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The song Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?, written by pianist/songwriter Hughie Cannon, is registered for Copyright by Howley, Haviland And Dresser, a firm of publishers based at 1260 - 1266 Broadway, New York City, USA. The song is said to have been based on the real-life escapades of itinerant trombonist and music teacher Willard Godfrey Bailey of Jackson, Michigan, USA. The song will become a jazz standard, covered by Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Patsy Cline, Dan Hornsby, Bobby Darin, Aretha Franklin, Brenda Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Durante, Phish, Danny Barker, Harry Connick Jr., Renee Olstead, Michael Bublé, Sam Cooke, Al Hirt, Bing Crosby and Della Reese to name but a few.

Vaudeville-style entertainment on this night at the Temple Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, consists of Burt Jordan and Rosa Crouch, (Sensational, grotesque and 'buck' dancers. A good act...), The White Tscherkess Trio (A man and two women who do a singing turn of the operatic order. They carry special scenery which is very artistic and their costumes are original and neat. Their voices are good and blend exceedingly well. The act goes big with the audience.), Sarah Midgely and Gertie Carlisle (Presenting the sketch 'After School.' ... they are a 'knockout.'), Theodor F. Smith and Jenny St. George-Fuller (Refined instrumentalists), Milly Capell (European equestrienne. This is her second week. On account of the very pretty picture that she makes she goes as strong as she did last week.), R. J. Jose (Tenor singer. The very best of them all.), The Nelson Family of Acrobats (This act is composed of three men, two young women, three boys and two small girls. The greatest acrobatic act extant.), James Thornton (Monologist and vocalist. He goes like a cyclone. It is a case of continuous laughter from his entrance to his exit.), Burk and Andrus and Their Trained Mule (This act, if it can be so classed, was closed after the evening performance.)

The Casa Loma Orchestra with Kenny Sargent on vocals, records The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise and We Three, for Decca Records in New York City, USA.

Edwin Shirley is born in Cranbrook, Kent, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as a rock'n'roll trucking pioneer whose fleet of vehicles will transport equipment for artists including The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Abba, Queen and Michael Jackson.

Luiz Oscar Niemeyer is born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America. He will find success as a music promoter, arranging concerts by artists including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and many others.

Having been deposed for one week, Don't You Know by Della Reese returns to No1 in the Cashbox magazine pop singles chart in the USA.

Barbra Streisand plays the twentieth of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Barbra Streisand plays the twenty-fifth of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The Miracles, The Marvelettes, Mary Wells, The Contours, Marv Johnson, The Supremes and Little Stevie Wonder play in The Royal Theater, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, as part of the Motortown Revue.

Darlene Love releases a new single, Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home, on Philles Records in the USA. It will peak at No26 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

Murray The K's Holiday Revue plays during ten days at The Brooklyn Fox Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring Ben E. King, Little Stevie Wonder, Jan And Dean, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Gene Pitney, The Miracles (including Smokey Robinson), Paul And Paula, The Angels , The Dovells, Jay And The Americans, The Tymes, The Chiffons, and Randy And The Rainbows.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers play the first of six nights of shows at The Minor Key, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Little Stevie Wonder releases a new album, With A Song In My Heart on Tamla Records, in the USA.

The Temptations record The Way You Do The Things You Do at Motown Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The Top Ten tracks played on WKNR Radio in Detroit, Michigan, USA, for the week ended on this date are as follows : 1. Dawn The Four Seasons
2. She Loves You The Beatles
3. I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles
4. Out of this World Geno Washington
5. Rip Van Winkle The Devotions
6. What's Easy for Two Mary Wells
7. See The Funny Clown Bobby Goldsboro
8. A Woman A Love And A Man Tony Clark
9. Hey Little Cobra The Rip Chords
10. Navy Blue Diane Renay

Try It Baby by Marvin Gaye with The Temptations on backing vocals enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No15.

The Supremes record Back In My Arms Again, at Hitsville Studios in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Martin Raynor And The Secrets record the Holland, Dozier and Holland composition Candy To Me, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, with producer Bob Barratt. The group's vocalist will find solo success in the 70s as Clifford T. Ward.

I'll Be Doggone gives Marvin Gaye his first No1 in the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA. On the same day, it peaks at No8 in the US pop chart.

Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith and Carmen McRae play at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Vocal overdubs are recorded for the song I Can't Believe You Love Me by Tammi Terrell at Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

An episode of Tarzan runs on American tv featuring The Supremes as a trio of nuns.

Diana Ross And The Supremes and Nancy Sinatra appear on The Ed Sullivan Shopw on tv in the USA.

Blue Cheer play the first of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by The Jagged Edge and The Soul Remains

The two-day long First Annual Detroit Rock And Roll Revival festival begins at Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Artists appearing over the course of the festival include The MC5, Sun Ra, The Psychedelic Stooges, Dr John, Chuck Berry and Johnny Winter.

The Supremes record The Loving Country and I Wish I Were Your Mirror for Motown Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

On his Hotter Than July Tour, Stevie Wonder plays the fifth of six [non-consecutive] nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.

Samuel George Jr, lead singer of sixties band The Capitols (hit single – Cool Jerk) is stabbed and killed in a family argument in Detroit, Michigan, USA, aged 39.

Madonna, supported by Level 42, plays at the Sullivan Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

On her Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of two nights at Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington, USA.

Black Cat by Janet Jackson enters the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia, Oceania, at No42. It will peak at No6.

On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland, Europe.

On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at Muang Thong Thani City Center, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia, to an audience of 40,000.

On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, to an audience of 50,000.

Beleagured by media at his Neverland Ranch in California, USA, Michael Jackson issues the following statement to the press : "There are helicopters hovering above my residence, reporters staking out, and photographers lurking behind bushes, running rampant around my compound. I am respectfully requesting that media organizations please respect my privacy, and that of my children. I would greatly appreciate your cooperation."

A lwasuit - Parks vs LaFace Records - brought on behalf of civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks against the hip-hop duo Outkast and their producer and record labels, is settled with Parks being paid an undisclosed cash settlement and the duo agreeing to work with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in creating educational programs about the life of Rosa Parks. The record labels and Outkast admitted to no wrongdoing.

Diana Ross plays at the Showgrounds, Cork, Eire, Europe.

Speaking at a charity event at the Magic Johnson AMC theatre, Jermaine Jackson states that the recent suicide of Evan Chandler constitutes proof that his brother Michael Jackson was not guilty of child abuse. Evan Chandler, father of Jordan Chandler, and instigator of charges against Michael Jackson of child sex abuse, had been found dead in bed at home earlier in the month, having shot himself in the head.

Jack White plays the second of two nights at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.

Protomartyr play at Echo, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kesha is presented with the Trailblazer Award at Billboard magazine's Women In Music ceremony, held at Pier 36, New York City, USA. At the same event, Madonna scoops The Woman of the Year award and Shania Twain is given the Icon award.

On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the second of two nights at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

On her Madame X tour, Madonna cancels a show at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, because of "production issues and scheduling limitations".