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The Teachers Of Music (Registration) Bill is read for the first time in The House Of Commons, London, UK. This bill intended to regulate the registration of Teachers of Music, is ordered to be brought in by Mr. Agg-Gardner, Colonel Brookfield, Sir William Houldsworth, and Mr.Chapman.
Enrico Caruso makes his successful debut at Covent Garden debut in London, UK, as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto.Bessie Smith makes her first successful recording, Downhearted Blues, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The first all-black radio show, The All Negro Hour, debuts on WSBC-AM in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is hosted by Jack L. Cooper, later described as The Godfather of Black Radio. From the early 1930's Cooper will play records over the air using a domestic phonograph, earning him a claim to the title of first disc jockey.
Blanche Calloway And Her Orchestra play the first of seven nights at The Lafayette Theatre, New York City , USA.
R'n'B pianist Ivory Joe Hunter, aka The Baron of Boogie, has his first recording session for King Records of Cinicinnati, Ohio, USA.
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Nat King Cole Trio perform Mona Lisa on CBS tv's Ed
Sullivan Show [aka Toast Of The Town] in New York City, USA.
This is the first of thirteen appearances on the show by Nat King
Cole.
The Frolics Club a 1200 seat venue at Salisbury Beach, New Jersey, USA, begins a policy of bringing in big-name artists. For the first week-long series of shows, singer and comedienna Martha Raye is the headline act.
The Ray Anthony Orchestra and Joe Bushkin appear on the first edition of a new NBC TV show, Saturday Night Dance Party, in the USA.
WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, hosts its third annual International Square Dance Festival, attracting a crowd of over 1000 patrons and breaking even financially for the first time.
The first commercially-available Fender Stratocaster guitars are shipped into stores in the USA by Leo Fender of Fender Sales in Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA.
The Ames Brothers play the first of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA.
Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, releases That's All Right/Blue Moon Of Kentucky on SUN209 as Elvis Presley's first single.
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Ray Charles plays in the Town Hall Ballroom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After the first show, he is arrested on drugs charges.
The Four Knights play the first of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
The first Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars package tour plays in Des Moines, Iowa, with acts including Paul Anka, The Drifters, Duane Eddy, Lloyd Price, LaVern Baker, Annette, The Coasters, The Skyliners and Bobby Rydell.
Sweet Sixteen by B.B. King on Kent Records makes its Billboard R'n'B singles chart debut in the USA. It will peak at No2.
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Roy Orbison earns his first Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA entry with Only The Lonely, which will peak at No2.
British rocker Tony Sheridan records tracks in Hamburg, Germany, Europe, for his debut album, My Bonnie, on Polydor Records.A new BBC radio show, Top Gear, has its first transmission in London, UK. The show is intended to reflect the changing tastes of the more mature rock fan, and the first edition features The Beatles.
Judy Garland returns to the USA for the first time since May 2, 1964, on a 6:30 p.m. flight from London, England, UK, Europe, for New York City. Upon arrival at Kennedy Airport, Judy, Mark Herron, and Peter and Chris Allen, are met by Judy's daughter Liza Minnelli, and go on to stay at the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue and 61st Street.
The Rolling Stones make their debut on TV's Hullaballoo in the USA, playing Get Off Of My Cloud. Today's edition also features The Kingsmen, performing Money, plus Barry McGuire and Brenda Lee.
As astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman hurtle back to earth aboard Gemini 7, NASA asks if there's any music they would particularly like to hear. Their answer is I'll Be Home For Christmas by Bing Crosby, making it the first song request to be transmitted to outer space.
Clarence Carter makes his first Billboard Singles Chart in the USA entry with Tell Daddy on Fame Records.
Golden Earring play the first of three nights at The Trolley Club, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sandy Denny, formerly vocalist with Fairport Convention, plays her first solo gig at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Al Green achieves his first Billboard Top 40 singles chart entry in the USA with Tired Of Being Alone, which will peak at No11.
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Bob Dylan, John Lennon and George Harrison are in the audience at Madison Square Garden when Elvis Presley plays his first concert in New York City, USA.When Bob Dylan attends the 61st birthday party of Mike Porco, owner of Gerde's Folk City, in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, he perfoms a duet with Joan Baez. This is also the first occasion on which Dylan meets Bruce Springsteen.
Bob Dylan plays his first show ever in South America, to an audience of 90,000 at the Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi Stadium), Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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MC Trouble, the first female rapper signed to Motown Records, dies in her sleep at the home of a friend in Los Angeles, California, USA. Having been born with epilepsy she required daily treatment to prevent seizures. Her death came while she was making her second LP.INXS play the first of two nights at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus becomes the first debut album by a country artist certified for wholesale sales of 9m copies. The album placed four hit singles on the Billboard country charts, first of which was Cyrus's breakthrough song Achy Breaky Heart.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, to an audience of 65,000.
Ozzy Osbourne sustains a stress fracture in his leg when he slips in the shower at the first gig of this year's Ozzfest in Tucson, Arizona. It will take more than a week before he has the condition diagnosed, at which point ten subsequent dates will be cancelled.
Taylor Swift opens her first headlining tour, Fearless, with a show at Evansville, Indiana, USA. Kelly Pickler provides support.
When a new NBC tv series, The Philanthropist, receives its first media screening at the Paley Center, New York City, Sting is on hand, because he and his wife Trudie Styler were involved in the show being made.
On their Circle Tour, Bon Jovi play the first of two nights at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Diana Vickers releases her debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree in the UK, where it will enter the charts at No1.
The Sonisphere '10 festival, a three-day event, begins at Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania, Europe. Artists appearing on this, the first day, include Accept, Manowar and Volbeat.
Black Country Communion, a 'supergroup' featuring Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) and Derek Sherinian [Dream Theater], releases its eponymous debut album on Mascot Records.Loreen, recent Swedish winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with Euphoria, makes her first UK tv appearance, an interview on BBC1 tv show Breakfast.
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