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David Ivor Davies is born in Cardiff, Wales. He will find fame as composer and playwright Ivor Novello. An award founded in his name is given in the UK each year for excellence in songwriting. Winners have included Paul McCartney and George Michael.
The Indian Maiden Burlesque Company plays the first of three nights at The Gaeity Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
The musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home is presented at The New York Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.
A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The All Star Vaudeville show at Keith And Proctor's Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, features Eva Tanguay, Chas. E, Evans, Tigne's Collegians and ten other acts.
The Belle Of New York, billed as 'The Greatest Musical Comedy Hit In Years', is playing at The Princess Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Harry Lauder plays the last of six nights at The Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Bohemian Girl, with music by Michael Balfe, is staged at The Shubert Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Musical Stoddards are playing at The Casino Theatre, Washington, DC, USA, on a bill which also includes "Prof Forrest's Dogs - Three Superb Collies".
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.
The Boston Molasses Disaster takes place in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, when a large molasses storage tank bursts, sending a wave of molasses through the streets at an estimated 35 mph, killing 21 and injuring 150. Some locals claim that on hot summer days, the area still smells of molasses. The incident will inspire the songs Molasses Flood by Jonathan Jay Babcock, The Great Molasses Flood by The Black Strap Molasses Family and Boston Molasses Flood by Zac Bauman.
The Duncan Sisters record The Kinky Kids' Parade and Happy-go-lucky Days for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Blues guitarist Earl Hooker is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA.
The musical comedy Music Hath Charms plays at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 25 performances.
Drummer, composer and bandleader Obo Addy is born in Accra, Ghana, Africa.
Country music singer, songwriter and recording artist Texas Bill Strength joins the staff of the labor organization, CIO [Congress of Industrial Organizations] in the USA.
Melvyn Gale, bassist/cellist for The Electric Light Orchestra, is born in London, UK.
A new musical, Free And Easy, written by Harold Arlen and orchestrated by Quincy Jones, opens in Paris, France.
Ella Fitzgerald records Over The Rainbow, Ill Wind, It Was Written In The Stars and other tracks at Radio Recorders Annexe, Los Angeles, for Verve Records.
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.
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No16 during a seven week run.
Lightnin' Slim records Can't Live This Life No More, Bad Luck Blues and Love Is Just A Gamble for Excello Records in Crowley, Louisiana, USA.
Ray Charles releases a new single, Makin' Whoopee, in the UK on HMV Records.
Xavier Cugat is headlining during three weeks at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Charo.
A feature in today's edition of music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that teenagers, formerly considered to be singles buyers, are now buying more LPs than in the past. However, record companies have found that if an album shares its title with an associated hit single, sales are dramatically improved. A Warner Bros spokesman states that 50% of the company's album releases are now teen-oriented.
The Beach Boys play at Otemachi Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers play in Shaftsbury Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, Europe.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at a benefit show for The Open Theater, Berkeley, California, USA.
Unit Four Plus Two play in The Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, Europe.
Cannibal And The Headhunters play at the Danceland Ballroom, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
Buddy Charles And His Trio are playing at The Winner's Circle, Chicago. Illinois, USA.
The Raiders release a new single, Just Seventeen, on Columbia Records in the USA.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the first of four nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Udo Jurgens releases a new LP, Meine Lieder, on Ariola records in the UK.
Channel 4 tv in the UK begins a new rock show, Gastank, hosted by Yes keyboard wiz Rick Wakeman, and featuring 'worthy' rockers rather than currently trendy acts – Eric Burdon appears in the first edition.
The new US R'n'B No1 single is The Girl Is Mine by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.
The Stone Roses are in Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales, recording their eponymous debut album.
With their album Nevermind having gone double-platinum just a week earlier, Nirvana's Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic take to the stage of Seattle, Washington's Crocodile Cafe, [owned by Stephanie Dorgan, wife of R.E.M.'s Peter Buck] under the pseudonym Melvana, the name reflecting the presence of The Melvins' Buzz Osbourne on guitar and vocals.
Bobby Liebling, the frontman of heavy metal band Pentagram, is hospitalized after failing to perform at the band's show at the Black Cat club in Washington DC, USA. One fan who attended the show later reported "apparently Bobby locked himself in a backstage bathroom, did whatever damage to himself he did, collapsed, revived and wanted to get on stage, got on stage with some help and by crawling, collapsed again, convulsed, was carried off stage, loaded into an ambulance and sent to the hospital."
Mario remains at No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA with Let Me Love You.
Leroy Smith, former keyboardist of 70s hit-making band Sweet Sensation, is found dead, aged 56, at his home in Longsight, Manchester, UK. Cause of death is said to be natural causes brought on by bronchopneumonia.
Harvey James, guitarist with the Australian bands Mississippi, Ariel, Sherbet and The Party Boys, dies of lung cancer aged 58 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Kid Rock plays at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Henry Rollins plays at The Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ten Years After play at Musikzentrum, Hanover, Germany, Europe.
Daughter play at The Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England, UK.
Garth Brooks plays the second of three nights at The BB+T Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA, with Trisha Yearwood.
On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Edwin Hawkins, the four-time Grammy-winning leader of The Edwin Hawkins Singers, dies aged 74 at his home in the Bay area of San Francisco, California, USA. He had been suffering with pancreatic cancer.
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