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Samuel J. Hoffman is born in New York City, USA. He will become a notable player of the early electronic musical instrument the theremin. He will feature prominently on several science fiction movie soundtracks, and will record three studio albums with bandleader Les Baxter, regarded as forerunners of the exotica genre. As late as 1967, he will work with Captain Beefheart. Vera Hall and Tom Bell record Stagolee [aka Stagger Lee] in Livingston, Alabama, USA. The recording is archived by the Library Of Congress.
American musical arranger Salvador 'Toots' Camarata is in London, England, UK, Europe, during a month of recording British talent for Decca Records. Camarata is a Musical Adviser to Decca.The Humphrey Lyttelton Band records Elizabeth in a live session for the BBC Radio Jazz Club in London. At the same session, pianist Dill Jones records solo versions of Blues In Thirds and Low Down Dirty Shame.
The musical Hazel Flagg, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Hilliard, is playing at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 190 performances.Learnin' the Blues by Frank Sinatra peaks at No2 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
Gene Vincent plays the second night of a six-week season at The
Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, UK.
The brand-new Telstar 1 communications satellite [launched on 10 July] carries its first transatlantic programming - excerpts of a baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, a live press conference by President Kennedy, and a performance by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Inspired by the broadcast, British record producer Joe Meek composes the futuristic instrumental Telstar, which is recorded later in the week by The Tornados.
Mississippi John Hurt records several songs in Coolidge Auditorium, Library Of Congress, Washington DC, USA.
The ten-day-long Antibes Jazz festival begins in France Europe, with artists taking part including Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra.
Linda Lawrence, girlfriend of Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, gives birth to a son. They will name him Julian.
Billy Butler, The Marvelos, Teen Doll, The Opals, Lee Dorsey, G.L. Crocket and George Hunter's Orchestra play at The Capitol Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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Police in Detroit, Michigan, USA, raid an after hours drinking club in a predominantly black neighborhood around Twelfth Street and Clairmount Avenue. When local people turn up outside the club to protest at the heavy-handed police action, a riot is sparked. Looting and fires spread through the Northwest side of Detroit, then cross over to the East Side, and the city remains under National Guard control well into August. The story of the riots is told in John Lee Hooker's song The Motor City Is Burning, recorded soon after.
James Brown Day is declared in Los Angeles, California, USA, in recognition of his sellout concert at the Great Western Forum.Overdubs are carried out on the Bob Dylan songs If Not For You, Went To See The Gypsy and Spanish Is The Loving Tongue at Studio E, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, USA.
Country Joe McDonald plays the last of six nights at The Boarding House, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Ayatollah Khomeini tells a mass gathering of his subjects in Teheran, Iran, Asia, that, "Music is no different from opium. Music affects the human mind in a way that makes people think of nothing but music and sensual matters ... Music is a treason to our country, a treason to our youth, and we should cut out all this music and replace it with something instructive."
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.The Damned play at The Top Rank, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Ruts and The Irritators.
On their Hide Your Sheep Tour [aka the K.A.T.N. (Kicking Ass and Taking Names tour) Tour], Van Halen play at Jackson Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi, USA, supported by After The Fire.
Vanessa Williams gives up her beauty pageant crown towards the end of her year as Miss America, after naked pictures of her appear in Penthouse magazine. She will, nevertheless, go on to become a popular actress and singer, scoring a No1 hit in 1991 with Save The Best For Last.
Kurt Cobain, not yet a member of Nirvana, is arrested for vandalism in his home town of Aberdeen, Washington, USA, when he is caught writing "Ain'T goT no how waTchamacalliT" on the wall of the Seafirst Bank Building. 
While on tour in Europe, Bruce Springsteen plays acoustic guitar in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, with busker John Magnusson.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band begin a 30-date North American tour at Park Central Amphitheater, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Hell To Pay by The Jeff Healey Band is certified as a Platinum Album in Canada.
On their Behind The Mask tour, Fleetwood Mac play the first of two nights at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.Guns N'Roses drummer Dizzy Reed is sentenced to 40 hours community service after Los Angeles, California, cops arrest him for drink driving.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays at the Tweeter Center, Chicago, Illinois, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic play at The Forum, Kentish Town, London, England, UK.
Matt Sage plays an in-store gig at Borders, Oxford, England, UK.Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco attend the Comic Con in San Diego, California, USA.
Amy Winehouse appears in the City Of Westminster magistrates Court, London, England, UK, Europe, to face charges of using "deliberate and unjustified violence" against dancer Ms Sherene Flash who had asked to take her photograph at a charity ball in Berkeley Square, London, the previous September.
Ozzy Osbourne, his tv celebrity wife Sharon and their new dog [also called Ozzy] attend the Design Care Benefit fashion show in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Where's Billy release their debut album, Forcibly Fed, on Controlled Volcano Records in the UK.
Weird Al Yankovic scores his first No1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart in the USA with his fourteenth LP release, Mandatory Fun.
Kiss play at The Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa, Florida, USA.1903 |
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