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German immigrant Emile Berliner is granted patent no 372,786 in the USA in respect of his new sound-reproduction apparatus, the gramophone.
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.Jazz guitar and violin duo Eddie Lang And Joe Venuti record Stringing The Blues for OKeh Records in the USA.
Bennie Moten and His Orchestra play the second night of a week of shows at The Pearl Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nelson Eddy performs Onward Christian Soldiers, Beating Up the Channel, Don Juan's Serenade, When I Was a Lad, You Are Free and The Lost Chord [accompanied by Ted Paxson at Eddy's electric organ] on radio show Vick's Open House in the USA.
June Malo, with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, records the Cole Porter song Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love, for HMV Records in London, UK.
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.
Hot Lips Page and Savannah Churchill are playing at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.Arthur Prysock, Varetta Dillard, Peppermint Harris, Joan Shaw and The Bill Hitchens Orchestra are playing a tour of one-nighters in the southern states of the USA.
Frankie Laine is playing at The Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Jeri Southern.
WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, hosts its third annual International Square Dance Festival, attracting a crowd of over 1000 patrons and breaking even financially for the first time.
Sonny Thompson's Orchestra featuring Lula Reid and The Treniers play the fourth night in a week of shows at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
B.B. King plays the first night of a week at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Chuck Berry makes his national tv debut performing Rock'n'Roll Music on the tv show Dick Clark's American Bandstand, recorded at WFIL-tv in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mose Allison records Mojo Woman, Town and Carnival for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
UK tv pop show Oh Boy! features Cliff Richard, The Dallas Boys, Red Price, The Vernons Girls and Lord Rockingham's XI.
R'n'b keyboardist Bill Doggett plays the last of five nights at the Copa Club, Newport, Kentucky, USA.
J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding record tracks for the Impulse Records album The Great Kai And J.J., in New York City, USA.
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Patsy Cline appears on tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded at WFIL-tv studios on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The bus carrying US Army Private James Marshall Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] arrives at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA, where he is to join the 101st Airborne Division.
Phil Everly heads the bill on a package tour at The Apollo, Ardwick, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. The show is supposed to star The Everly Brothers, but Don Everly collapsed after a suicide attempt in London's Savoy Hotel. Other acts on the bill include Frank Ifield, Ketty Lester and The Vernons Girls.Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers enter the UK singles chart for the first and last time, with Can Can 62, which will peak at No31.
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Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys play during five nights at Dancetown USA, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the fifth of thirteen nights at The OPriental Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Beatles are in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, working on the song Think For Yourself. During this day they also record The Beatles Third Christmas Record for distribution to members of their Fan Club.
Steam Packet play at St Martin's Baths Hall, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)The Spencer Davis Group play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Colin Walcott, acclaimed sitarist with Oregon, Larry Coryell, The Paul Winter Consort and others, dies from injuries sustained in a car accident in Magdeburg, West Germany, Europe.
Metallica play their first show with new bassist Jason Newstead at The Country Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eleven
people die when a Provisional Irish Republican Army [IRA] bomb
explodes at the war memorial in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony. This
horrific incident will inspire Simple Minds to write their 1989 song Belfast Child.
The Gaslight Anthem release a new single, The Spirit Of Jazz, on SideOneDummy Records in the UK.
Shakira receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rapper Heavy D collapses outside his home in Beverley Hills and dies soon after in the emergency room at The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. His death at the age of 44 is initially thought to be related to pneumonia.
On their Bula Quo Tour, Status Quo play at The Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
On her ArtRave : The Artpop Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, Europe, with Lady Starlight.
On their The End World Tour, Black Sabbath play at The BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, supported by Rival Sons.1887 |
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