Random selection from around 490 Facts
Click to filter results
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The "scintillating musical comedy" Sally In Our Alley is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 100 performances.
Jolly George Monroe is starring in The Doings Of Mrs. Dooley at The Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA. the show is billed as featuring "Music that everybody will be whistling; The prettiest of girls; Bright specialities and up-to-date fads".Giacinto Figlia is born in Palermo, Sicily. He will find success in
America as a bop pianist and composer, George Wallington , working with Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry
Mulligan, Charlie Parker and others.
Louisiana country music string trio The Pelican Wildcats record Walkin' Georgia Rose for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earl Hines And His Orchestra record Bubbling Over, Harlem Lament, Take It Easy and I Want A Lot Of Love for Brunswick Records in New York City, USA.
Freddy Nagel And His Orchestra begin a three-month season at The O'Henry Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.The stage musical My Darlin' Aida, a modern re-make of of the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, opens at Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 89 performances.
LaVern Baker, Jackie Wilson, Bobby Day and Lee Andrews And The Hearts, play in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
The very first Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye and Little Stevie
Wonder, plays the second night in a week of shows at the The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
R'n'b vocal group The Flamingos play the last of thirteen nights at The Peppermint Lounge West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Phil Everly heads the bill on a package tour at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, UK. The show is supposed to star The Everly Brothers, but Don Everly collapsed after a suicide attempt in London's Savoy Hotel. Other acts on the bill include Frank Ifield, Ketty Lester and The Vernons Girls.
Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Jet Harris And The Jetblacks,Sounds Incorporated and The Breakaways play at The Granada, Tooting, UK.
The Beatles play three shows in one day at Lorensberg Cirkus, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe, supported by local band Trio Me' Bumba, and English group Ken Levy and The Phantoms.
At a rhythm'n'blues night in The Place, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK, Europe, fifteen year old Steve Winwood (later of The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith) encounters his first Hammond B3 organ, and can't keep his hands off it.
The Alan Price Rhythm'n'Blues Combo plays at A Go Go's Club, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after it evolves to become The Animals.
The Beatles are in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, mixing and editing Honey Don't and What You're Doing, for the album Beatles For Sale.
In His Own Write, a book of writings and drawing by John Lennon of The Beatles, is published in the USA.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The Great Society record Where at Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. The group includes vocalist and songwriter Grace Slick, later to join Jefferson Airplane.
Peggy Lee records Big Spender at Capitol Tower, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Lee is the first artist to record the song.
Eddy Arnold records The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me, written by Roger Miller, at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Spencer Davis Group, The Alan Price Set and The Dedicated Men's Jug Band play at The Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
A new offshore pirate radio station, Radio Essex, begins test transmissions from Knock John Tower in the Thames Estuary, England, UK, Europe.
John Lee Hooker plays the first of three nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA, supported by Mosaic Virus.Pink Floyd, Lee Michaels and Clear Light play the second of three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.Second of two days of the S.F. International Pop Festival at Alameda County Fairgrounds, California, USA. Over the two days of the event, artists include Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Chambers Brothers, Jose Feliciano, Johnny Rivers, Eric Burdon And the Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Canned Heat.
XTC release their fourth single, Are You Receiving Me?, in the UK on Virgin Records. On the same day, X-Ray Spex release a new single, Germ Free Adolescents, in the UK.
UB40 play the first of two nights at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Simply Red.
Paul McCartney plays the second of two nights at The Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy, Europe.
Wes Berggren, guitarist and founding member of Tripping Daisy, is found dead of a drug overdose in his apartment in Dallas, Texas, USA. Traces of cocaine, propoxyphene, and benzodiazepine are found in his body. After his death, the group will disband.
Jeff Beck comes to the end of a UK tour with the second of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London.
Taylor Swift releases her fourth studio album, Red, on Big Machine Records in Thailand, Asia.
Annie Lennox releases her new album, Nostalgia, as a CD, vinyl LP, DVD and digital download in the UK and France, Europe. The album consists of cover versions of classic songs.
Robbie Williams' wife Ayda Field gives birth to a baby boy, who will be named Charlton Valentine Williams. Robbie faced some criticism for the video diary he made of Ayda's time in hospital.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the sixth of seven shows at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.1902 |
2019 |