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Thomas Dorsey is born in Villa Rica, Georgia, USA. He will
become one of America's most revered blues/gospel pianists and
songwriters, known as "the father of black gospel music".
The Arena in Chesapeake Junction, Washington DC, USA, is open for dancing every evening with attractions including "Shady Park And Grounds Excellent Cafe and Good Music". The venue is, however, described as a "Colored Pleasure Resort" and is "Exclusive for colored people".
Aida Overton Walker, known as the Queen Of The Cake Walk, explains how to dance a Cake Walk in today's edition of The Tattler newspaper in the UK.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The musical production, Otoyo, Or Japan By Night, opens a Madison Square Roof Garden, New York City, USA, where it will run for 57 performances.
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.Robert James Byrd Sr is born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He will
find success in the 1950s as Bobby
Day, but his songs, such as Little Bitty Pretty
One, Rockin' Robin and
Over
And Over will provide bigger hits for other artists as cover
versions.
British music hall star George Formby records Chinese Blues and Do De O Do, for Decca Records in London, UK.
Bobby Day, composer of two Jackson-related hits, is born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Day's song Rockin' Robin was a Billboard No2 hit for Michael Jackson in 1972, and his Little Bitty Pretty One took the Jackson 5 into the Top 20 in the same year.
Suzie Q by Dale Hawkins, with James Burton on guitar, debuts on the Billboard US Top 40. It will peak at No27, and provide a hit again (No11) for Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968.
The Tom Nicholls Dance Orchestra plays at The Victory Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
Britain's national broadcasting service, the BBC, bans three songs on the Max Bygraves album Nursery Rhymes For Grown-Ups. This act of censorship was occasioned mainly by the track Georgie Porgy, which was felt to have homosexual implications.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
Helen Shapiro plays the last night of a week at The Hippodrome, Brighton, UK. Also on the bill are Gary Miller, The Red Price Combo and The Hillsiders.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
The album, Beatles VI by
Germany's most successful rock band of the 60s, The Rattles, enter the German singles charts with their first hit, La La La, which will peak at No19.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother, and Jaywalkers play at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Having rejected an offer of a new recording contract from MGM Records, Bob Dylan re-signs to his original label, Columbia Records.
The Everly Brothers are playing during a fourteen-night stint at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Muddy Waters plays at The Community Renewal Team summer concert in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
The Band release their mould-breaking debut album, Music From Big Pink, on Capitol Records in the USA. One of the songs, I Shall Be Released, is written by Bob Dylan, while two others, Tears Of Rage and This Wheel's On Fire, are co-written by Dylan.
When their car crashes in Scotland, John Lennon of The Beatles, plus Yoko Ono and her daughter Kyoko are rushed to Lawson Memorial hospital, Golspie, Sutherland, to have their injuries attended to. Lennon is given 17 facial stitches, Ono 14 in her forehead, and Kyoko four.The third day of the Pop Proms at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, features Amen Corner, The Equals and Marmalade.
Ringo Starr flies back to London, UK, having finished recording his album Beaucoups Of Blues at Music City Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The controversial hippy musical, 
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.The Pat Travers Band play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Doctors Of Madness.
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth play at The Dr. Pepper Music Festival, Central Park, New York City, USA.
Queen begin a two and a half month long North American tour with a show in The Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA.
On their Snakefinger (Phillip Lithman), guitarist with UK band Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers and San Francisco-based avant-gardists The Residents, dies as a result of a heart problem.
World In Motion by England New Order enters the Aria Singles Chat in Australia, Oceania, at No44. It will peak at No21.
Sam Bush and George Clinton are among the artists appearing at the fourth annual Freedom Fest at The Church of Universal Love and Music, in Acme, Pennsylvania, USA. The event runs for three days.
It is reported that Matthew Leone, bassist for experimental rockers Madina Lake, has been hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois, USA, following a savage street attack which left him unconscious.
Fleet Foxes headline at The Eden Sessions, The Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Driftwood Tree, Kola, Winter Mountain Band and Grey Dog.Creedence Clearwater Revisited play at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC), in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA.
Following a CNN iReport stating that Australian singer Gotye had 'shot himself in the head with a 9mm handgun', the artist denies his death in a Twitter post.
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