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A disastrous fire at Rhodes Opera House in Boyertown Pennsylvania, USA, kills 170 people.
Blues singer and guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell is born in Fayette County, Tennessee, USA,
The Band Of The 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters plays in The Botanical Gardens, Singapore, Asia.
The Lionel Belasco Orchestra records Smile, Ingrata and Nacional
Joropo for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
The Town Hall opens at 123 West 43rd Street on Broadway in New York City, USA. Seating about 1500 people, it will become a much loved musical performance space, encompassing classical, jazz, pop, rock'n'roll and much more.
The musical comedy Up She Goes is presented at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 256 performances.
Raimonds Pauls is born in Ilguciems, Riga, Latvia, Europe. he will find success as a composer of popular music and as a piano player.
Cynthia Robinson is born in Sacramento, California, USA. She will find fame as a trumpeter and vocalist with internationally-successful San Francisco band Sly And The Family Stone.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The Three Flames are playing during a five year engagement at The Bon Soir, New York City, USA.You're Sixteen by Johnny Burnette enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No3 during a stay of twelve weeks.
Del Wood is playing live at Great Falls, Montana, USA.Billy Byers, conducting the Quincy Jones Orchestra, records Sophisticated Lady and Take The 'A' Train for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Orchestra U.S.A. records Three Little Feelings for the LP Debut, at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, USA. Founded by Modern Jazz Quartet [MJQ] pianist John Lewis, the orchestra is an attempt to blend jazz with classical music.
The Beach Boys plays the third gig of an eight day tour of cities on the East Coast of the USA.
I'm
A Woman by Peggy Lee is
the highest new entry in Cash Box Magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering
at No84.
Glenn Yarbrough, until recently a member of The Limeliters, is playing during four weeks of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Wes Harrison and The Town Criers.
Ethel Ennis is playing during two weeks at The Stater Brothers, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Xavier Cugat is headlining during three weeks at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Charo.
Billy Daniels is playing during six days at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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In today's issue of Downbeat, the drummmers' magazine, in the USA, an advert appears in which Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys promotes Camco Drums.
Norma Jean, with producer Bob Ferguson, records Promises Promises, You Changed Everything But My Name, Truck Driving Woman and I Threw Away The Rose in Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Musicians on the session include Wayne Moss and Pete Wade [gtrs], Pete Drake (steel guitar), Junior Huskey [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Hargus 'Pig' Robbins [piano] and Shorty Lavender (fiddle).
TV show Music Scene, which premiered on ABC in the USA in September 1969, transmits its final show, featuring Bo Diddley performing Hey Bo Diddley, Groucho Marx with Father's Day Song, John Sebastian singing She's a Lady and Rainbows All Over Your Blues, Lee Michaels doing Who Could Want More and Buffy Sainte-Marie singing Universal Soldier.
R.E.M. spend the third of seven days of recording in Reflections Sound Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
A 4.5% drop in sales of country albums in the USA, to 72.5 million in 1998 to 69.3 is revealed in the year-end SoundScan totals.
For the first time in twenty years, all four members of Visionary jazz pianist and composer Alice Coltrane, the wife of John Coltrane, dies of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Visionary jazz pianist and composer Alice Coltrane, the wife of John Coltrane, dies of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital And Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. Although overshadowed by her husband's fame, Alice Coltrane was a powerfully influential musician and thinker, and her legacy has been celebrated since her death in songs including Song For Alice (Dedicated to the Beautiful Legacy of Mrs. Coltrane) by Paul Weller [2008], Alice by Sunn and That Alice by Laura Veirs [2013].
It is reported that Duffy has begun recording sessions for her second album, the follow-up to Rockferry, in New York City, where she is working with songwriter Albert Hammond.
Iggy Pop, with producer Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age, begins work on his seventeenth album, Post Pop Depression, at Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, California, USA.
On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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