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John Kruesi, an employee of Thomas Edison's, makes the phonograph work for the first time.
Manuel Manetta is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will find success as a jazz multi-instrumentalist working with The Eagle Brass Band, The Tuxedo Brass Band, Kid Ory and Papa Celestin.
Steve J. Lewis is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will make his name as a jazz pianist, working with Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Johnny Dodds and many others. He will also record with Piron's New Orleans Orchestra, Lela Bolden and Willie Jackson.
John Stillwell Clark, a music publisher based in Sedalia, Missouri, USA, buys the Scott Joplin composition Maple Leaf Rag, for fifty dollars plus royalties of one cent per copy. This is said to be the first time in history that a composer had earned royalties. It will eventually sell a million copies, allowing Stark to open offices in St. Louis and New York City, and enabling Joplin to begin full-time work as a composer.
Singer George Broderick records The Armorer's Song for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Nick Fatool is born in Milbury, Massachusetts, USA. He will become an in-demand jazz drummer, working with Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and numerous others, as well as playing on innumerable recording sessions for Capitol Records.
Billy Bauer is born in New York City, USA. He will find fame as a cool jazz guitarist working with Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz.
Johnny Holiday is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Although never achieving major success, Holiday will become a well-respected vocalist working with bands including the Glenn Miller Army/Air Force Band (under Miller's successor Ray McKinley) and Charlie Spivak. He will also make recordings for several labels.
Wilbur Harden is born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He will find acclaim as a jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player, working with Yusef Lateef, John Coltrane, and trombonist Curtis Fuller. He will be inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist Curtis Counce is born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Counce will become an in-demand sessioneer, working with Johnny Otis, Lester Young, Shelly Manne and others.
The Virginians [a pseudonym for members of The Paul Whiteman Orchestra working under the direction of Ross Gorman], record After My Laughter Came Tears and Away Down South In Heaven, for Victor Records in Liederkranz Hall, New York City, USA.
Green Bailey records Shut Up In Coal Creek Mine, and other songs,for Gennett Records in Richmond Indiana, USA. The song is inspired by a gas and coal dust explosion at The Fraterville Mine near Coal Creek, Tennessee, USA, which killed 184 miners and other workers.
Construction work begins on The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, USA. The bridge will not only become a world-famous landmark and a symbol of the American west, but will inspire several musicians to compose songs in its honour. Ocean Colour Scene released Golden Gate Bridge in 2003. The rather more grim Golden Gate Jumpers by Cold War Kids takes as its theme the fact that many people have deliberately jumped to their deaths from the bridge. In 1997 The Bridge: Golden Gate, with lyrics by Noah Griffin and music by Bob Voss was chosen as the Official Song Of The Bridge, and in 2012 the San Francisco Synthesizer Ensemble released A Day In The Life Of The Golden Gate Bridge, an abstract music video tribute whose music was created entirely from sounds generated by the bridge itself.
Angelo Badalamenti is born in Brooklyn, New York. He will become famed as an arranger and composer of soundtracks for the films of David Lynch, but will also work with pop and rock acts as diverse as Julee Cruise, the Pet Shop Boys, Orbital, Anthrax and James vocalist Tim Booth.
Jazz saxophonist Sax Mallard joins Local 208 of the American Federation of Musicians, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The American Musicians Union goes on strike, an action which cripples the manufacture of records for over a year.
Jimmy Campbell is born in Liverpool, Lancashire, UK. After moving to America, he will find success as a country music fiddle player, working with Bill Monroe, Jim And Jesse, The Osborne Brothers and others.
Curt Boettcher is born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. He will find success as a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, working with The Association, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Millennium, Sagittarius and others.
An eleven-member gang steals $1.2m in cash, plus over $1.5m in cheques, money orders and other securities from The Brinks Building in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and will become feted as 'the crime of the century'. The incident will inspire the song Brinx Job by Pavement.
Jonathan Leonard Friga is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will find success as multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Cain, best known for his work with Journey and Bad English.
Stephen A. Love is born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. He will enjoy an acclaimed career as a professional musician, singer, songwriter and producer, working with Ricky Nelson, Roger McGuinn, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage and as a solo artist.
Country singer Bob Newman records A Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues, and Turtle Dovin' at King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Having failed all his exams except art, guitarist George Harrison leaves school, planning to find a job to support him while playing with local Liverpool, UK, group The Quarrymen. He will find greater success as a member of The Beatles.
Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Jimmy Dean performs Big Bad John on CBS-tv's The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
The Corinthian Gospel Singers record Working On The Building, A Man Called Jesus and other tracks for their Sharp Records album A City Called Heaven in the USA.
The Top 5 singles for the week beginning on this date on Radio WABC, New York City, USA, is as follows :

1. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (RCA)

2. The Twist - Chubby Checker (Parkway)

3. Peppermint Twist, Part 1 - Joey Dee And The Starliters (Roulette)

4. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes (Tamla)

5. Run To Him - Bobby Vee (Liberty)

The Beach Boys are working on the song Cindy Oh Cindy at United WesternRecorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan spends the first of two days working in London, UK, on the BBC tv play During the broadcast of a BBC radio play, The Madhouse On Castle Street. Dylan is heard playing Blowin' In the Wind and Swan On The River. This is his first British radio broadcast.
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Sterling Campbell is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as a rock and funk drummer, working with high-profile acts, including Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, Cyndi Lauper and David Bowie.
The Nat Adderley Octet records Never Say Yes, Work Song and Little Boy With The Sad Eyes, for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Hal Willis records North To Alaska, Jack The Lumberjack and Winding Wanabago Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Players on the session include guitarists Grady Martin and Harold Bradley, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Hargus Robbins, harmonica player Charlie McCoy, The Nashville Symphony Orchestra and The Jordanaires.
Kris Kristofferson arrives in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where he takes a job as a janitor at the Columbia Recording Studios. The gig is an intermediate step before he becomes one of the town's most influential songwriters.
The Beatles are in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, working on the song Think For Yourself. During this day they also record The Beatles Third Christmas Record for distribution to members of their Fan Club.
Today's edition of weekly UK music paper Record Mirror reports that The Fortunes are planning to complain to their MP about the poor treatment they received during their recent visit to the USA because of problems with their H1 Work Permits.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience are in Tiles Club, London, UK, recording a live concert for Ready Steady Radio! Later they play at the Seven And A Half Club, London W1. They also spend some time in the studio working on The Wind Cries Mary. (1967)
It is announced that Peter Asher, formerly of the pop duo Peter And Gordon, has been appointed as head of the A+R Department of Apple Records, owned by The Beatles.
Bob Dylan is working on the songs All The Tired Horses, Copper Kettle and Belle Isle in Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Stevie Wonder is in Electric Lady Studios, New York City, USA, working on his album Talking Book. This is the first of three days on which guitarist Jeff Beck is also in the studio. Over the three days, the pair work together on the songs Superstition, Maybe Your Baby and Looking For Another Pure Love.
Bob Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as co-producer. Knopfler also plays guitar on the album, along with former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor. On this day, Dylan works on the songs Foot Of Pride, Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart and others.
R'n'b vocalist Cornell Gunter dies in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, after being shot while in his automobile. Gunter is best-remembered for his work as a member of The Platters, The Flairs and The Coasters.
The band billed under the name Bingo Hand Job at The Borderline in London, UK, tonight, is actually R.E.M. playing a 'secret' gig.
Emmett Berry dies aged 77 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He had found success as a jazz trumpeter, working with Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie and Billie Holiday.
Ten weeks after undergoing surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, drummer Brian Prout returns to live work with his band Diamond Rio at Sam's Town in Robinsville, Mississippi, USA.
Ticketmaster boss Irving Azoff issues a public apology to Bruce Springsteen over irregularities that took place when the company put tickets for his Working On A Dream tour on sale.
Blues harmonica virtuoso Lester Davenport, aka Mad Dog Davenport, best-known for his work with Bo Diddley, dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA, after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer.
It is reported that Britney Spears bodyguard, 29-year-old former police officer Fernando Flores, has resigned after accusing the singer of sexually harassing him. Flores is also reportedly considering a sexual harassment lawsuit against Spears.
The earthquake and tsunami which takes more than 13,000 lives and wipes whole towns off the map of Japan, also washes away a great record collection of over 10,000 jazz albums, the life's work of Ken Terui, a jazz aficionado and owner of Johnny's Jazz Cafe in Morioka.
Yoko Ono speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, India, at an art show which pays homage to Indian women. The show also includes an archive of her music, movies and other work with her late husband, John Lennon.
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