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Alex Ford, who will find fame as Sonny Boy Williamson II, is born near Glendora, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA. In his youth he is also known as Aleck 'Rice' Miller.The Four Musical Colbys, Fred Niblo, The Holloway Trio, The Nichols Sisters, Rose Coghlan and others play at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast (aka Ellen Prendergast) dies in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was a respected poet best-known for having written the patriotic song Kaulana Nā Pua (literally, "Famous are the flowers") in 1893 for members of the Royal Hawaiian Band who protested the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom. 
The musical play The Volunteer Organist is performed at The Academy, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
The musical play The Thirty Thieves is presented at The Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand, 
The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 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. Kay Davis is born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She will make her
name as a vocalist with Duke Ellington in the 40's.
Kay Davis is born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She will make her name as a vocalist with Duke Ellington in the 40's.
Van Phillips and his Band with vocalist Billy Milton, record Through and S'Posin', for Columbia Records in Central Hall, Westminster, London, UK.
Prohibition comes to an end in the USA with the ratification of the 21st Amendment. Introduced in 1919, Prohibition had made it illegal to sell, produce or transport alcohol. The ending of prohibition was generally greeted with delight by the American public, and the much-recorded 1934 song Cocktails For Two composed by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow, was inspired by the return of legal consumption of alcohol. A comedy version of the song, by Spike Jones And His City Slickers, is however, perhaps the best-remembered treatment.
Nelson Eddy performs Will You Remember, Shadrack and Cholmondeley Fair on radio's Chase And Sanborn Program in the USA.
Eduardo Delgado Serrato, drummer of garage punk pioneers ? And The Mysterians [aka Question Mark And The Mysterians], is born in Encial, Texas, USA.
Sonny Thompson And His Orchestra are playing during a string of dates in Dayton, Ohio, USA.The Walt Disney animated film Cinderella, including the songs A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, So This is Love, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Work Song, and Cinderella, is released to cinemas in Austria.
Alan Freed's movie Rock! Rock! Rock! opens in New York City, USA, featuring Chuck Berry, The Moonglows, The Johnny Burnette Trio, LaVern Baker and Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers.
The album Last Month Of The Year by The Kingston Trio enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No11.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.The Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Contours, The Marvelettes, Martha And The Vandellas and Little Stevie Wonder, plays a date in The Mosque, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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.
Ty England is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He will first find success as the guitarist with Garth Brooks during the superstar's peak years, but will pursue a solo career starting in 1994, scoring the following year with Should Asked Her Faster.
Cyril Davies All Stars play at The Marquee Club, Oxford St, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones tour of the USA ends with two shows in California on one day. In the afternoon, they play at the Convention Hall, San Diego, California, USA. In the evening, they play at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane play the eighth of fifteen nights at the Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Savoy Brown, Sea Train, Ry Cooder and Humble Pie play the third of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Nick Cash (guitar and vocals), Guy Days (guitar and vocals), Jon Watson (bass) and Pablo LaBritain (drums and percussion) begin to rehearse together in London, UK, and will eventually emerge as the punk band 999.
When Motorhead play at The Messehalle, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, the band and road crew become embroiled in a stand-up battle outside the venue with local thugs who have come to cause trouble. The band triumphs, and the show goes ahead without further incident.
The Comsat Angels play at The Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dr. And The Medics play at The System, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by Electric Morning.Improvisational jazz combo The Recedents (featuring Lol Coxhill, Mike Cooper and Roger Turner) play at The Adelphi, Leeds, UK.
In the High Court in London, UK, Elton John's former lover and manager, John Reid, denies the rock star's claims that he constantly demanded more money from his employer. The statement comes during a case in which Elton John is suing Andrew Haydon [former managing director of John Reid Enterprises Limited].
Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction spends the fourth of eight days in the Sudan, North West Africa, as part of a mission, organised by he humanitarian group Christian Solidarity International, to free Southern Sudanese slaves from their Northern masters.
The Pierces appear on the CW television series Gossip Girl, performing their songs Secret and Three Wishes.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Metallica's co-manager, Cliff Burnstein, is moving the band's 2013 European dates forward into 2012 because he fears that an ongoing decline in the Euro will make the later dates less profitable.
Smashing Pumpkins release their ninth album, Monuments To An Elegy, on Martha's Music/BMG in the USA.
Rusty Evans, a pioneer of 60s folk-rock and psychedelia with such bands as The New Christy Minstrels, The Deep, The Freak Scene, Marcus and Third Bardo, dies aged 78 at his home in Woodacre, Marin County, California, USA, of complications from a history of heart disease.1897 |
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