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Adolf Adam Riggenbacher and his parents arrive in New York City, USA, aboard the liner La Bretagne. The family has emigrated from Basel, Switzerland, to start a new life in America. In the 1920s, after having adapted his name to Adolph Rickenbacker, he will found The Rickenbacker Manufacturing Company and, with vaudeville musician George Beauchamp, he will design and patent the world's first electric guitar, known as The Frying Pan, because of its long neck and round body.
Musician, recording engineer and one of the earliest music producers, Fred Gaisberg of the Gramophone Company makes a diary entry on his first day of recording in Tokyo, Japan, Asia, stating, We made some 54 records. Japanese music is simply too horrible, but funny to relate, Europeans who have been long in the country profess to really enjoy it, and say that there is more in the music and acting than a casual observer would believe."
The Victor Military Band records Memphis Blues, written by W.C.Handy, for Victor Records in the USA. This is considered by some experts as the first blues song ever recorded.
Frank Yankovic is born in Davis, West Virginia, USA. He will become a hugely successful polka music star, selling 30m records and, in 1986, winning the first Grammy ever awarded to a polka album.WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, broadcasts the first Chicago Barn Dance program, which will become the highly successful National Barn Dance, running until 1970, and launching such stars as Gene Autry, Red Foley, George Gobel, Grandpa and Ramona Jones, and Bradley Kincaid.
Jalousie by Jacob Gade is the first piece of music published by Gade And Warny-Musikforlag of Copenhagen, Denmark, in an arrangement for piano and orchestra. The song will become a standard recorded by hundreds of artists, under the name Jealousy.
The National Broadcasting Company [NBC], first of America's major radio networks, makes its debut with twenty-four stations. The first broadcast features nationally known bands performing live at several locations. The Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] will follow in 1927.
Thirteen year old Leon Young has his first piano lesson with Percy Whitlock at No.9 King Edward Road, Rochester, UK. Young will go on to become a bandleader, recording artist and much-in-demand musical arranger.
Chick Webb and his Orchestra, with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals, play the twenty-first night of a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Room in Levaggi's Restaurant, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Playing in the restaurant's basement are The Ink Spots.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter plays the first night of a week at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Charlie Parker Quintet plays the first of thirteen nights at The Argyle Show Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A new radio show, Tan Town Jamboree, has its first broadcast on WDIA Radio in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Hosted by Nat D. Williams, the show pioneers the idea of black deejays playing black music aimed specifically at a black audience. B.B. King's appearances on the station, advertising the medicinal cure-all Pepticon, will give his fledgeling career a huge boost.
Billy May opens his first trans-continental tour with a show at The Rendezvous Ballroom,Balboa Beach, California, USA,Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, releases That's All Right / Blue Moon Of Kentucky on SUN209 as Elvis Presley's first single.
Doo-wop combo The Penguins have their first recording session for
their new label, Mercury Records. They re-record four songs, Earth
Angel, Ookey Ook, Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild and Hey
Senorita, previously recorded for Dootone Records.
The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, USA, stages its first rock'n'roll concert with A Salute to Dick Clark featuring Bobby Darin, The Blossoms and others.
The Crickets release a new album, In Style With
The Crickets, on Coral Records in
the USA. This is their first album without Buddy Holly.
The first successful prosecution of record bootleggers takes place in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
The Beatles are in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, recording I Want To Hold Your Hand and This Boy. They also record their first Christmas disc for distribution to their fan club members.
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Help! by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Billboard singles chart in the USA, for the first of three weeks. On the same day it reaches No1 in the Australian Pop Singles Chart.
Aspiring rock guitarist Jimmy Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] signs a recording contract with Ed Chalpin's PPX Enterprises, New York City, USA, for an advance of one dollar. The agreement commits Hendrix to "produce and play and/or sing exclusively" for PPX for three years from this date. He is to make his services available at PPX's request with a minimum of ten days notice to produce no more than four titles per session, with a minimum of three sessions per year. He is to receive in return the nominal sum of US$1 dollar plus "one per cent of the retail selling price of all records sold for his production efforts". PPX has the right to reimburse itself from first profits for "all cost of studio, musicians, etc."
It is announced in Austin, Texas, USA, newspaper the Austin American Statesman, that local guitarist/songwriter Roky Erikson has formed a new band, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators. They will become one of the world's first psychedelic groups.
Jefferson Airplane begin recording their first LP, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, at RCA Recording Studio C, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Among the tracks recorded today are Runnin' Round This World and That's All Right.
We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Swedish Pop Singles Chart for the first of five weeks.
Pink Floyd begin recording the song Matilda Mother at Sound Techniques Studio, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe. It will be released on their debut album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
On the first day of sessions for the album Self Portrait, Bob Dylan records the songs Spanish Is The Loving Tongue and Living The Blues in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Beatles release a double A-sided single, Something/Come Together, in the USA. This is the first time a George Harrison song has been the A-side of a Beatles single.
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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The Grateful Dead play the first of two nights at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mod revival band 
The first day of the first-ever T In The Park festival is held in Strathclyde Park, Hamilton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Rage Against The Machine is the headline act, with Cypress Hill, Manic Street Preachers, Blur, Pulp, The Grid, Eugenius, 18 Wheeler, Bjork, The Levellers, Crash Test Dummies, Chumbawamba and more. A day ticket cost £23.50, and a weekend ticket £43.00.
U2 play the first of four non-consecutive nights at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by Dahsboard Confessional.
Bryan Adams becomes the first Western musician to perform in Pakistan since the "war on terror" began in 2001, when he plays in The Arabian City Club, Karachi, Pakistan, Asia, to raise funds for earthquake relief.On the first leg of their Unleashed tour, Fleetwood Mac play at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan.
On the first leg of their Unleashed tour, Fleetwood Mac play at the Izod Centre, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
John Rudolph, CEO of publishing company Bug Music, announces a joint venture with Kings of Leon to establish a new record label, 429, on which Kings of Leon could sign and champion artists of their choice. The Features will be the first band signed to the imprint.
Massive Attack and Bat For Lashes headline the first day of the Bestival at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight, UK.
Former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers releases her debut single, Once as a digital download in the UK, where it will go to No1.
On their Bon Jovi Live 2011 tour, Bon Jovi play the first of two nights at RDS Arena, Dublin, Eire.
Ariana Grande, Bastille, Blake Shelton, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Luke Bryan, Pharrell Williams, Pitbull, Shakira and Thirty Seconds to Mars are among the performers at the first ever iHeart Radio Music Awards in Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
During their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, supported by Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993. Also, at this gig, for the first time in 26 years the band is joined by drummer Steven Adler who plays on two songs.
Albert af Ekenstam releases his debut LP, Ashes, on Kning Disk in Sweden, Europe.1891 |
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