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Aged 18, Billie Holiday has her first recording session, with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, for Columbia Records at 55 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The song recorded is Your Mother’s Son in-law.
The musical comedy, Call Me Madam, with music by Irving Berlin and starring Ethel Merman, is playing at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 644 performances.Skinnay Ennis And His Orchestra play at The Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ray Pearl And His Orchestra, featuring Lois Costello and Bill Barlowe, are playing at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Country music superstar Hank Williams checks back into a sanitarium in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, to battle his multiple addictions.
The Crickets, a quartet from Texas which includes Buddy Holly in its line-up, release their debut album, The Chirping Crickets, in the USA on Brunswick Records.
The Beatles continue their 58-night residency at the Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, during their first visit to Germany. On this day, Paul McCartney writes a letter to a female fan - "It's freezing here now. My hands are like ice - this room hasn't got a heater. We're more or less enjoying ourselves, but we're dead homesick."
Connie Francis plays the last of three nights at The Town Casino, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
The John Coltrane Quintet plays at The Liederhalle, Beethoven-Saal, Stuttgart, West Germany, Europe.
Harmonica-player Johnny Puleo and singer Betty Madigan are playing at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Famous Davis Sisters record Here's My Heart, Earnestly Praying, Jesus Loves Me and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.
Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Johnny Duncan And The Bluegrass Boys, Jess Conrad and Sounds Incorporated play at The Adelphi, West Bromwich, England, UK, Europe. The show is promoted by Don Arden.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the first of two nights at The Standish Hall Hotel, Hull, Quebec, Canada.
Cliff Richard releases a new single, I Could Easily Fall In Love With You, on Columbia Records in the UK.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band including guitarist Mike Bloomfield, plays at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA publishes its regional pop singles charts, showing I Hear A Symphony by The Supremes at No1 in Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia. The Sound Of Silence by Simon And Garfunkel has the top spot in Boston, while 1-2-3 by Len Barry is at No1 in Pittsburgh.
It is reported that Motown subsidiary Gordy Records of Detroit, Michigan, USA, has agreed to change the title of its current Kim Weston single to Take Me In Your Arms Baby, to avoid confusion with publisher Mills Music's standard called Take Me In Your Arms.
Moby Grape play the last of three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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The Velvet Underground play the last of five nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at Golden Hall, San Diego, California.
On their Four streets in Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, are named after each of The Beatles. The names are John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
Duran Duran play the third of four non-consecutive nights at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
On their Kick Over Apartheid tour, The Redskins play at Leicester University, Leicester, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Boothill Foot-Tappers.
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Johnny Cash plays at The Wayne Newton Theatre, Branson, Missouri, USA, during a lengthy series of concerts at the venue.
Los Angeles Superior Court reveals that Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has settled (six weeks earlier) a $5m battery lawsuit filed by lighting technician Connie Paulson who had her nose broken by Durst during the group's Anger Management Tour in December 2000.
The Oakland-born blues musician Seasick Steve releases his second album Doghouse Music on Bronzerat Records.
Annual sales of vinyl albums in the UK exceed the 1m mark for the first time since the Britpop era of the 90s according to Official Charts data released on this day. The best-selling vinyl album of the year to date has been AM by Arctic Monkeys.
On their Rock Or Bust tour, AC/DC play the first of two nights at Domain Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Oceania.1933 |
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