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The first coin-operated phonograph is installed in The Palais Royal Saloon, San Francisco, California, USA, by the Pacific Phonograph Company. This development is widely accepted as the birth of the jukebox.
The increasing popularity of the jukebox over the years will inspire many songwriters to write songs about the machine, which will be recorded by numerous artists, including Jukebox Saturday Night [1939] by Glenn Miller and Jukebox Baby [1954] by Perry Como and Mr Jukebox [1963] by Ernest Tubb.
Haverley's Mastodon Minstrels, headed by "The greatest minstrel of the age" George Wilson, are performing at The California Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
An "Elaborate Scenic Production of the Romantic Drama" Coon Hollow is presented at The Central Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. The show is billed as featuring, "Exciting scenes, cake-walks, Plantation Scenes, Southern Melodies, Buck And Wing Dancing etc".
Robert Lee Burnside is born in Harmontown, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA. He will find success as blues singer, guitarist and recording artist R.L. Burnside.Jack Hylton And His Orchestra record I've Never Seen A Straight Banana, The More We Are Together and Ukulele Dream Man, for HMV Records in the Small Queen's Hall, London, UK.
Midge Williams And Her Jazz Jesters record Singing The Blues, Goodnight Angel, The Greatest Mistake Of My Life and Mama's Gone, Goodbye for Vocalion Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tell Taylor, composer of Down By The Old Mill Stream, Some Day, If Dreams Come True and many other popular songs, dies of a heart attack in a bar in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical revue Boys And Girls Together, with music by Sammy Fain, is playing at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 191 performances.
Eddy Howard And His Orchestra are playing at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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[Why Must I Be Alone] by The Southlanders enters the Popular Singles Chart in the UK. It will peak at No17
during a ten-week run on the chart.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Michio Kurihara is born in Nishi Tama, Tokyo, Japan, Asia. He will find acclaim as guitarist of the 90s psychedelic bands White Heaven and The Stars.
Mike Daniels And His Delta Jazzmen with Doreen Beatty and Mike Peters, plus The Florida Jazzmen perform live on the BBC Light Programme Radio Show Jazz Club, broadcast live from London, England, UK, Europe.
Red River Dave records Answer To The Death Of A President and The Bay Of Pigs in San Antonio, Texas, USA, for Reveal Records.The Beatles play in The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vernons Girls, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers and The Brook Brothers.
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Jerry Lee Lewis spends the first of three days filming for the teen-oriented movie Be My Guest, at Pinewood Studios in London, UK. Steve Marriott, later to find success with The Small Faces, appears as the film's co-star with David Hemmings. Also featured in the movie, which features a soundtrack written by Shel Talmy, are The Nashville Teens and The Niteshades.
Marlene Dietrich opens at The Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, where she will play for three weeks.
The Beatles spend the day making promotional films for Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out with NEMS Head Of Promotions Tony Bramwell, at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, England, UK, Europe.
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While on tour as guitarist with Joey Dee And The Starliters, Jimmy Hendrix [later to find international fame as Jimi Hendrix] arrives in Revere, Massachusetts, USA, and writes a letter home.
The Steam Packet play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the second of two nights at the Duke Tire Company, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Velvet Underground play the first of five nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz guitarist Irving Ashby records Shivers and Funkville U.S.A. in Los Angeles, California, USA, for his RCA Records album Guitar Player. Hampton Hawes plays piano on the session.
Heart play in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
On the Bark At The Moon tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays the second of two nights at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Thomas Mapfumo and Blacks Unlimited play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Eric Clapton plays the first of two nights at The Ritz, New York City, USA, he is joined onstage by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.
On their 
The first portable mp3 player, The Diamond Rio PMP300, goes on sale in the USA, despite objections from the R.I.A.A. [Recording Industry Association of America]. The device costs $200 and can play about a dozen songs.Baby One More Time by Britney Spears is certified as a nine times platinum album in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at The Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru, South America.
Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 30 goes to No1 in the Official UK Singles Chart, with 312,000 copies sold so far. The single is an all-star charity fund-raiser to raise money to fight the Ebola crisis in Western Africa.
On the Second European leg of their Decades World Tour, Nightwish play at Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany, Europe, supported by Beast In Black.
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