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 23 Facts found
Click to filter results

Filter to between years

Topic:

Genre:

Location:

The musical 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 stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
The John Wright trio record Mr Soul, Shake, Blue Prelude and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Davy Jones, a future member of The Monkees, appears in UK tv series Z-Cars, playing the part of a character called Frankie Sale.
Brook Benton plays the fifth night in a week of shows at Roberts' Show Bar, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans record In The Sweet By And By, The Love Of God, Whispering Hope and Pass Me Not, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the second night in a three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Elvis Presley has a second day of location filming in Hawaii for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Brenda Lee and Gene Vincent play at the City Hall, Birmingham, UK.
Leroy Van Dyke records Don't Forbid Me, I Almost Lost My Mind, Honeycomb, Party Doll and other tracks at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The session is produced by Shelby Singleton and features session players including guitarists Kelso Herston, Jerry Kennedy and Ray Edenton, plus Harold Bradley [bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], William Ackerman/Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] and The Merry Melody Singers.
Leroy Van Dyke records Don't Forbid Me, I Almost Lost My Mind, Honeycomb, Party Doll and other tracks at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The session is produced by Shelby Singleton and features session players including guitarists Kelso Herston, Jerry Kennedy and Ray Edenton, plus Harold Bradley [bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], William Ackerman/Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] and The Merry Melody Singers.
Stuart Sutcliffe, former bass-player for The Beatles, dies of a brain haemorrhage, in Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Judy Garland appears on the cover of Look magazine in the USA. The magazine features an interview with Garland in which she discusses "her life, her work, her children".
Elvis Presley spends a second day on location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
The John Wright Trio record Mr Soul, Shake, Blue Prelude and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Bill Evans Trio record Easy To Love, Danny Boy and other tracks in New York City, USA.
Frank Frost And The Night Hawks record a total of 27 songs at Sun Studio, 639 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Twelve of these recordings will be released on the Phillips International LP Hey Boss Man. The remainder will languish in the vaults, unreleased.
Brenda Lee and Gene Vincent play at The City Hall, Birmingham, UK.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the second night in a three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Frank Sinatra records Ain't She Sweet, I Get A Kick Out Of You and other tracks for Reprise Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Springfields, featuring Dusty Springfield, begin the last week of a six-week season at The Empire , Liverpool, UK, in a show headlined by popular pianist Russ Conway.
Marty Robbins records Devil Woman, Ruby Ann and My Wonderful One in Columbia Studio, 804 16th Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Notable session players on these tracks include guitarists Grady Martin and Jack Pruett.
At his West Fourth Street apartment in New York City, USA, Bob Dylan plays his new song Blowin' In the Wind, for his folk-singer friend Dave Van Ronk.
Read More