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Ferdinand Joseph Lamott (Lamothe or even La Menthe) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will find fame as the blues pianist and arranger Jelly Roll Morton.
The "scintillating musical comedy" Sally In Our Alley is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 100 performances.The Burlesque show at The Columbia Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, is featuring popular comedian Frank A. Burt and The Girl Trust.
Musical revue The Passing Show Of 1915 is playing at The Winter Garden, New York City, USA.Audrey Arinsberg is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will find fame as singer Gogi Grant, reaching No1 in the USA in 1956 with The Wayward Wind.
Annette Hanshaw records Tiptoe Thru' The Tulips With Me, for Harmony Records in New York City, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
Teddy Foster And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.Hank Ballard and The Midnighters play the third night in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
The Soul Stirrers (including Sam Cooke) record God Is Standing by and Lead Me Jesus for SAR Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A hearing is held in the Chancery Court, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, to examine a breach of contract suit filed by publisher Weslkey Rose against The Everly Brothers. Rose claims that the duo have broken a five year contract with him which was designed to run from 1957 until 1962.Jazz saxophonist Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis records Trane Whistle, Walk Away and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Bobby Darin plays the first of four nights at The Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bo Diddley with Jerome and the Duchess plays the first of two nights at the Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
The Hollies score their first UK hit single when their cover version of The Coasters' American hit Searchin' enters the NME pop charts.
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Ray Charles plays at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. the show is recorded and will be released as the LP Ray Charles Live.
The Nashville Teens, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes and Jackie Trent appear on UK radio show Easy Beat.
The Geordie Beat Show, a package tour featuring Manfred Mann, The Merseybeats, Joe Cocker and The McKinleys, plays at The Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK.
Donovan, Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders and The Alan Price Combo appear on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go!
Dion And The Wanderers record Tomorrow Won't Bring The Rain, Knowing I Won't Go Back There and other tracks in Columbia Studio A, New York City, USA. Producer on the session is Tom Wilson.
Rolf Harris is playing during a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The album Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival enters the Billboard Top 40 Albums Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
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The Byrds play at The University of The Pacific, Pacific Memorial Stadium, Stockton, California, USA.Rick Anthony DeJesus is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as Rick DeJesus, founder and lead vocalist of the hard rock bands, Adelitas Way and Sun Never Sets.
Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Kenney Jones, Charlie Watts and others take part in a fund-raising benefit for former Faces' bassist Ronnie Lane, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their No Prayer On The Road tour, Iron Maiden play at The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, England, UK.
On his Seriously, Live! Tour, Phil Collins plays at The Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California, USA.
On her Compositions World Tour, Anita Baker plays the second of four nights at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On his Sound + Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Praça da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
On their Nils Stevenson, road manager for The Sex Pistols and Siouxsie and the Banshees, dies in London. On the same day, The Rolling Stones' Licks World Tour plays at the First Union Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Barry White is posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb release a new album, Guilty Pleasures, on Columbia Records in the USA.
The B.B. King Museum Foundation hosts the blues star's 80th birthday celebration at a private estate in Encino, California, USA.
Ray Charles releases a posthumous album, Genius And Friends, in the USA. The album includes duets with Mary J. Blige, Ruben Studdard and Angie Stone.
Me'shell Ndegeocello plays at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.Acherontas, Baptism, Borgne, Corpus Christii, Darkmoon Warrior, Deathrow, Horna, Kawir, Nargaroth and
Throne of Katarsis play at the Sinister Howling IV 2014 festival, Halle 101, Speyer, Germany, Europe.
The Eagles Of Death Metal return to The Bataclan, Paris, France, Europe, to complete the gig that was violently disrupted by a terrorist attack three months earlier. After the show, the band's vocalist-guitarist Jesse Hughes, tells a French tv reporter that guns should be available to anybody who wants them.Buskin and Batteau play at The Me And Thee Coffeehouse in Marblehead, near Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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