Welcome to MusicDayz

The world's largest online archive of date-sorted music facts, bringing day-by-day facts instantly to your fingertips.
Find out what happened on your or your friends' Birthday, Wedding Day, Anniversary or just discover fun facts in musical areas that particularly interest you.
Please take a look around.

Random selection from 66 Facts
Click to filter results

Filter to between years

Topic:

Genre:

Location:

The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Lulu plays during a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Molly Bee is playing during two weeks at The Cork Club, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The Magnificent Men are playing a week of shows at The Uptown Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is playing during a week at The Carousel, West Covina, California, USA.
The Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, The Cassanovas, Barbra Merger, Pat Lewis, J.J. Barnes, The Holidays, Dusty Williams, Dennis Thomas, Ruby Andrews and Timmy Willis are playing in the week-long Memphis Sounds Show at The Riveira Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Soft Machine, The MC5 and The Rationals.
Read More
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick And Tich play on the BBC tv show Whistle Stop in the UK. The show is hosted by Roger Whittaker.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play the first of two nights at The Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Cat Stevens releases a new single, Lovely City, on Deram Records in the UK, Europe.
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and Freddy Mack's Band play at Birmingham University, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Fantastics play at The Good Companions Hotel, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Horace Silver Quintet records Serenade To A Soul Sister, Psychedelic Sally and Rain Dance for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The James Cotton Band and The Crumbs play the second of two nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The US Securities and Exchange Commision suspends trading in the mercurially rising shares of Cameo-Parkway Records, 48% of which had been purchased some months earlier by controversial music business entrepreneur Allen Klein.
Dusty Springfield appears on the tv show Operation Entertainment in the USA.
Traffic, The Kinks, The Move and The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band play in The Rag Rave at Granby Halls, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Chuck Berry plays at The Anderson Theater, New York City, USA, supported by The Electric Flag and Pearls Before Swine.
The Clingers (aka The Clinger Sisters) appear on the Operation Entertainment tv show in the USA.
Pearls Before Swine play the first of two nights at The Village Theater, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Solomon King plays at The Scala, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe.
The Four Seasons play a concert in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Canned Heat, Fruit Of The Loom and Tiers play in The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bob Luman records Happiness Is My Belief, I Can't Remember To Forget, Ain't Got Time To Be Unhappy and Someday You'll Call My name, at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Gary Burton Quartet plays at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, USA. The show is recorded and will be released by RCA Records as The Gary Burton Quartet In Concert. The album includes a jazzy interpretation of the Bob Dylan composition I Want You.
The Byrds and Chris Montez play at Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Gram Parsons, having recently joined The Byrds, is playing organ and singing on several songs.
Tom Jones releases a new single, Delilah, on Decca Records in the UK, Europe.
Read More
Andre Kostelanetz records tracks for his album Sunset : Andre Kostelanetz Plays Music For Strings in 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA.
Fairport Convention release their debut single, If I Had A Ribbon Bow, on Track Records in the UK.
The Beacon Street Union play the first of two nights at The Cheetah, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Status Quo play at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Cream begin their second tour of the USA with a gig at the Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, supported by Steppenwolf and The Electric Prunes (performing their orchestral work, Mass In F Minor).
Read More
Buddy Guy, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Son House play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience release Up From The Skies / One Rainy Wish on Reprise Records as their fourth single in the USA.
Carl Douglas And The Big Stampede play at The Drill Hall, Stratford, Essex, England, UK, Europe.
Count Basie, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jimmy Smith Trio, The Oscar Peterson trio and Richard Pryor play in Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Shevelles play at Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey, England, UK, Europe.
The posthumous Otis Redding compilation LP, The Dock Of The Bay is released in the USA on Volt/Atco Records.
Manfred Mann release a new single, Up The Junction, on Fontana Records in the UK, Europe. The single is the title song from the soundtrack of the film of the same name.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.