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Philip Jacob Meahl of Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, is granted Patent No. US889029A in respect of his invention of a new type of pneumatic mechanical musical instrument.Geraldine
Farrar records Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, Mamma Usciva Di Casa and Au
Printemps, for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
John Paul Pizzarelli is born in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He will find success as jazz guitarist and banjo player Bucky Pizzarelli.
Ted Weems And His Orchestra record Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (Lay A Little Egg For Me), Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love and What's the Use Of Crying in Camden, New Jersey, USA, for Victor Records.
Billie Holiday and The Count Basie Band play at The Grand Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Les Hite And His Orchestra play at The Chatterbox, Mountainside, New Jersey, USA, during an extended engagement . Hite's band are the first black musicians to have played at this venue.
The Austin Powell Quintet is playing during a week-long engagement at Grace's Little Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
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An audience of 9000 attends one of the first ever outdoor popular music festivals. It is held at Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, featuring Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, B.B. King, The Drifters and bill-topper Roy Hamilton. Unfortunately, the event is marred by torrential rain. Nevertheless, local deejay Zenas Sears unofficially records the show with a single mike hung above the stage. The recording sounds so good that Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records decides to release it as a live album, under the title Ray Charles In Person.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers record Invitation, A La Mode and other tracks, for Impulse Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Connie Francis plays the last night of three weeks at The Sahara Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Bobby Rydell, Freddy Cannon, Johnny And The Hurricanes, Little Anthony And The Imperials, The Regents, The Jive Five and Jo Ann Campbell play the first of two nights in Trenton, New Jersey, USA, as part of the Dick Clark C aravan Of Stars package tour.
The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet plays at The Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.
Jazz trumpet star Dizzy Gillespie is held up at gunpoint in his hotel room in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and robbed of $2,700.
Clint Black is born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Raised in Houston, he will earn the Country Music Association's 1989 Horizon award at the outset of a career that will include hits such as A Better Man, Something That We Do and Put Yourself In My Shoes.Neil Sedaka plays the sixth night of a week at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Over 40 respected jazz musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderley and Billy Taylor (who also serves as emcee), gather in the back yard of baseball star Jackie Robinson's home in North Stamford, Connecticut, USA. The event proves so successful that it will eventually become known as the first annual Jackie Robinson Jazz Festival. They raise $15,000 which is donated to Martin Luther King.
Ray Charles plays at The Bayside Pavilion, Malletts Bay, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie And His Orchestra play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
Vinnie Bell (aka Vinny Bell), with Claus Ogerman and The Charles Calello Orchestra, records Dawn, Memphis, Fever, What'd I Say and other tracks for Verve Records in the USA.Hard bop and soul jazz organist Big John Patton records Fat Judy, Oh Baby!, Each Time, One To Twelve, Night Flight and Good Juice, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The tracks will appear on the album Oh Baby!
The Grant Green Quartet (with McCoy Tyner on piano) records My Favourite Things, Matador and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.Jazz vibraphone player Milt Jackson records I Love You in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse Records.
During a month-long tour, The Four Seasons play at Waldmere Park, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
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The Johnny Hodges-Wild Bill Davis Sextet records Wild Bill Blues, Cementine and other tracks for Verve Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Rick Nelson, Roy Head, Davy Jones, The Turtles and The Righteous Brothers are guests on today's edition of ABCtv's Shindig! in the USA.
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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes play at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, USA.
The Rolling Stones begin three sold-out nights at Byrne Arena, Meadowlands, New Jersey, USA.
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The results of a poll published in the USA show that the music of Neil Diamond has been voted as the best background for sex, with Beethoven in second place and Luther Vandross third.
The Cult play at Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, then go on to meet up with members of Guns N'Roses at the Scrap Bar, New York City, USA.
Don Henley of The Eagles marries his first and only wife, model Sharon Summerall, in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, USA. Guests at the wedding include Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett, Sheryl Crow, and others. Live music at the reception is supplied by Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Sting.
While Mary Chapin Carpenter is driving in her car on the first anniversary of 9/11, she hears one of the first responders tell a story on her car radio about how he felt that he and his co-responders hed somehow helped set free the spirits of people trapped in Ground Zero when the planes crashed. He also felt that some of those spirits had travelled with him to Grand Central Station, and caught their usual trains home. She is so moved by the story that she is inspired to write the song Grand Central Station.
R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty and Bright Eyes play a concert in support of US Presidential candidate John Kerry at The Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles are at No1 on the Billboard country singles chart in the USA with their collaboration Who Says You Can't Go Home.
Crue-Fest 2 sets off with a gig in Camden, New Jersey, USA, headlined by Motley Crue with Godsmack, Theory of a Dead Man, Drowning Pool and the Charm City Devils.
Bon Jovi play the eighth gig of a twelve-night residency at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK.
Sir Elton John holds his 14th annual White Tie and Tiara Ball at his mansion in Windsor, England, UK, Europe. Profits from the fundraiser go to the Elton John AIDS foundation. Music world guests include Jon Bon Jovi, Lulu, Shirley Bassey, Peter Andre and Myleen Klass.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse play a benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy at The Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
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