23rd September

Boston-born popular singer Andrew Mack is appearing in "His Greatest Success" Tom Moore, at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA. The newspaper ad for the show urges "Hear Mack's sweet songs".

The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.

Harry Gilfoil plus Klaw And Erlanger's Troubadours, featuring "thirty of the hansomest young women on the stage" perform in Harry B. Smith's comedy The Liberty Belles at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.

Jazz saxophone legend John Coltrane is born in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.

Ray Charles Robinson is born in Albany, Georgia, USA. He will grow up to be better known simply as Ray Charles.

Judy Garland poses for publicity photos with director Norman Taurog on the set of the movie Little Nellie Kelly at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Monster Vaudeville And Concert takes place in The Memorial Oval, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Singers taking part include Barbara Neiman and Lexie Renalson, and the cast of 50 performs five numbers from Annie Get Your Gun.

Violinist Alfredo Campoli and The Gosport Municipal Orchestra play on South Parade Pier, Portsmouth, UK.

US r’n’b pioneer Big Joe Turner records Baby I Still Want You in New York City for Atlantic Records.

Chris Paul And His Music play at McIlroy's Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.

Frankie Avalon is playing during a week of shows at The Holiday House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Little Stevie Wonder, just twelve years old, records Thank You For Loving Me All The Way, in his first session for Tamla Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The Kingston Trio record Genny Glenn for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Then He Kissed Me by The Crystals peaks at No3 in the Canadian pop singles chart. The song is composed by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry.

Music venue Leo's Casino moves from East 49th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, to the 700 capacity Quad Hotel Hall on East 75th Street. Artists appearing at the relocated Leo's will include Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick and Martha And The Vandellas. In due course, the venue will be designated as a Cleveland rock and roll landmark.

The Gil Evans Orchestra records Spoonful and Punjab for Verve Records in New York City, USA.

The Rolling Stones play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51 Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Beach Boys play at Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

Kenny Ball and Susan Maughan are playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.

The Beatles continue filming their tv special, Magical Mystery Tour, at West Malling Air Station, Maidstone, Kent, UK.

The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play the second of five nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.

The Top Ten singles being played on WRIT Radio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, for the week ending on this date are as follows :



1. Hey Jude/Revolution - The Beatles

2. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley

3. The Eyes Of A New York Woman - B.J. Thomas

4. San Francisco Girls - Fever Tree

5. 1-2-3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company

6. I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees

7. People Got To Be Free - The Rascals

8. Indian Reservation - Don Fardon

9. Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express

10. Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

Barb Ulviden of Northern Illinois publication, The Northern Star, writes a feature which reports Californian college gossip that Paul McCartney of The Beatles died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike. This is the second published account of what will become known as the 'Paul Is Dead' myth.

Jethro Tull come to the end of five days of rehearsing in The Lyceum Ballroom, London, for their upcoming UK tour.

The documentary film of 1970's Mad Dogs And Englishmen Tour, starring Joe Cocker and Leon Russell, is premiered at The Ritz Cinema, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, Europe.

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin is born in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He will find success as producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri.

Dr. Irving Root examines a charred and unreconisable body at Wiefels And Son Mortuary, Yucca Valley, California, USA. Dr. Root concludes that it is most probably the corpse of Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, upon which he had done an autopsy some days earlier. Parsons' body had subsequently been stolen and burned at Cap Rock in The Joshua Tree National Monument.

Black Sabbath play the first of two nights in Anaheim, California, USA.

When Van Halen play at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA, the audience is stunned to see the band parachute down from a plane before running onto the stage. In fact, lookalikes had been hired to do the jump, and the band merely ran onstage in parachute gear to give the impression that they had been the daredevils.

Elvis Costello And The Attractions play at The Greek Theatre, University Of California, Berkeley, California, USA, with The TKO Horns and Afrodiziak.

Diana Ross is playing during a week of shows at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.

On their World Slavery tour, Iron Maiden play at Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.

On his Dream Of The Blue Turtles tour, Sting plays the first of seven nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.

Touring in support of his current LP, Vive Le Rock, Adam Ant plays at The Dome, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.

Tom Waits releases a new album, Raindogs, on Island Records in the UK.

Miss Devine by Icehouse enters the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia at No41. It will peak at No16.

Phoenix play at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The United States Postal Service honours r'n'b legend Ray Charles with a commemorative stamp, as part of its Music Icons series which has previously honored Tejano music singer/guitarist Lydia Mendoza and country legend Johnny Cash. The stamp is launched with live performances of Ray Charles' songs by Ashanti in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chaka Khan in Los Angeles, California, USA.

GusGus with Kiko King and creativemaze play at Berghain, Berlin, Germany, Europe.

Rhys Lewis is among the artists playing at The Artheatre, Cologne, Germany, Europe.

Pixx is among the artists performing at Nuit Des Lampions, Wiltz, Luxembourg, Europe.