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The musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home is presented at The New York Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.
The earliest known print instance of the term 'Tin Pan Alley' as a descriptor of West 28th Street in New York City, USA, appears in The Morning Telegraph in the phrase, "West 28th Street, more commonly known as Tin Pan Alley from the multiplicity of publishers' pianos".Musical duo Foster And Foster are appearing in A Vaudeville Revelation at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Original Dixieland Jazz band plays at Margaret Hawkesworth's Paradise Ballroom, Eighth Avenue, New York City, USA, during a run of shows.
Sandy Block, jazz bassist and recording artist is born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He will work with Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey and many others.
Isham Jones And His Orchestra record Indian Love Call, Alabamy Bound, I Can't
Realize and Lady Of The Nile for Brunswick
Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bud Prager is born in New York City, USA. In a long career, Prager will manage artists including Mountain, Foreigner, Bad Company, Ted Nugent and Megadeth.
Art Hickman, considered by some authorities to have been the first musician to assemble a dance band in its presently perceived format, dies in San Francisco, California, USA.
The orchestras of Chick Webb with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals, and Count Basie with Billie Holiday on vocals take part in a Battle Of The Bands at The Savoy Ballroom, New York City, USA. The result is a draw.
Fats Navarro And His Thin Men record Fat Girl, Ice Freezes Red [Back Home In Indiana], Eb Pob [I Got Rhythm] and Goin' To Minton's [I Got Rhythm] for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
The Harry James Orchestra is playing during four weeks at Cocoanut Grove, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical comedy movie Skirts Ahoy!, starring Esther Williams, Joan Evans and Vivian Blaine, opens at cinemas in Portugal, Europe.UK music paper The Melody Maker reports that trumpeter Eddie Calvert, aka The Man With The Golden Trumpet, has signed a contract to appear in the summer season at Blackpool for a fee of
A new jazz venue, The Cavern Club, is opened in Liverpool, UK, by local entrepreneur Alan Sytner.
Tony Sheridan And The Wreckers play at The Top Twenty Club, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK, supported by local band The Moonrakers.
Jill Sobule is born in Denver, Colorado, USA. She will find success as a singer-songwriter when her song I Kissed A Girl becomes a Billboard Top 20 hit in 1995 - the first song with an overtly lesbian theme to be played on Top 40 radio.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
Johnny Bond records Divorce Me, Rainbow At Midnight, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight and other songs, in Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Glenn Yarbrough, until recently a member of The Limeliters, is playing during four weeks of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Wes Harrison and The Town Criers.The Beatles begin a three-week season at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe, supported by Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan.
Internationally successful pianist, composer and bandleader Noro Morales dies in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Tell Her No by The Zombies, entering at No62.
Elektra Records extend the term of their recording agreement with the Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Clear Light by one further year.
Richie Havens release a new single, a version of Rocky Raccoon (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) in the UK on Verve/Forecast Records.
The
ZZ Top release their debut album, cleverly titled ZZ Top’s First Album, in the USA on London Records.
Tom Tom Club, an extra-curricular project led by Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, reaches No1 on the Billboard disco charts in the USA with Genius Of Love.
David Bowie's schizophrenic half-brother, Terry Burnes, kills himself aged 47 by lying down on the railway lines at Coulsdon South station, London, England, UK, Europe. He is killed instantly by a passing train. Bowie refers to his half-brother in the line "a crack in the sky and a hand pointing down at me" in his song Oh, You Pretty Things.
a-ha play the second of two nights at The Spektrum, Oslo, Norway. This is the second rock gig to be presented at The Spektrum.
Pink Floyd mainman Dave Gilmour plays a solo show at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK. In the audience is UK Minister for Defence, Geoff Hoon.
The Diane Warren-penned tune You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me, as performed by Cher, wins the Best Song award at The Golden Globes in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Korn play at The Metro Centre, Rockford, Illinois, USA. Also on the same bill are Disturbed and Sevendust.
American indie band Howler release their debut album America Give Up on Rough Trade Records in Europe.
Neil Young plays at The Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during his four-city series of Honor The Treaties concerts, aimed at raising money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Legal Defense Fund.
Vince Neil, formerly of Motley Crue, plays his first show since the demise of that band, at the Wolf Den at The Mohegan Sun casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.
Deer Tick keyboard player Robert Crowell announces that he is leaving the band but confirms his involvement in their upcoming album.
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