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 33 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 Mississippi Swampers record Black Swamper's Blues, Green Blues and other tracks for Fonotone Records in Fredrick, Maryland, USA. The group includes guitarist John Fahey who will go on to achieve considerable acclaim as a solo artist.
Patti LaBelle And The Blue-Belles headline at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Champion Jack Dupree records Careless Love, See See Rider and other tracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, for Storyville Blues.
The New York-based folk label, Elektra Records, opens an office in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Read More
Stateside Records is launched in the UK as a subsidiary of EMI Records. Stateside licences American recordings for release in the UK.
Falsetto-voiced future hitmaker Lou Christie comes to the end of a six-month recording contract with Jack Gold Records.
Ronnie Dio And The Prophets play at The Forest Hotel, Syl Beach, Syracuse, New York State, USA, supported by Terry And The Renegades.
Bobby Darin releases a new single, Things, on Atco Records in the USA. (1962)
James Brown releases a new single, Shout And Shimmy, on King Records in the USA.
Freddy King plays the first of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Champion Jack Dupree records Careless Love, See See Rider and other tracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, for Storyville Blues.
Joey Dee And The Starliters record Wing-Ding, for Roulette Records in New York City, USA. In the evening, the band plays at The Country Club, Brooklyn.
Quincy Jones records Sermonette for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Freddie King plays the first of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Timi Yuro releases a new single, What's A Matter Baby, on Liberty Records in the USA.
Patti LaBelle And The Blue-Belles headline at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Carl Perkins plays the last of fifteen nights at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Shane Fenton And The Fentones make a live appearance on the BBC Light Programme show Saturday Club in London, UK. Fenton will find greater success as Alvin Stardust.
Falsetto-voiced future hitmaker Lou Christie comes to the end of a six-month recording contract with Jack Gold Records in the USA.
B.B. King releases a new single, Blues At Midnight, on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA.
The Shower Of Stars package tour, featuring Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Don Gibson, George Jones, Mother Maybelle Carter and Leroy Van Dyke plays at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jac Holzman's New York-based folk label, Elektra Records, opens an office in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Routers release a new single, Let's Go (Pony), on Warner Brothers Records in the USA. The group includes bassist Scott Walker, who will find fame as leader of The Walker Brothers.
The Shower Of Stars package tour, featuring Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Don Gibson, George Jones, Mother Maybelle Carter and Leroy Van Dyke plays at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ike And Tina Turner release a new single, You Should'a Treated Me Right, on Sue Records in the USA.
The Oscar Peterson Trio with The Ernie Wilkins Big Band record West Coast Blues in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Carl Perkins plays the last of fifteen nights at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Five Satins appear on tv show American Bandstand, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Stan Getz records The Theme From Dr Kildare, Original No1 and Barn Buie, for Verve Records in New York City, USA.