Welcome to MusicDayz

The world's largest online archive of date-sorted music facts, bringing day-by-day facts instantly to your fingertips.
Find out what happened on your or your friends' Birthday, Wedding Day, Anniversary or just discover fun facts in musical areas that particularly interest you.
Please take a look around.

Showing all 17 Facts found
Click to filter results

Filter to between years

Topic:

Genre:

Location:

Nels Cline is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find acclaim working as a guitarist and composer working with a wide range of musicians in jazz, punk and alternative rock, before joining Wilco as a full-time member in 2004. He will also lead the groups The Nels Cline Singers and The Nels Cline Trio. He will be named the 82nd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2011, and the 43rd greatest guitarist of all time by Spin magazine in 2012.
The Platters are playing at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Clifford Brown / Max Roach Quintet records Gertrude's Bounce, Junior's Arrival [Step Lightly] and Powell's Prances for EmArcy Records in New York City, USA.
Nat King Cole records The Way I Love You, Night Lights, Never Let Me Go and other tracks in Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California, with an orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Nat King Cole records The Way I Love You, Night Lights, Never Let Me Go and other tracks in Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California, USA, with an orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Ann Magnuson is born in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. An actress and musical performer, she is perhaps best known in the music world as a member of the 80s alternative rock cult band Bongwater.
The Chico Hamilton Quintet records Jonalah, Chrissie, The Wind, Gone Lover [When Your Lover Has Gone] and The Ghost, for Pacific Jazz Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bernard Sumner is born in Manchester, UK. He will find success as the guitarist in Joy Division and guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer with New Order.
Elmore James records So Mean To Me, Wild About You, Elmo's Shuffle and Long Tall Woman, in Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Count Basie And His Orchestra record Magic, Shiny Stockings, What Am I Here For? and Midgets, at Fine Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
Bob Prince records Fanfare And Fantasy, Ground Base, Stutters, Germination and Avakianas Brasileiras for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the LP What's New - New Jazz From Teo Macero And Bob Prince, on which one side features music by Prince and the other side features music by Teo Macero.
Julie London and The Bobby Troup Trio play the second night of two weeks at The Cameo Restaurant, Manhattan, New York City, USA.
Buddy Rich And His Orchestra record Out Of This World, Day In, Day Out, This Time the Dream's On Me and One For My Baby for Verve Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Memories Are Made Of This by Dean Martin reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
The Clifford Brown / Max Roach Quintet records Gertrude's Bounce, Junior's Arrival [Step Lightly] and Powell's Prances for EmArcy Records in New York City, USA.
The Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet records Gertrude's Bounce, Junior's Arrival [Step Lightly] and Powell's Prances for EmArcy Records in New York City, USA.
Joe Williams, with Count Basie And His Orchestra, records Smack Dab In The Middle and Amazing Love for Clef Records in Fine Sound Studios, New York City, USA.