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Joe Cuoghi is born. He will find success in the mid-50s music business as owner of Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, The label will score hits with The Bill Black Combo, Ace Cannon and Al Green.
Arif Mardin, destined to become one of the top record producers for Atlantic Records, is born in Istanbul, Turkey, Europe.Fred Astaire has his handprint recorded in cement in The Forecourt Of The Stars at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that film director Arthur Lubin has closed a deal with Irving Mills Publishing Co. to publish a song entitled Francis, The Talking Mule, for publicity purposes relating to his film Francis, in which a talking mule helps a hapless soldier uncover an enemy agent.
William John Clifton Haley, leader of Bill Haley And The Comets, is issued with a visa to visit Brasil, South America.
Jimmy Charles begins three days of promotional activity for his current single, A Million To One, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.In manager Allan Williams' Austin van, The Beatles set off from Liverpool, UK, for Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Chess Records of Chicago, Illinois, USA, releases a statement to the press declaring that Chuck Berry has been acquitted of all charges, relating to the transportation of a 14-year-old Indian girl from El Paso, Texas, to St. Louis, Missouri, for immoral purposes.
It is reported in Billboard magazine that Elektra Records of New York City, USA, has signed folk singer Judy Collins.Billboard magazine in the USA reports that last week, for the first time, a majority of new entries on the Album Chart featured "young rock and rollers, country-rockers, rock and roll tunes or movie scores with teenage themes." This is taken as an indication that the teenage market is becoming increasingly important.
The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein books in to the Green Park Hotel, London, at the start of a week-long visit to London seeking a recording deal for the band.
Surf duo Jan And Dean sign a contract with AGVA Artists Engagement to play at Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA, at the end of August.
Brill Building-based songwriters James McGuinn and Frank Gari register copyright on their song Beach Ball. (McGuinn will go on to find fame as a founder member of The Byrds]. The song will go on to be recorded by The City Surfers, with McGuinn on guitar and Bobby Darin on drums.
Highly-rated beat group The Big Three, from Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, part company with their manager, Brian Epstein.
After a day of press interviews in Liverpool, The Beatles play at The Memorial Hall, Northwich, England, UK, Europe. The Beach Boys are legally incorporated as Beach Boys Entertainment Enterprises Inc.
The Yardbirds sign a contract with booking agency Jazz Associates, to play a gig at The Ricky Tick Club, Windsor, UK, at the end of July, with a guarantee of £175.
Backstage during the Broadway run of the Barbra Streisand musical Funny Girl, her leading man, Sydney Chaplin, argues with Streisand and leaves the show before his contract is up.
The Hondells appear in their own hour-long tv special on Channel 9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.A management and recording contract between Larry Page and The Riot Squad comes to an end and is not renewed because Page has lost interest in the group. The band includes drummer Mitch Mitchell, later to play with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and vocalist Graham Bonney, later to establish a successful solo career in Germany.
Chris Dreja of The Yardbirds is sent a salary statement showing a weekly wage of £27.00, but he also receives an annual bonus payment of £500. After deduction of loans and other expenses, he pockets £247.12/8d.
Rolling Stone magazine reports that "The Rolling Stones' own television and recording studio in London is nearly underway. Four sites in London are under consideration for the studio which will have the capacity to handle TV promotional film production."
The Beatles launch their second boutique, Apple Tailoring, on King's Road in London, England, UK, Europe. The launch party is attended by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.The final night at the original Fillmore Ballroom in San Francisco, California, USA, features Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf and It's A Beautiful Day. A new Fillmore will open the next day in the former Carousel Ballroom.
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Bobbie Gentry makes a personal appearance at Korvette's record store in New York City, USA, where she signs autographs for fans.
The San Francisco Examiner reveals that hippie cult leader and murderer Charles Manson is planning to pay for the costs of his trial by recording an album of his own songs.
UK music trade magazine Record Retailer reports that, "Pre-recorded tapes are still the only bright area in a dull market."
Michael Jackson steals the show with his moonwalk across the stage at the Motown 25 celebration concert in the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, USA. The show, which also features Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Four Tops and The Temptations, will be transmitted two months later.
When The Cure begin a North American tour at The Paramount, Seattle, Washington, USA, they have no drummer. Vince Ely of Psychedelic Furs steps into the breach and plays the next eleven dates with the band.
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The Black Sabbath album Paranoid is awarded a triple-platinum disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. On the same date, four of their other albums - Black Sabbath, Master Of Reality, Vol 4 and Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath - are certified platinum.
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Paul McCartney is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for sales of the hit album Flowers In The Dirt.
Madonna is named the top-earning female entertainer of 1990 by Forbes magazine with an estimated annual income of $39m.
The U.S. Postal Service releases its Legends of American Music, Rock and Roll-Rhythm and Blues stamp collection. The set features Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Clyde McPhatter, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Dinah Washington, and Elvis Presley.
Matthew John Trippe of Tampa, Florida, USA, finally drops an unusual lawsuit which he had filed in 1988 against Motley Crue. Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, had claimed that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984.
Idlewild play a private show at a new retail outlet being opened by The First Act Guitar Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
A report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) states that 95% of music available online worldwide in 2008 was downloaded illegally.Graham Nash and John Cale are both presented with the Order of the British Empire [OBE] during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Europe. Nash is famed as a singer and songwriter with The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young. Cale is famed as a founder-member of the influential Velvet Underground and as a solo artist of huge accomplishment.
Boyz II Men celebrate twenty years in the music business with a listening session for their new album, Twenty, at Porsche Design Soho, in New York City, USA.
Boy band 
Happyness announce that they have signed to Bar None Records for USA and Moshi Moshi Records for UK/RoW (alongside Magniph Records in Japan).
Janelle Monae and Willow Smith attend the I Love Coco Backstage Beauty Lounge at Chateau Marmont's Bar Marmont in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.Pollstar publishes its list of the highest-grossing tours of the year so far, with the Top Ten being as follows :
$151.5m – Guns N' Roses
$118.1m – U2
$98.2m – Justin Bieber
$88m – Metallica
$68.2m – Depeche Mode
$60.5m – Red Hot Chili Peppers
$59m – Adele
$57.2m – Ed Sheeran
$54.5m – Eric Church
$52.7m – Bruno Mars
$151.5m – Guns N' Roses
$118.1m – U2
$98.2m – Justin Bieber
$88m – Metallica
$68.2m – Depeche Mode
$60.5m – Red Hot Chili Peppers
$59m – Adele
$57.2m – Ed Sheeran
$54.5m – Eric Church
$52.7m – Bruno Mars
British music industry body the BPI reports that, according to its survey of leading music markets, British artists accounted for 13% of global music consumption in 2017. Also, one in eight albums sold worldwide was of British origin.
At Newport Crown Court, Newport, Wales, UK, Europe, four defendants - Alan Godfrey, Robert Pye, Steve Russell and Chris Price - receive a range of prison sentences after entering 'guilty' pleas relating to a major counterfeiting operation specialising in Northern Soul records.1922 |
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