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The Dionne Quintuplets - the first quintuplets known to survive infancy - are born just outside Callander, near the village of Corbeil, Ontario, Canada. The five girls will become a global sensation and will inspire references in films, tv shows and songs including Hooray For Hollywood [1937] by Johnny Mercer, Look Out for Mr Stork in the animated movie Dumbo [1941], and Stephen Sondheim's list song I'm Still Here [1971] from his musical Follies.
Bing Crosby makes a live open air broadcast of the Chesterfield Cigarettes Radio show from the Polo Grounds, Palm Springs, California, USA. He is heard singing Be My Life's Companion, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Please Mister Sun, but it is likely that these songs were recorded in a studio and spliced into the live broadcast.
Singer Jo Stafford gives birth to a baby boy weighing six pounds and nine ounces in Santa Monica, California, USA.
The Lux Radio Theatre in the USA presents With A Song In My Heart, which tells the story of popular singer Jane Froman, including her tragic accident and courageous comeback. The show is broadcast on AFRS Radio in its Hollywood Radio Theatre slot.
Barbra Streisand plays the second of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.Timi Yuro, Shep And The Limelites, The Spinners, The Marvelettes, Tommy Hunt, The Stereos and The G-Clefs are playing during seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Johnnie Ray and Timi Yuro, with Clyde Otis as their producer, record I Believe, A Mother's Love, Up Above My Head and You Can't Get Away From Me, in New York City, USA.
The Twist-themed movie Twist Around The Clock is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America. The movie stars Chubby Checker, Dion, The Marcels, Clay Cole and Vicki Spencer.
The Beach Boys record County Fair, Moon Dawg, Cuckoo Clock and Heads You Win Tails I Lose, at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
Backing tracks are recorded in Los Angeles, California, USA, for the songs Emily, Fly Me To The Moon, Maria, All The Way and More (Marvin Gaye), as well as I'll Be Loving You (Billy Eckstine).
When Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, the audience is packed with celebrities including The Beatles, Donovan, Paul Jones of Manfred Mann and Eric Burdon of The Animals.
Judy Garland suffers an allergic reaction to a prescribed medicine and is rushed into UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, for treatment.
Principal photography on the next Elvis Presley movie, Frankie And Johnny, continues at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald, with Marty Paich And His Orchestra, records She's Just A Quiet Girl and We Three for Verve Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lightnin' Hopkins plays the twelfth of thirteen nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rising Sons [including Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal]. 
The Chambers Brothers and The Hard Times play the tenth of eleven nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On the eve of a tour of Japan, Asia, Scott Walker is admitted to hospital in the UK, having suffered a nervous breakdown.
Albert Collins plays the first of seven nights at The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Charlie Musselwhite.
Joe Cocker holds the first day of rehearsals for his Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour at the A + M Soundstage, Los Angeles, California, USA.No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA, for the first of two weeks.
On their Tusk tour, Fleetwood Mac play the second of two nights at Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, USA, with Christopher Cross.Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson enter the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Say, Say, Say, which will peak at No1 during an eighteen-week run. On the same day, they enter the UK singles chart where the song will peak at No2 during a fifteen-week run.
On their Southern Accents tour, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers play at Compton Terrace, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
After taking a brief break, Bob Dylan has resumed work on the album Oh Mercy at Soniat Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with producer Daniel Lanois.
On her Other Side Of The Mirror tour, Stevie Nicks plays the second of two nights at Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.
On her Heart Of Stone tour Cher plays the first of two nights at The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
On their Pretty Hate Machine Tour Series, Nine Inch Nails play at Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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The shceduled release of Rick James from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA, is delayed for further blood tests. He had collapsed onstage during November because of a neck aneurysm which resulted in a blood clot travelling to his brain and causing a stroke. In hospital, his condition was referred to as "rock'n'roll neck" because it was caused by tossing his head violently during his performance.
On his Never Ending Tour, Bob Dylan plays in The Grand Ballroom At The Regency Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Lemonheads' founder Evan Dando takes General Motors to court in Los Angeles, California, USA. Dando claims that GM has breached his copyright on The Lemonheads song It's a Shame About Ray by copying it for a 2008 TV campaign for Chevrolets and Buicks.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Mink decides against an appeal from rapper Lil Wayne to have the documentary film The Carter banned. Wayne had claimed that executives at Quincy Jones III's QD3 Entertainment, had reneged on a deal to give the rapper final approval on the content of the movie.
Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy is arrested in Hollywood, California, USA, on a traffic warrant relating to his history of driving without a license. He is released shortly after on $15,000 bail.
A feature in trade magazine Billboard in the USA reveals that Michael Jackson's estate has earned more than $1bn (£677m) since his death a year earlier.
On her Allen Toussaint, Leon Russell, Garth Brooks and John Bettis are added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame during an event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, USA.
On her The Mrs Carter Show World Tour Beyonce plays at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Stonebreed, featuring guitarist Chris Holmes, play at The Whisky A Go-Go, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Boston Calling Music Festival, a three-day event, begins at Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Artists appearing over the next three days include Jack Johnson, Tegan and Sara, Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis (solo and with The Watson Twins), Modest Mouse, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Bastille, The Decemberists, NEIGHBOURHOOD, Brand New, The Head and the Heart, Warpaint, Maximo Park, Frank Turner, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent, Built to Spill, Walk Off The Earth, Cass McCombs, Magic Man, The Districts, Kurt Vile And The Violators, Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls and Tigerman Woah.
In a break during her Dressed to Kill Tour, Cher is hospitalized briefly to have a painkilling injection in her foot, enabling her continue with the tour.
Two days after an Instagram posting in which Taylor Swift announced that she would be voting for Democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee, USA, in the next elections, The US voter registration service reports that there has been a spike in the number of people registering to vote - 65,000 new registrations in 24 hours.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Download Festival, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.1934 |
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