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John Adam Estes is born in Ripley, Tennessee, USA. He will find success as blues guitarist/singer and recording artist Sleepy John Estes.
Musical revue The Passing Show Of 1919, featuring "a gigantic gathering of glorious girls in gorgeous gowns" plays at The Winter Garden, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
Billie Holiday and the Teddy Wilson Orchestra record Why Was I Born?, I Must Have That Man, He Ain't Got No Rhythm and other tracks for Brunswick Records at 1776 Broadway, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott records Everybody's Somebody's Fool, backed by Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra in New York City, USA.
Having been accused of being a Communist spy by The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), American government official Alger Hiss is sentenced by a Grand Jury to five years' imprisonment on two counts of perjury, to run concurrently. (The original charge of spying was dropped because of the statute of limitations). The anti-Communist activities of the HUAC will inspire numerous songs, some for and some against. One of the best-known is I'm No Communist (1952) by country singer Carson Robison.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Then I'll Be Happy, I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night, Isn't It Romantic? and Bye, Bye, Baby, backed by the Jeff Alexander Orchestra, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Brook Benton, Maxine Brown, The Marcels and Shep And The Limelites play the third night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Manny Albam And His Orchestra record Exodus, Majority Of One, The Green Leaves Of Summer and Paris Blues for Impulse Records in New York City, USA.
Helen Shapiro plays at The Granada, Dartford, UK, supported by The Brook Brothers, The Four Jays, The Dale Sisters, Colin Day and The Red Price Band. Compere for the show is comedian Dave Allen.
Carl Fysh, keyboardist of 80s popsters Brother Beyond is born in England, UK, Europe.
Former hat-check girl Cilla Black makes her stage debut in The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
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.Love have two recording sessions in Los Angeles, California, USA, starting at four in the afternoon, for their first album. They cut their Elektra Records debut single, My Little Red Book (composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David), plus You I'll Be Following. Pink Floyd's manager Peter Jenner will hear My Little Red Book while on a visit to California, and will subsequently attempt to sing the guitar riff to Pink Floyd, whose leader Syd Barrett will attempt to copy Jenner's singing. Barrett's interpretation will become the basic riff of the 1967 Pink Floyd track Interstellar Overdrive.
A High Court injunction is granted against Decca Records for having released, without permission, a Curtis Knight album featuring early tracks by Jimi Hendrix, under the title Get That Feeling. On the same day, The Jimi Hendrix Experience have rehearsals at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Miles Davis Quintet records I Have A Dream and Like A Child in Columbia Studio B, New York City, but neither track will be issued until many years later.
Louis Armstrong performs Wilkommen and Mack The Knife on The Tonight Show on tv in the USA.
Johnny Tillotson records You Make Me Feel So Good, Why So Lonely? and Everything I Touch Turns To Blue, for MGM Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Buddy Rich, Buddy Miles and psychedelic soul pioneers Rotary Connection play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Rob Hoeke Boogie Woogie Quartet spends the fourth of five days recording tracks for their Philips Records album Racing The Boogie, in Holland, Europe.
Electric Light Orchestra, aka ELO, begin their globe-spanning Out Of The Blue Tour with a show at The Neal Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.
The Who begin their biggest ever British tour at Granby Halls, Leicester, England, UK, Europe, supported by Q-Tips featuring vocalist Paul Young.
Uriah Heep are working on their sixteenth LP, Equator, at Genetic Studios, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, Europe.UK tv's Oxford Road Show features live sets by UB40, The Armoury Show and The Associates.
Tegan and Sara play the first of two nights at The Imperial De Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, supported by An Horse.
Two Door Cinema Club play The Great British Rock And Blues Festival, a three-day event, begins at various venues in Skegness, UK. Artists appearing over the coming days include The Animals, The Blues Band, Colin Blunstone, Focus, Curved Air, Hawkwind, Eddie And The Hot Rods, John Coughlin's Quo, Stray and The Stumble.
G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha perform together on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on tv in the USA.
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