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Composer and bandleader Eddie Sauter is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He will become co-founder and co-leader of the Sauter-Finegan Band in the 50's.
Popular 1940s jazz saxophonist Charlie Ventura is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Ventura will work with Gene Krupa, Charlie Parker, Kai Winding, Bob Carter, Lou Stein, Shelly Manne, Fats Navarro, and Buddy Rich.
Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Band records Mighty Blue, Someone Has Taken You Out Of My Dreams and Piccadilly Strut, for HMV Records in The Small Queen's Hall, London. USA.
Jazz pianist Wynton Kelly is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He will work with Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Youngand others, as well as forming his own trio with guitarist Wes Montgomery.
The movie Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and others, opens to cinemas in Mexico, North America.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The Clovers, The Joe Morris Orchestra and Al Savage play the final night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
The Sonny Rollins Quartet records There's No Business Like Show Business, It's All Right With Me, and other material for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
Chan Romero, originator of The Hippy Hippy Shake, plays at The Southside Armory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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.
The musical
Helen Shapiro, Danny Williams, The Brook Brothers, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor and The Galliards, The Two Tones, The Red Price Combo, Joe Baker and Jack Douglas play at The Granada, Walthamstow, England, UK, Europe.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr play the last of eight nights at the mafia-owned Villa Venice nightclub, Wheeling, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brook Benton, with Shelby Singleton as producer, records After Midnight, Going Going Gone, Daddy Knows and So Little Time for Mercury Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bobby Bare records Rosalie (sung in German) at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The track is co-produced by Wolf Kobitzky and Chet Atkins.
Today's edition of tv pop show Shindig! in the USA features Aretha Franklin, The Righteous Brothers, The Chambers Brothers, Freddy Cannon, Bobby Vinton and The Blossoms.
Kenny Chesney) Don't Blink, Come Back Song (Darius Rucker), Homeboy (Eric Church) and The Breath You Take (George Strait).
Casey Beathard is born in Torrance, California, USA. He will achieve success as a songwriter, authoring hits including Don't Blink (
Robert Maurice Meloon is born in Milton, New Jersey, USA. He will find success under the name Bob Malone as a pianist and singer-songwriter, working as a solo performer and also with John Fogerty, Ringo Starr and Avril Lavigne.
Lalo Schifrin records his arrangements of A Taste Of Honey, The In Crowd, Papa's Got A Brand New Bag and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records.
Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
Nico (backed by
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The Gary Burton Quartet plays the second of two nights at Club 47, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
The soundtrack album to the tv special T.C.B. starring Diana Ross and the Supremes with the Temptations is released in the USA on Motown Records.
The Rolling Stones arrive in Muscle Shoals Studios, Florence, Alabama, USA, to begin two days of recording, during which they work on the songs Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and You Gotta Move.
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Hazel O'Connor and Megahype play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, supported by Duran Duran.
Simple Minds play at Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe, supported by The Waterboys.
On their Listen Like Thieves Tour, INXS play at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Kenny Rogers plays at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, New York State, USA.
U2's Elevation tour comes to an end at the American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, USA.
Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform a tribute to the recently deceased George Harrison of The Beatles, at the My VH1 Music Awards show which is broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aaron Schroeder, composer of five No1 hits for Elvis Presley, dies aged 83 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. For many years, Schroeder battled a rare Alzheimer's-like form of dementia, the last five as a resident of the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood.
Aretha Franklin successfully undergoes surgery for an unspecified condition in hospital in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Sheryl Crow and Jimmy Cliff sing together at the Witness Focus for Change benefit dinner and concert in New York City, USA.
Lady Gaga buys 55 items of clothing previously owned by Michael Jackson, including his 'Bad' jacket [$240,000] and a pair of his white spangled gloves [$100,000 each].
At Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA,
Katie Melua and The Gori Women's Choir play at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England, UK.
Oritse Williams, formerly a member of boy band JLS, performs at The Gorgeous Club in Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe. After the show, he retires to a hotel room with a 20-year-old woman who will later claim that he raped her in the room.
Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at The Palladium, Cologne, Germany, Europe.
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