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Twenty-two year old former Confederate soldier Thomas C. Dula is hanged for the murder of his fiancee, Laura Foster, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA. Dala's story will inspire several songs, the best-known of which is Tom Dooley, whose best-known version was an international hit for The Kingston Trio in 1958.
Rice And Barton's Big Gaiety Co is performing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.Harry Robbins is born in Rochester, UK. He will find some success as a drummer in British dance bands, including Bert Firman's Dance Orchestra, The Carlton Hotel Dance Orchestraand Murray's Savoy Quartet.
The musical comedy Weary Willie Walker is presented at The Star Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just eight performances.
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The 'ever funny burlesque' Helter Skelter is being presented nightly at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.George Melachrino is born in Albany Street, London, UK. An accomplished player of the violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone, he will work with the orchestras of Ambrose and Carroll Gibbons before finding success as leader of his own easy-listening orchestra.
The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.Under the name of The Tennessee Happy Boys, Harry Reser and His Orchestra record By The Light Of The Stars and Someday We'll Meet Again for Edison Diamond Records in New York City, USA.
The Original Indiana Five record Sweet Georgia Brown, Everything Is Hotsy-Totsy Now and Seminola in New York City, USA, for Gennett Records.
Jazz trombonist Kid Ory registers his best-known composition, Muskrat Ramble, for copyright purposes, with copyright registration number E637451. The melody will inspire Country Joe And The Fish who will appropriate it as the tune of their 1960s anti-Vietnam war hit Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die.
Jimmy Loden is born in Hackleburg, Alabama, USA. He will find fame as 60s country music star Sonny James.
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Goodman And His Orchestra begin the last month of a seven-month long
residency in The Joseph Urban Room of the The Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. In the course of
the residency, Goodman will establish a popular new style of
big-band music - swing.
Jazz pianist, composer and recording artist Randy Halberstadt is born in New York City, USA.
Ken Mackintosh his Orchestra and Saxophone play at the The Gaumont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with Patti Forbes, Kenny Bardell, Gordon Langhorn, Don Cameron and The Mackpies.
In an interview published in the New York Daily News, Peggy Lee declares that, "Rock'n'roll is fading; the ballads, fine jazz, the melodious standards - which have never died - are being played and sung more and more."Rama Lama Ding Dong by The Edsels enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No21. This song will inspire the question - "Who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong' - asked by Barry Mann in his hit single Who Put The Bomp?. The answer is, of course, George Jones Jr of The Edsels who composed the song.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Jerry Lee Lewis, The Viscounts and Johnny Kidd And The Pirates play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.
American company Epic Records invites Cliff Richard to make an album in the USA without his usual backing group, The Shadows.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Do The Freddie by Freddie And The Dreamers, entering at No59.
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The Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Byrds record All I Have Is Memories at Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, but the track is not released.
Robert Plant plays at Three Men In A Boat, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, Europe.
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band spend the seventh day of recording their album Strictly Personal for Blue Thumb Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Pacific Gas And Electric, Ten Wheel Drive and The Hassles play at Steve Paul's Scene club, New York City, USA. The Hassles vocalist is Billy Joel.Bob Dylan is in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama, USA, working on the songs Precious Angel and Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One, with Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on guitar.
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During his third gospel tour, performing mostly During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, working on songs including Caribbean Wind, It's All Dangerous To Me, My Oriental Home and Let It Be Me.
A new music arena, Sydney Entertainment Centre, opens in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, with a concert by Barry Manilow.
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The Membranes play at The Pyramid Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by Cyclic Amp.
Robert Plant begins a European tour with a show at The Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Kiss Swedish pop singer and model Anna Sundstrand has a four hour photo shoot in Central Park, New York City, USA.
Rapper Chris Kelly of the '90s group Kris Kross is found dead aged 34 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. First reports suggest a possible drug overdose.
Kiss begin their Kissworld Tour with a show at Olympijskiy Stadium, Moscow, Russia, Europe.
Florian Schneider, one of the founding members of pioneering German electronic group Kraftwerk, which changed the sound of popular music forever, dies aged 73 of cancer.1868 |
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