Showing all 10 Facts found
Click to filter results
Donald Maughn is born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK. After a name-change to Don Fardon, he will find success first as a member of 60s freakbeat band The Sorrows, then as a solo artist in the early 70s. His career will be revived again in 2010 when a tv campaign for the fruit drink 5 Alive makes use of his song I'm Alive.
John Lester Nash Jr is born in Houston, Texas, USA. He will find success as reggae singer-songwriter Johnny Nash in the 1960s and 1970s. He will also directly help to enable the success of Bob Marley outside of Jamaica.
Gospel singer and music promoter Virgil Oliver Stamps dies of heart disease in Dallas, Texas, USA. He will be best-remembered for having written the music and melody for the famous gospel song When the Saints Go Marching In.
Jay McShann And His Band play at Little Joe's, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra are playing during a one-month engagement at The Casa Manana, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Sacasas Royal Havana Orchestra (led by Anselmo Sacasas) records The Breeze And I and Elube Chango for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Golden Gate Quartet, Woody Guthrie, Len Doyle, Burl Ives, Josh White and Willie Johnson are heard on the CBS radio show Forecast, broadcast from New York City, USA.
Roger Cook is born in Fishponds, Bristol, England, UK. He will find success as one of Britain's most successful songwriters, usually partnered by Roger Greenaway. He will also be a prolific recording artist.