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C.L. Emmons of Oranford, New Jersey, USA, is granted Patent No. US698480A for his invention of a new mechanical musical instrument in which a number of mechanical sounds are reduced in volume.
Avery And Hart and their own company are starring in Sons Of Ham at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Smith 'Hezzy' Adair, who will play bass, guitar and harmonica with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, is born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Hezzy is seen second from the right in the attached pic.
Nose-whistler Buford Threlkeld and his group record Low Down Blues for OKeh Records in St Louis, Missouri, USA. The track is issued under the name Whistler And His Jug Band.
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Anthony Donegan is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He will find fame as the UK's Skiffle King, Lonnie Donegan.
Self-taught blues pianist and singer, Leroy Carr dies of alcoholism in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Harry Owens records Koni Au I Ka Wai and If Your Aloha Means I Love You for Decca Records in the USA.
It is reported that Count Basie has signed a new recording contract with Columbia Records in New York City, USA, thus returning to the label he left two years earlier for a period at RCA Victor.
The highest new entry in Cashbox magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Count Every Star by Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra, entering at No30.
Singer Janet Lord plays the second night of two weeks at The Latin Quarter, Newport, Kentucky, USA.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
Bobby Wayne is playing during a 10-day stint at Ben Maksik's Town And Country, New York City, USA.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated record the EP Blues From The Roundhouse Vol2 at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.Sam Cooke, Abbey Lincoln, Clay Tyson, The Wanderers and Bobby Ephriam play at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Revered folk singer Cisco Houston dies of stomach cancer at his sister's home in San Bernardino, California, USA, aged 42.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.
Paul Anka plays the last of seven nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, The Black and White Minstrels, Rudy Cardenas, Rosemary Clooney, Dickie Henderson, Frank Ifield, Eartha Kitt, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth,, Harry Secombe, Andy Stewart, Sophie Tucker, Mike And Bernie Winters, Bob Hope and Edie Adams take part in The Royal Variety Performance at The Palladium, London, UK. The show will be transmitted on BBC tv in November.
Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles fly to Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Europe, for a holiday at the home of their friend Klaus Voorman's father.
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The Mills Brothers are playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Peter B's Looner play at The Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK, with a new line-up which includes vocalist Rod Stewart, guitarist Peter Green and drummer Mick Fleetwood. Green and Fleetwood will go on to form Fleetwood Mac.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
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Roy Orbison is playing during a two-week season at Batley Variety Club, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington is awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom by US President Richard Nixon in a ceremony at The White House, Washington DC, USA.Jazz pianist, arranger and recording artist Jimmy Jones dies in Burbank, California, USA. In a long and distinguished career, Jones had worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Harry Belafonte, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Big Joe Turner and countless others.
The Larry Schneider Quartet with guitarist John Abercrombie play at Earl's, Albany, California, USA.
Jim Pash, the original saxophonist of California surf band The Surfaris, dies aged 56 of congestive heart failure while waiting for a liver transplant.
On his Welcome 2 America tour Prince plays the sixth show of a 15-night [21 shows] run at The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On the I Am Still Music Tour, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj play at Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Sarah Brown, Kathy Von and Jenn Bostic play at Belcourt Taps And Tapas, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ed Sheeran plays the second of two nights at The Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.1902 |
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