Drink

Prohibition comes to an end in the USA with the ratification of the 21st Amendment. Introduced in 1919, Prohibition had made it illegal to sell, produce or transport alcohol. The ending of prohibition was generally greeted with delight by the American public, and the much-recorded 1934 song Cocktails For Two composed by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow, was inspired by the return of legal consumption of alcohol. A comedy version of the song, by Spike Jones And His City Slickers, is however, perhaps the best-remembered treatment.

Memphis Slim records Beer Drinking Woman in Chicago, Illinois.

Severely alcoholic jazz trumpet star Bunny Berigan is hospitalized with pneumonia in Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Singer Jeri Sullavan performs the song Rum And Coca Cola for an American audience for the first time, during an engagement at the Versailles Restaurant, Manhattan, New York City, USA. The song, written by calypso star Lord Invader has been given to her by comedian Morey Amsterdam who heard it while working in Trinidad. Rum And Coca Cola will later become a huge hit for The Andrews Sisters but Lord Invader will have to go to court to win his royalties.

Red Foley releases a new single, Hot Toddy, on Decca Records in the USA.

When poor health and a lifetime of heavy drinking result in a fatal heart attack, blues vocalist, pianist and recording artist Big Maceo dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Blues vocalist and guitarist Smokey Hogg dies of cancer [some sources say a ruptured ulcer], aged 46, in McKinney, Texas, USA. He was also an alcoholic, which presumbaly contributed to his poor state of health.

Prison inmate Charles Lee Guy III records Folsom Prison Blues, 21 Years, Cigarettes, Whisky And Wild Wild Women, and other songs for Capitol Records in Vacaville Prison, Solano, California, USA. Guitar on this session is played by Joe Maphis.

Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Karl Denver, Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, The Allisons, Tommy Bruce, Chas McDevitt And Nancy Whiskey, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Dave Sampson, The Viscounts, Gordon Peters and Terry Hale play at The Gaumont Cinema, Princess Way, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.

Quincy Jones records the Henry Mancini compositions Moon River and Days Of Wine And Roses, for the album Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini, for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.

The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at The Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.

Suffering from tuberculosis, alcoholism and chain-smoking, jazz pianist Bud Powell is admitted to the Cumberland Hospital, New York City, USA. He will remain in hospital for five weeks and will die soon after, at the age of 41.

The Gentrys are playing at The Whisky A-GoGo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Nancy Whiskey releases a new single, Bowling Green, on Fontana Records in the UK.

When Otis Redding plays at the Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Rising Sons, Bob Dylan is in the audience.

Steppenwolf and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Eric Burdon And The Animals plus Eire Apparent play the fourth of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Hour Glass and The Sunshine Company play the first of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA. Hour Glass, features Gregg and Duane Allman, later to form The Allman Brothers Band.

The Lemon Pipers play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Albert King plays the third of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, supported by Evergreen Blueshoes.

The Mothers of Invention and Alice Cooper play at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Eric Burdon And The Animals play the second of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by A.B. Skhy.

Love play the second of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Spooky Tooth play the second of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Rhinoceros.

Spooky Tooth play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Kensington Market.

William 'Benny' Benjamin, drummer for legendary Motown Records house band The Funk Brothers, dies of a stroke, aged 43, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. In his later years he has suffered serious drug and alcohol problems.

The Allman Brothers Band plays the third of four nights at the Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Mothers Of Invention release a new single, WPLJ, on Straight Records in the USA.

UK pop paper Melody Maker reports that the inquest into the death of Wings' guitarist Jimmy McCulloch has ended with an open verdict. The coroner's report stated that McCulloch died of morphine poisoning, but he also had alcohol and cannabis in his system.

Labi Siffre is interviewed by Johnny Black in The Nag's Head, Urchfont, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe. The purpose of the interview is to create a new biography of Siffre for his record label.

Seriously alcoholic Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter of The Gin Blossoms, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with a .38-cal. special pistol on the bed of his apartment in Tempe, Arizona, USA.

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, hospitalised in Rome, Italy, Europe, in a coma after an overdose of alcohol and prescription drugs, wakes up and asks for a milkshake.

While out celebrating his 42nd birthday, country singer Doug Supernaw is arrested for having attacked five police officers during a scuffle outside a bar in Brenham, Texas, USA. He is held on an $11,150 bond on charges of assault, public intoxication and resisting arrest.

Country singer Wynonna Judd is pulled over for driving at 47 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone and arrested for drunk driving near Nashville, Tennessee, USA. After consenting to a Breathalyzer test, Judd blows 0.175% - more than twice Tennessee's legal limit of 0.08%.

Detroit-based rapper Proof is shot dead in a bar fight during a pool game.

In the early hours of the morning, former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio is arrested by Patrolman Andrew Mija on a charge of driving while intoxicated in Whitehall, New York State, USA. The musician fails sobriety tests and is found to be carrying Xanax, Percocet, and Hydrocodone.

Police in Lorena, Texas, USA, issue two warrants for the arrest of country music singer and songwriter Billy Joe Shaver who recently shot Billy Bryant Coker, in the face with a handgun, following a confrontation in Papa Joe's Texas Saloon.

When Lee Ann Womack plays at The City Winery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, she is unexpectedly joined onstage by gospel group The Fairfield Four, who sing with her on Children Go Where I Send Thee and I Hope You Dance.

Steve Earle plays at The City Winery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Ciara attends Veuve Clicquot Hosts The Second Annual Clicquot Carnaval at Museum Park, Miami, Florida, USA.

Swizz Beatz takes part in the Lime-A-Rita National Margarita Day event at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, USA.

On her 80-date Dangerous Woman tour Ariana Grande plays at The Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, supported by Victoria Monet and Little Mix.