reed is in the same row but pointedly does not acknowledge Warhol. Madonna hijacks the event when, dressed as a bride and singing Like A Virgin, she simulates sexual activity on the stage. Also performing at the event are ZZ Top and Rod Stewart.
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On his Born In The USA tour, Bruce Springsteen plays the third of six (non-consecutive) nights at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Uriah Heep are working on their sixteenth LP,
David Bowie win the Video Of The Year award for his single, China Girl, at the first MTV Video awards. The song was co-written with Iggy Pop.
Popular singer Wim De Craene commits suicide, aged 40, by taking an overdose of medication in Ghent, Belgium, Europe.
More To Life by Cliff Richard enters the singles chart where it will peak at No23. The song is written by Devizes, Wiltshire, UK-born Simon May.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the National Stadium, Bucharest, Romania, Europe.
On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays in The Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Athlete, Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs, Frank Turner, Imelda May, Jagwar Ma, Kid Wave, The Levellers, Slow Club, Stealing Sheep and The Wytches play at the OnBlackheath Festival, Blackheath Common, Blackheath, London, England, UK.
On their 50th Anniversary tour, Hot Tuna play at Revolution Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA, with The David Bromberg Quintet.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at The USANA Amphitheater, West Valley City, Utah, USA.1903 |
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