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Cora Calhoun is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Under the name
Lovie Austin, she will find fame as a jazz-blues bandleader, session musician, composer and arranger in the 1920s. Her piano playing will grace
recordings by Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Ethel
Waters, Alberta Hunter and
others. She will also work with Louis
Armstrong, Kid Ory and
Johnny
Dodds.
The Kent Family, billed as 'vocalists and instrumentalists in their refined drawing room musical entertainment ' The Merry Zingaries?, play at the Bijou Theatre, Rosherville, Kent, UK, along with The Sisters Kent and the Rosherville Band.
Twirly-Whirly, billed as "the new musical absurdity" is presented at Weber And Fields Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Blue Steele And His Orchestra record Freddy's Fog as a test for Victor Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.Ray Charles plays the third night of a week at The Palms Club, Hallendale, Florida, USA.
British rock'n'roll pioneer Tommy Steele is discovered playing in the 2i's coffee bar in Old Compton Street, Soho, London, UK.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.Opening day of the trial of America's most influential deejay, Alan Freed, indicted by the Manhattan Grand Jury on charges of accepting $30,650 in payola.
The trial of America's most influential deejay, Alan Freed, indicted by the Manhattan Grand Jury on charges of accepting $30,650 in payola, opens.
I Want To Be Wanted by Brenda Lee enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
The Eddie Vinson Sextet records Back Door Blues, Kidney Stew and other tracks in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Riverside Records. The band consists of Vinson with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet.
Otis Williams and His Charms record The Secret and Two Hearts at King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The
Vibrations, Shep And The Limelites, Claudine
Clark, The Falcons and
Billy
Stewart play the second of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Pressure Point, a new movie starring Bobby Darin and Sidney Poitier, opens in the USA.
Rusty 'Ko Ko' Adams is playing during thirteen days at The Little Brown Jug, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA, with Jo Ann And Ray Cantrell.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at The ABC, Chesterfield, England, UK, Europe.
Country music recording artist singer and songwriter Jeff Bates is born in Bunker Hill, Mississippi, USA.
Let It Be Me by Betty Everett and Jerry Butler enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No5.
A Summer Song by Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde, aka Chad And Jeremy, enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No7.
Country singer 
A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass enters the Billboard Hot Top 100 Singles chart at No89. It will spend sixteen weeks on the Top 100, peaking at No7 for two weeks.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Dusty Springfield records Another Night, for Philips Records in London, England, UK, Europe. The song is composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows celebrate ten years together with a concert at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.
For The Good Times by Ray Price reaches No1 in the Billboard country singles chart in the USA. The song is written by Kris Kristofferson.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.Bob Marley And The Wailers play the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
Red Rider release a new single, Breaking Curfew, on 
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the third of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.1887 |
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