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Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland, UK. This will prove to be the last battle fought on British soil. The Culloden conflict will inspire several songs including The Ghosts Of Culloden by Isla Grant and Culloden by Gaberlunzie.
Marie Wainwright, The Clipper Quartette, Homer Lind And Co., James H. Cullen, Fred Stuber, Papinta, Gorman And Keppler and Mr. And Mrs. Sidney Drew are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
David P. Boyd and Leander F. Boyd of Toledo, Ohio, USA, are granted Patent No. US719641A for their invention of improvements to the action of stringed musical instruments.Uncle Tom's Cabin is presented at The Opera House, Mansfield, Ohio, USA. According to a preview in the local paper, "A large number of genuine colored people, who introduce cakewalks, buck-dancing, Southern Jubilee Singing and funny scenes in the cotton fields, add materially to the production."
S.H. Gray's Vaudeville Repertorie Company is playing at The Iceland Theatre, Washington DC, USA. Performers include the singing and dancing sister team Bumbray And Willis. Miss Bumbray is desribed as "a real coon shouter" who "delivers the goods" in a show "full of fun, mirth, laughs, songs, dances and pretty girls."
Jazz cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke leaves hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where he was being treated for delerium tremens caused by his heavy drinking, and re-joins the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
Marie Narelle, often billed as "the Australian Queen of Irish Song" during her long and acclaimed career, dies aged 70 at Clevecot, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK, Europe, and will be buried in Holy Trinity churchyard. David Peel is born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. He will become a mainstay of the New York City folk scene, gaining some notoriety as an outspoken proponent of the use of marijuana. He will also become a good friend of John Lennon of The Beatles.
A new television series, The Black And White Minstrel Show, broadcasts its first edition on BBC-tv in the United Kingdom. The show features white performers blacked-up to mimic black minstrel-show performers from the USA. It will run on tv for twenty years before controversy surrounding its racist content finally causes the BBC to cancel it.A Look magazine feature reports that The Kingston Trio are currently earning $15,000 per week. The same feature notes that less than one quarter of all records sold in 1956 were albums, but now albums account for more than half of total sales, and generate four times as much money as 45's.
Connie Francis spends the first of two days recording tracks for the MGM Records LP Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites, at Bradley Film And Recording in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The Homesteaders, a folk music group including future star Judy Collins, record Abilene, Roll On Buddy and other tracks for Riverside Records at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
Peter, Paul And Mary release a new single, Puff aka Puff The Magic Dragon, on Warner Bros Records in the USA. Shortly after release it will be denounced as a coded drug song.
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Del Shannon, The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield], Johnny Tillotson, Kenny Lynch and The Eagles (UK band) play at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.During a run of shows at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, Harry Belafonte records a live LP, Belafonte At The Greek Theatre. Backstage, Belafonte is presented with three gold discs for albums which have each achieved over one million sales.
The Tridents, featuring guitarist Jeff Beck, play at Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, UK, as backing group for US folk-blues musician Jesse Fuller.
Folk singer and songwriter Carolyn Hester rides through Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, on a horse-drawn 'hayride' wagon to promote the upcoming New York Folk Festival in Carnegie Hall.
Revered old-time fiddler Ward Allen dies of a heart attack, aged 43, at his home in Hull, Quebec, Ontario, Canada. Hull was best known for his 1957 hit, Maple Sugar.
The The Blues Project play the first of three nights at San Francisco State, San Francisco, California, USA, as part of a folk festival. Also on the bill are Mark Spoelstra, Doc Watson and Richard And Mimi Farina.
San Francisco hippy rock pioneers The Grateful Dead play the first of two nights at the Village Theater, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Sandpipers album Guantanamera! is awarded a Gold Disc by the 
Phil Ochs plays at Bear's Lair, Berkeley, California, USA. on the same day Ochs plays at Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley (Vietnam Commencement).
East Bay Sharks play at The Freight And Salvage Coffee House, 1827 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA.
Mongo Santamaria and the Hugh Masekela Band play the ninth of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Miriam Makeba, Slim Gaillard, Zeke Manyika And Dr. Love, The Ruby Turner Band and others play at The Brighton Centre, brighton, England, UK, Europe.
The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Israel, Asia. In the film, which claims to be 'Inspired by the music and the many lives of Bob Dylan', six different actors depict separate facets of Dylan's life and public persona. Dylan himself does not appear.The 38th Chippenham Folk Festival, a four-day event, continues at several venues in Chippenham. Acts appearing in 2009 include Brass Monkey, Balshazzar's Feast, Crucible, Bella Hardy with Chris Sherburn and many others.
Nearly 100 artworks including thirty large paintings from The Drawn Blank Series by Bob Dylan are the subject of an art exhibition which opens at the Halcyon Gallery, London, UK.
On his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Fox Theatre, Oakland, California, USA, supported by Bert Jansch.
The Standon Calling Festival, a three-day event, comes to an end at Standon, Hertforshire, UK. Acts appearing on the final day include Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Efterklang and The Phenomenal Handclap Band.
Fingerstyle guitarist Andy McKee plays at The Benjamin Meaker Theatre, Jersey, UK.
On their A Folk Song A Day tour, Jon Boden And The Remnant Kings play at The Arts Centre, Bridgewater, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan performs live at The Critics' Choice Movie Awards in the Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, as part of a special tribute to Martin Scorsese.Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen become the first two recipients of PEN New England's Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The awards are presented by Paul Simon.
A new exhibition, Period Piece, co-curated by Marianne Faithfull, opens at Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, featuring works by, among others, Francis Bacon, Balthus, William Blake, Marlene Dumas and Lucian Freud.During his Old Ideas tour, Leonard Cohen plays the second of two nights at The Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, USA.
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