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Blind Alfred Reed, accompanying himself on the violin, records How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? in New York City, USA. Telling of hard times during the Great Depression, it is considered an early example of a protest song.
Jazz guitarist Jim Hall is born in Buffalo, New York State, USA. In a long career, he will work with Ella Fitzgerald, Art Farmer, Sonny Rollins and many others, as well as pursuing his own solo career.
Frankie Carle plays the last night of a week of shows at the Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Steven 'Jesse' Bernstein is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find a measure of fame as an underground writer and performance artist, best-known for his recordings with Sub Pop Records and his close relationship with William S. Burroughs. Bernstein's substance abuse issues and mental illness will ultimately result in his suicide.
Professor Longhair records K.C.Blues, Curly Haired Baby, Rockin' With Fes' and Gone So Long for Federal Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.



Sister Rosetta Tharpe plays at The Royal Hall, Harrogate, UK, with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ottilie Patterson.
Barbra Streisand is playing during a one-month engagement at The Blue Angel, New York City, USA.
The Kinks enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with A Well Respected Man, which will peak at No13.
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John Lennon of The Beatles and Yoko Ono spend the third of five days being filmed for a BBC tv 24 Hours documentary, The World Of John And Yoko. On this day they are filmed during an experimental recording session at Abbey Road studios, London, UK, with colleagues Mal Evans, Anthony Fawcett, Geoff Emerick and others.
San Francisco-based band Sly And The Family Stone are awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. for sales of the album Stand! in the USA. Interestingly, three gold discs have been awarded to three San Francisco artists over the past three days ' Sly, Santana and Janis Joplin - all of whom played at the Woodstock festival three months earlier.
John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band record two experimental pieces, Item 1 and Item 2, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, but neither is ever released.
Blue Oyster Cult play at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA, with The Byrds and The Mahavishnu Orchestra.


Poison Girls, The Mekons and Blyth Power play at The Fridge, Brixton, London, England, UK, Europe.



Sony announces that its karaoke-based console game SingStar has topped 20m unit sales.
Dave Koz, Candy Dulfer, Jonathan Butler and Brian Culbertson play at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul McCartney, Merle Haggard and Jerry Herman attend a state dinner with President Barack Obama in Washington DC, USA, as the latest recipients of the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honour, for directly influencing American arts, entertainment and culture in a "profound way."
Rihanna's 2010 single Only Girl [In The World], passes the 1m sales mark in the UK, making it her first ever million-selling single in the UK, according to Official Charts Company data.
The Manhattan Transfer play at North Central College, Naperville, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse play at Webster Bank at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.




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