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The first 7-inch 45rpm single is released - Texarkana Baby by Eddy Arnold on RCA Victor in the USA on green vinyl. These early 45s were colour coded for easy recognition, Green - Country And Western, Popular - Black, Classical - Red, Popular Classical - Midnight blue, Children's - Yellow, Blues and Rhythm - Cerise and International - Sky blue.
The Sons Of The Ozarks [featuring Susie The Gal From The Hills] record Plantation Blues in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jelly Roll Morton's Seven record Sweet Substitute, Panama, Good Old New York and Big Lip Blues for Commodore Records in New York City, USA.
Peetie Wheatstraw, the successful Delta blues pianist who claimed that his musical prowess came from a deal with the devil, dies when his car is hit by a train at a railroad crossing in East St Louis, Illinois, USA.Ella Mae Morse and The Freddie Slack Orchestra release Cow Cow Boogie in the USA. The song is written by blues piano pioneer Cow Cow Davenport.
Two thousand fans turn up to see The Erskine Hawkins Orchestra play in Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, to celebrate the first anniversary of pioneering black deejay Albert 'Acey Boy' Wilson's ground-breaking r'n'b show, Turntable Review, on WKGN radio.
The Dozier Boys record Jitterbug Waltz, Early Morning Blues and other tracks for United Records, at Bill Putnam's Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
William Beau Burnette III is born to Dorsey and Alberta Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He will find success as guitarist and songwriter Billy Burnette. After releasing his first single at the age of 7, Hey Daddy [I'm Gonna Tell Santa On You by Billy Beau on Dot Records, he will go on tour with Brenda Lee at the age of 13. He will establish himself as a songwriter in the 1970s with songs for The Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Rod Stewart, Cher, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles and others, and will join Fleetwood Mac in the late 80s.
The Dill Jones Trio records Viper's Drag, Blues For An Ancient Virginal, Moonglow and Deed I Do for Nixa Records in London, UK.
Gene Vincent, supported by Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, plays at the Granada, Walthamstow, UK.
Country rocker Billy 'Crash' Craddock records One Last Kiss for Columbia Records.
Big Joe Williams records Greystone Blues for Arhoolie Records in Los Gatos, California, USA.
Dr Feelgood And The Interns [a pseudonym for blues pianist Piano
Red] release a new single, Right
String But The Wrong Yo-Yo, on OKeh Records in
the USA.
Solomon Burke plays the second of ten nights at the Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee, London, UK.
Gerry Levene And The Avengers, including Graeme Edge, later to find fame with The Moody Blues, play at Dudley Forum, Pensnett, Dudley, UK.
Hitmaking r'n'b vocal group Shep And The Limelites record Party For Two, for Hull Records in the USA.
A rock package tour arrives at the Vets Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, USA. For as little as $1.75 punters are treated to Sam Cooke, Dion, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Baby Washington, The Tymes, The Kingpins, Little Willie John and Freddie Scott.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Taunton, England, UK, EuropeThe Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at The Locarno, Coventry, supported by The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant, The Caravelles and Tony Marsh.
Ray Charles is arrested on drugs charges when he returns to his plane at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to collect the supply of heroin he had left on board. He is in Boston to play at the Back Bay Theatre.
Donovan, Sandie Shaw, Unit 4+2, The Hollies and The Kinks make live appearances on UK tv show Top Of The Pops.
The Move play at The Marquee in London, England, UK, for the first time, as support to Gary Farr and the T-Bones.Charley Pride is introduced to a capacity crowd at The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, by Ernest Tubb. This makes him the first black artist to appear on the show since DeFord Bailey in 1925.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And The Holding Company play at Anaheim Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company tape an appearance on the Hollywood Palace television show in Los Angeles, California, USA.Bluesman Josh White dies during open heart surgery, in Manhasset, New York State, USA.
A UK package tour featuring The Who, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Alan Bown and The Mindbenders plays at the Colston Hall, Bristol.
The Rob Hoeke Boogie Woogie Quartet spends the last of five days recording tracks for their Philips Records album Racing The Boogie, in Holland, Europe.
She Na Na play at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, USA, with special guest John Sebastian.Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Bowling Green John And Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Lurrie Bell, Carey Bell and Margie Evans play in the American Folk Blues Festival '81 at the Konzertaula, Kamen, Germany, Europe.
The new No1 album in the USA is Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame.
On their 
In the wake of tabloid press rumours, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones issues a denial that the group is splitting up.
On his In Step Tour, Stevie Ray Vaughan plays at The Community Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
On their Pump Tour, 
On the first leg of their Unleashed tour, Fleetwood Mac play at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan.
On her Femme Fatale tour, Britney Spears plays the first of two nights at The Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nick Waterhouse releases his third LP, Never Twice, on Innovative Liesure Records in the USA.
On their Are We There Yet? - 40th Anniversary Tour, Nine Below Zero play at The Roadmender, Northampton, England, UK, Europe.1939 |
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