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The Pilgrim Fathers, having crossed the Atlantic Ocean in The Mayflower, catch their first sight of the American coast off Cape Cod, New England. Their journey (and its consequences) will inspire the song Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem.
The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, is sung for the first time in Paris, France, Europe.
Billboard magazine publishes its first edition from its offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It will go on to become the bible of the recorded music business in the USA.
Francis Barraud's painting 'His Master's Voice' is purchased by The Gramophone Company Ltd. The picture will first be used the following year on the company's January Record Supplement.
Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first country music performer to play live on WSB Radio in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Pla-Mor Ballroom opens at Linwood and Main, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, with a concert by the 16-piece Jean Goldkette Orchestra. The venue will host performances by everyone from Django Rheinhardt to Count Basie and The Who. Legend has it that Hoagy Carmichael first performed his song Stardust while a member of the Pla-Mor's house band.
HMV launches its first record-changing gramophone, The Automatic Change Gramophone, in the UK with a price tag of £125.
Bennie Moten and His Orchestra play the first of six nights at The Lafayette Theatre, New York City , USA.
A new MGM musical, Broadway Melody Of 1938, is previewed in the USA, with Judy Garland in her first featured movie role.
Fats Waller becomes the first jazz artist to play a solo concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
The Mills Brothers make their Billboard singles chart debut in the USA with Paper Doll.
Frankie Carle plays the first of three nights at the Palace Theatre, Akron, Ohio, USA.
While driving in her powder blue convertible to New York City, USA, to make her first appearance at The Harlem Apollo Theatre, 20 year old singer Ruth Brown is seriously injured in a car crash near Chester, Pennsylvania. Suffering severe internal injuries and two broken legs, she is rushed to hospital where she will spend three months.
Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra play the first night of four weeks at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mistreated Woman, the first single by B.B. King, on RPM Records, is reviewed by US trade magazine Billboard.
Crazy Man Crazy by Bill Haley And His Comets enters the Billboard Juke Box Chart in the USA where it will peak at No12. It is generally regarded as the first recognized rock'n'roll recording to register on the national American musical charts.
Prolific producer/songwriter Bob Crewe scores his first US Top Ten hit when his composition Silhouettes, performed by The Rays, rises from No15 to No6 in the Billboards US Top $0 singles chart.
The Kingston Trio become the first group to top the Billboard album chart in the USA, with their eponymous debut album.
Emile Ford, with his group The Checkmates, becomes the first black artist to reach No1 in the UK singles chart, with What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
Bobby Darin plays the first night of a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] reports that The Shadows have become the first British instrumental group to earn a gold disc, for one million sales of their hit single, Apache.
When Bob Dylan plays at The Bear, Chicago, Illinois, USA, he meets Mike Bloomfield for the first time. Bloomfield will become his guitarist when he makes his change to electric music, and will play on Like A Rolling Stone and many other tracks.
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The Beach Boys play at Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, supported by The Gentrys, The Strangeloves, and The Castaways. Ticket prices are $2.50, $3.50, and $4.50.
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Tom Lehrer heads up a benefit concert for The Concerned Citizens For Peace at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA. Also on the bill are the New Lost City Ramblers and Lion's Den.
The first of two days of the Big Gig Festival, Hamburg, Germany, Europe. Over the two days, bands including Santana, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant, Family, Rare Bird and Colosseum will play live.
The Scorpions play their first gig with Uli Roth on guitar, at a festival in Vechta, Germany, Europe. Roth was originally intended as a temporary replacement for Michael Schenker, who had left to join U.F.O. earlier in the month.
During a 23-date US tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the first of three nights at the Paramount Northwest, Seattle, Oregon.
The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights to 70,000 fans at The Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, with Santana and Iggy Pop as opening acts.
The first Rock In Rio Festival, featuring Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Yes and Iron Maiden is claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The event hosts 1,380,000 people over the course of ten days.
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Gary Glitter plays at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by JoBoxers and Beltane Fire.
The first picture CDs are issued by CBS, featuring Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, George Michael and Terence Trent D'Arby.
Release Me by Wilson Phillips reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA for the first of two weeks.
The controversial BBC tv documentary special, Living With Michael Jackson, is broadcast in Denmark for the first time.
Tired Pony [Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Peter Buck of R.E.M.] release their debut album The Place We Ran From in the UK as a CD and LP.
Kris Kristofferson plays the first of two nights at Cadogan Hall, London, England, UK.
A mere thirty years after their international No1 hit single Video Killed The Radio Star, the original line-up of The Buggles play their first full live gig, a fundraising show at The Supperclub, London W10, England, UK, supported by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark aka OMD.
Want To Be (Under Your Christmas Tree), the debut single by Fallen Millie is released on iTunes. All five members of this all-girl group are still at school in North London, UK.
Rihanna, Calvin Harris, deadmau5, Michael Woods, and Chris Lake play in the first Three Six Zero Group and Roc Nation charity concert for the Los Angeles Children's Hospital Orthopaedic Center (a post-Grammy event) in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Oberhofer release their debut album Time Capsule II on Glassnote Records in the USA.
The Bloc Festival in The London Pleasure Gardens, a temporary event space surrounding the Millennium Flour Mill, Docklands, London, UK, is closed down on its first day due to crowd safety concerns. First reports suggest that the organisers had sold too many tickets, resulting on a rush for the gates. Artists due to appear had included Orbital, Snoop Dogg, Gary Numan and Steve Reich.
The Darkness play the first of two nights at The Aquarium, Lowestoft, UK.
You Walk Through Walls release their debut album You Walk Through Walls on Club AC30 Records in the UK
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Lee Ann Womack releases her first new music in almost seven years on her new album, The Way I'm Livin', on Sugar Hill Records in the USA.
Beachheads release their debut album Beachheads on Fysisk Format Records in the UK.
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I Am Kloot's songwriter and frontman, John Bramwell, releases his new single, From The Shore.
German-based ticketing services and live entertainment company CTS Eventim, publishes its latest annual results showing that the company has exceeded one billion euros in revenues for the first time ever.
Six people, five of whom are children, die and over forty others are injured in a stampede of panicked concertgoers during a rap concert by Sfera Ebbasta in the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub, Corinaldo on the Adriatic coast, Italy, Europe. The first line of inquiry for local police focuses on reports that an unidentified person threw a can of pepper spray into the crowd.
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