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Spencer Williams is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will find success as a jazz and popular music composer, pianist and singer, widely remembered for his hit songs Basin Street Blues, I Ain't Got Nobody, Royal Garden Blues, I've Found a New Baby, Everybody Loves My Baby and Tishomingo Blues.Dorsey Dixon is born in Darlington, Souith Carolina, USA. He will find success in the long-established country music harmony duo The Dixon Brothers.
Ben Selvin And His Orchestra record When You Waltz With the One You Love and Cherie, I Love You, for Brunswick Records in New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey And The Clambake 7 record Nice Work If You Can Get It and You're A Sweetheart, for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
The George Sterney Quintet is playing at The Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.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.
The Chuck Berry Trio, The Spaniels, Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra, Arthur Prysock, The Nutmegs, The 4 Fellows, Al Savage and Ella Johnson play at The Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.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.
Denis Lotis, Jess Conrad, The Allisons, Bert Weedon, Oliver Reed, The Vernons Girls, and Ivory Joe Hunter appear on weekly UK tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars.
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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.Bobby Rydell plays the fourth of ten nights at the Montecello Supper Club, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
The Beatles, Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, and Sounds Incorporated UK tour plays at the ABC Cinema, Ardwick, Manchester. During the afternoon, however, The Beatles slip in a tv recording session at Studio 4, Granada TV Centre, also in Manchester, for the show Scene At 6.30.
Liverpool band The Merseybeats enter the UK singles chart with I Love You Yes I Do on Fontana Records, which will peak at No22 during an eight-week run.
Country Joe And The Fish play the fifth of seven nights at The Jaberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
Buddy Guy plays the second of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, supported by Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band plus Blue Cheer.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.David Crosby And Graham Nash play the first of two nights at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA, supported by Judee Sill. Neil Young joins Crosby And Nash for a brief guest appearance.
John Lennon enters the UK pop albums chart with Sometime In New York City, which will peak at No11 during a six-week run.
Rent Party play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.
Family Dog play at Adam Amd Eve's, Leeds, England, UK, Europe, supported by Legion Of Sin and Belle And Sebastian.On their Invisible Touch tour, Genesis play the second of five days at the Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA.
For the second time in a month Bob Seger fails to appear for a scheduled appearance on the tv show Late Night With David Letterman.
Jazz saxophonist Jack Cressy who worked with with Paul Whiteman, Billie Holiday, Paul Specht and others, dies in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA.
The Gold Experience by The second Oasis album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory enters the UK chart at No1. On the same day, rapper Tupac Shakur is released from prison on $1.4m (?930,000) bail to appeal against his four-and-a-half year jail sentence for sexual assault.
When an audience member calls out for the Bryan Adams song Summer Of '69 during a gig by Ryan Adams at The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, the country rocker becomes enraged, stops the show and pays the audience member $30 to leave the venue, before continuing with his set. (The venue manager catches the audience member, apologises profusely, and quietly lets him back into the hall).
Music trade bible Billboard in the USA announces that porn movie star, and heiress to the Hilton family millions, Paris Hilton has signed a worldwide album deal with Warner Bros.
Tejano-country rocker Freddy Fender dies of lung cancer in Corpus Christi, Texas, aged 69.
Laura Marling begins a tour of cathedrals with a show at Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, UK.
Chuck Ruff, best-known as a drummer with The Edgar Winter Band, dies after surgery and a lengthy coma, aged 60, in San Francisco, California, USA.Rick Astley is the musical guest on the BBC tv show Breakfast, live from Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.
On their Hippopotamus tour Sparks play the first of three nights at El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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