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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. The Metropolitan Orchstra records The Night Was Made For Coons, and The Honeysuckle And The Bee, for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Johnny Temple is born in Canton, Mississippi, USA. After moving to Chicago, Illinois, in the early 1930s he will find some success as blues vocalist and guitarist Johnnie Temple.James P. Johnson, known as the father of stride piano, records Keep Off The Grass and Carolina Shout, for OKeh Records in New York City, USA.
Victoria Spivey records Mosquito, Fly And Flea, Garter Snake Blues and Furniture Man Blues for OKeh Records in New York City, USA.
Jazz violinist Joe Venuti’s Blue Four, with Eddie Lang on guitar, record Running Ragged for Okeh Records in New York City.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra record I'm getting Sentimental Over You in New York City, USA.
The movie musical Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers is released to cinemas in Turkey, Asia/Europe.
Ronald David Bright is born in New York City, USA. He will find success under the name Ronnie Bright as a vocalist from the 1950s until the 1970s, with The Valentines, The Cadillacs, The Deep River Boys and The Coasters. He will also provide the distinctive bass voice on the 1961 hit Who Put The Bomp by Barry Mann, and the 1963 hit single Mr. Bass Man by Johnny Cymbal.
Louis Jordan plays at The Sixth Annual CIAA National Classic Dance, Washington DC, USA.Little Richard records Ooh! My Soul, Whole Lotta Shakin', She Knows How To Rock, I'll Never Let You Go and other tracks at Master Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Female rock'n'roller Alis Lesley plays during two weeks at Chez Emile, Quebec, Montreal, Canada.Connie
Francis records Where The Boys
Are, in New York City, USA, for MGM Records. The
song is written by Neil Sedaka and Howie
Greenfield as the theme song for the film of the same name.
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 Bill Hardman Quintet records Buckeye Blues, Angel
Eyes, Capers and other tracks for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Essoldo, Huddersfield, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee, London, UK.
James Brown plays the first of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. Also on the bill are Freddie King, Solomon Burke, Pigmeat Markham and The Valentinos. On the last night of this run, Brown will record a live set which will become his classic album Live At The Apollo (Vol 1).John Lee
Hooker, T-bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Helen
Humes, Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee and others play in The
American Folk Blues Festival in Audimax der Universitat, Hamburg, Germany, Europe. After the show, the undertake a recording
session for Deutsche Grammophon Records.
Bobby Rydell plays the eighth of ten nights at The Montecello Supper Club, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
Vaughn Monroe is playing during a week of shows at Sunset Lodge, Morehead, Minnesota, USA.
A package tour featuring The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, The Rolling Stones and Mickie Most plays at The Odeon, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe. A local band called The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Quintet attends the show. Afterwards, Mickie Most goes to the Club A Go Go and sees The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Quintet which will eventually evolve into The Animals.
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Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys, Tex Ritter and Sue Thompson And The Plainsmen play in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The Bill Evans Trio comes to the end of twenty nights at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, with Oscar Brown Jr.
Amos Milburn is playing during a week of shows at The Trocaveria Club, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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.
Jazz pianist Bill Evans records Yesterday, written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.The Velvet Underground play the first of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
During a lengthy string of dates that will take him through to December, Indian sarod virtuoso Aashish Khan (aka Ashish Khan) plays at The University Of California, Berkeley, California, USA.British rock paper NME [New Musical Express] reports that Rod Stewart has joined The Faces as vocalist.
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Blues singer and guitarist K.C. Douglas dies of a heart attack, aged 61, in Berkeley, California, USA. His 1948 composition Mercury Blues was recorded by numerous artists including Steve Miller, David Lindley, Meat Loaf and Dwight Yoakam.
George Harrison enters the UK albums chart with Extra Texture (Read All About It), which will peak at No16 during a four-week run.
The Buzzcocks enter a recording studio for the first time, at Revolution Studios, Stockport, UK. The results are eventually released on the bootleg EP, Time's Up.
Bad Tune Men play at The Crypt (beneath St. Paul's Church), Deptford, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Flowers In The Dustbin and Charles Cold.
Supertramp, led by Swindon-born Rick Davies, enter the UK albums chart with The Autobiography of Supertramp, which will peak at No9.
Bob Dylan plays at the Canadian General Electric Warehouse, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Monkton Farleigh resident Midge Ure is awarded an OBE by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, London.
Drake opens his Would You Like A Tour? tour, with a show at The Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1901 |
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