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Ambrose And His Orchestra record Adoree and I'm Riding To Glory at Hayes, Middlesex, UK, for HMV Records.
The Bently Boys record Down On Penny's Farm, in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA, for Columbia Records. Bob Dylan will adapt this song, using it as the basis of his song Hard Times in New York Town and he will also find some inspiration for his 1965 song Maggie's Farm.
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra records Band Box Shuffle, Small Black, Rumba Negro [Spanish Stomp], Jones Law Stomp and Everyday Blues [Yo Yo Blues] for Victor Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Bently Boys record Down On Penny's Farm, in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA, for Columbia Records. Bob Dylan will adapt this song, using it as the basis of Maggie's Farm.
Young blind boy Ray Charles Robinson (later to become superstar Ray Charles) is enrolled at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St Augustine.
Charlie Parker plays the fifth of seven nights at Soldier Meyer's, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Musical duo Rex And Rita appear in the variety revue Take A Peep at The Pavilion Theatre, Liverpool, UK.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
Fred
Ahlert, composer of such standards as I Don't Know Why, I'll Get
By and I'm
Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter dies in New York
City, USA.
Baby Washington, Bobby Freeman, The Miracles and Gene And Eunice open a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Connie Francis is playing during a two week engagement at The Latin Casino, Merchantsville, New Jersey, USA.
The Platters are playing during a two-week engagement at The Social Ritz Club, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.RCA announce the launch of "The Prompter", a new portable hi-fi tape cartridge player selling at $99.95. It will not find wide public acceptance.
The musical Jazz pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin records The Wave, Insensatez and other tracks in New York City, USA, for MGM Records.
Soul vocalist Major Lance records Sometimes I Wonder, a Curtis Mayfield composition, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rescue Me by Fontella Bass enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No4.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience enter the UK singles chart with their cover of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower. It will peak at No5 during an eleven-week run.
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Fantasy-horror movie The Lost Continent is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America. Generally undistinguished, it is of interest to music fans for a substantial role played by English folk, pop and rock singer Dana Gillespie.Boz Scaggs, The Youngbloods, Flash Cadillac AndThe Continental Kids and Tucky Buzzard play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, california, USA.
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band enter the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart with Imagine, which will peak at No3 during a nine-week run.
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 Thompson Twins play at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
On their World Service tour, Spear Of Destiny play at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Roy White Band and Living In Texas.
Nirvana play their first-ever British gig, supporting their 
On their Fireworks tour, Angra play at Credicard Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.
Ashlee Simpson is distraught when the accidental transmission of her pre-recorded vocal during a supposedly live appearance on tv show Saturday Night Live in the USA makes it obvious that she isn’t live at all. She quits the stage, leaving her band to finish the song without her.
Nanci Griffith plays the second of two nights at Olympia, Dublin, Eire, Europe, supported by The Crickets.Swedish newspaper Expressen reports that Roxette, having been on hiatus from several years, are now recording new songs.
Nick Heyward performs Haircut 100 Classics by candle light at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, in a fund-raising concert for Oxfam.Madina Lake, The Super Happy Fun Club and Fearless Vampire Killers play at The Garage, London, UK.
Ed Sheeran collects the Best Solo Artist and Best Live Act awards at the Q Awards, Grosvenor House, London, England, UK, Europe. He also plays the second of two nights at The Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
On his Saint Pablo tour, Kanye West plays the second of two nights at Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
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