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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.Percival Mackey's Band records Serendade, Catchy Melody, Creep Into My Arms and Deep In My Heart, Dear, for Columbia Records in London, UK. All four tracks are rejected.
Justice Joseph M. Callahan of the United States Supreme Court rules in favour of bandleader Paul Whiteman, in a case in which popular pianist/vocalist Ramona is suing him, claiming that he charges large fees for her services but gives her too little of the profit.
Utah, We
Love Thee, written by Evan Stephens, is
adopted by the State Legislature as the official state song of
Utah, USA. (1937)
Charles Wilburn Trent is born in Soartanburg, South Carolina, USA. He will find success as country music instrumentalist Buck Trent. A talented player of the five-string banjo, dobro, steel guitar, mandolin, electric bass and guitar, he is also credited with having invented the electric banjo.Sonny Til And The Orioles record You Are My First Love, If It's To Be, I Wonder When and Everything They Said Came True for Jubilee Records in New York City, USA. The session makes use of violins - a first for an r'n'b recording - long before The Platters and The Drifters introduced strings to their recordings.
Country star Slim Whitman plays the eighth night in a two-week season at the London Palladium, London, UK.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra the first night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Arsenio Rodriguez Y Su Conjunto De Estellas play at El Teatro Triboro, El Barrio, New York City, USA.
Sam Cooke has his ninth recording session with the Soul Stirrers at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California. They record That's All I Need To Know and I Don't Want To Cry.
The film Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, opens in West Germany, Europe.
The
Dream Baby by Roy Orbison is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No69.
Jules Blattner releases a new single, Butterscotch Twist, on Gaslight Records in the USA.
The Beach Boys make their first impact on the Billboard charts in the USA when their debut single, Surfin', enters at No118.
Billboard magazine in the USA reviews the new Howlin' Wolf single, Goin' Down
Slow, on Chess
Records as 'a strong down-home blues in a slow walk tempo.
Talk-sing style here is powerful.'
The Paul Winter Sextet is playing during three weeks at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, The Crystals, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Heinz and Manfred Mann play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
Roger Miller is playing during an eleven-day engagement at The Latin Casino, Merchantsville, New Jersey, USA.Big Brother And The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of two nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Gabor Szabo Quintet plays at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Vikki Carr appears on the tv show Hollywood Palace in the USA.Johnny Cash joins Bob Dylan for recording sessions at Columbia Records studios in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Only one duet from their sessions is ever released, Girl From The North Country, which will appear on Dylan's Nashville Skyline album.
Joni Mitchell announces that she will retire after tonight's gig at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. Billie Joe Armstrong is born in Oakland, California, USA. He will find success as singer, guitarist and songwriter for Green Day.
Sultans Of
Swing, the debut single by Dire
Straits, enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where
it will peak at No4 during a run of twelve weeks.
On their Destiny Tour, The
Jacksons including Michael
Jackson, play the first of two nights at The Apollo, Manchester, UK, supported by The Dougie James Soul Train.
Howard Jones is interviewed at The Red Fort restaurant in Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, by journalist Johnny Black for Smash Hits. On the same day, Mr. Black interviews young pop hopeful Tracie.
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The Questions play at The Mad Mad Mad Rag Ball in The Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, UK, Europe.
Samson, supported by Gary Moore, come to the end of a British tour with a show in Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
On their In The Long Grass tour, The Boomtown Rats play at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in Holland.
Columbia Records announces that two new members, Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams, have joined Destiny's Child.
Janet Jackson secures a restraining order against Robert Gardner, said to have been harassing her for nine years. Gardner, 46, is ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Jackson and not to contact the entertainer, her family, agents, attorneys or managers.Following a brief spell in rehab, Britney Spears has her head completely shaved at a Los Angeles, California, hair salon, sparking speculation that the former teen queen is suffering a nervous breakdown.
Record producer Darius 'Deezle' Harrison and music publishers at The Royalty Network file a legal suit at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, USA, seeking $2.5m for the use of the track Mrs. Officer on Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter III. Harrison and the publishers allege that they own the rights to the song, and to any profits from ring tones, music videos or streaming media.
The Devizes-based Jon Amor Blues Group plays at Charly's, Oldenburg, Germany, Europe.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA.1917 |
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