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William Roy Hardison is born in Maury County, Tennessee, USA. He will become the banjo picker for the Old Time Country group known as the Gully Jumpers, thought to have cut the first record recorded in Nashville.
The Serenade, featuring such songs as Dreaming, Woman, A Jolly Postillion and Singing Lesson, is playing at The Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.Daniel Jack "Beanpole" Boling, who will play rhythm guitar with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, is born in the USA.
Ben Selvin And His Orchestra record Am I Wasting My Time On You? and Put Your Arms Where They Belong, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will be released in the UK under the name of The Denza Dance Band, but in the USA by The Cavaliers.
Lucille Bogan records several versions of the blues Shave 'Em Dry, for OKeh Records in New York City, USA. One of her versions is rejected because it includes the words 'fuck', 'titties', "ass-hole" and more. The released version uses language that is considerably more acceptable to the public. (1933) [censorship]
Lucille Bogan records several versions of the blues Shave 'Em Dry, for OKeh Records in New York City, USA. One of her versions is rejected because it includes the words 'fuck', 'titties', "ass-hole" and more. The released version uses language that is considerably more acceptable to the public.
Dave Fisher is born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He will become a founding member and lead singer of 1960s folk group The Highwaymen, whose recording of the Civil War anti-slavery song Michael [Row the Boat Ashore] will become an unexpected international pop hit in 1962.Keith Godchaux, a future pianist for the Grateful Dead, is born in San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.There Goes My Baby by The Drifters reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA.
Brian
Hyland performs Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny
Yello Polka Dot Bikini on today's edition of popular tv show
American
Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Popular singer Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jazz pianist Red Garland And His Trio record On Green Dolphin Street, I Ain't Got Nobody and other tracks at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, USA, for Jazzland Records.
Sammy Davis Jr. records Guys And Dolls, The Party's Over and other tracks for Reprise Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Brook Benton plays the eighth night in a month of gigs at Robert's Show Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Now certified as having sold 500,000 copies each in the USA, Ray Charles' album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music and its first-released single, I Can't Stop Loving You, are both awarded gold discs by the R.I.A.A.
Neil
Sedaka enters the UK pop singles chart with Breaking
Up Is Hard To Do, which will peak at No7 during a sixteen-week
run.
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Rohan Heath is born in the UK. He will find success as a founder member of 90s dance-pop band Urban Cookie Collective.
Hoyt Axton, The Young Folks, Stewart Clay and The Yachtsmen Quartet play in The Disneyland After Dark Hootenanny, Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Merseys (previously known as The Merseybeats) play at The Winter Gardens, Malvern, England, UK, Europe.
Instrumental tracks for the Johnny Rivers' single Poor Side of Town, are recorded by the Wrecking Crew at Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California, USA. Personnel for the session are Johnny Rivers (guitar). plus Hal Blaine (drums), Larry Knechtel (keyboards), Joe Osborn (bass) and Eddie Rubin (percussion).
Country singer-songwriter and recording artist Grant Langston is born in Gadsden, Alabama, USA.Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen enter the UK pop singles chart with their cover version of When I'm 64, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles. It will peak at No43 during a two-week run on the chart.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.Savoy Brown play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin and The Litter.
Johnny Cash tapes another edition of his US tv show at the The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The three-day long Ozark Music Festival begins at The Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Missouri, USA. Artists appearing over the course of the event include Jefferson Starship, The Eagles, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bachman Turner Overdirve, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boz Scaggs, Electric Flag, Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes, David Bromberg, Leo Kottke, Cactus, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen. Hosting the event is Wolfman Jack.
Rick Wakeman headlines a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, supported by Procol Harum and Gentle Giant. Unfortunately, Procol Harum's equipment truck fails to arrive, so they arrange to borrow some gear from Gentle Giant. Then, just before Procol Harum take the stage, Wakeman vetoes the loan, making it impossible for the band to perform. A fued erupts between Wakeman and Procol which results in the bizarre story going public via interviews with Procol on WEBN Radio.
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Da Doo Ron Ron by Shaun Cassidy is certified as a Gold single by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play at Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The headline band for this show is Judas Priest.
On their Alone And Together tour, Bob Dylan And The Grateful Dead play at Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, USA.
On her Living Room tour, Carole King plays at The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Jazz guitarist Al Hendrickson, best-known for his work with Benny Goodman, Ray Noble, Woody Herman, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee and others, dies in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA.
On his Glitter And Doom tour, Tom Waits plays the last of three nights at Teatro Degli Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy, Europe.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The Stadio Olympico, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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On their 100-date Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode play at The Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe.
In a Tweet sent from aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump states, 'I will be calling the very talented prime minister of Sweden to see what we can do about helping A$AP Rocky.' The rapper is being held in custody in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, following a violent altercation in the city on June 30.1896 |
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