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Jack The Ripper claims his first [documented] victim, a prostitute called Mary Ann Nicholls in Whitechapel, London, UK. Although the full total of his victims is unknown, he will slaughter at least four more ladies of the night, [Annie Chapman, then Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly]. The Ripper's horrific crimes will inspire the comedy-rock'n'roll song Jack The Ripper in
1963 by Screaming Lord Sutch. Melodically, Jack The Ripper takes its inspiration directly from the 1960 hit Alley Oop by The Hollywood Argyles.
Musical play The Jazz Singer, starring George Jessel, opens at The Fulton Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 303 performances. The play will become a ground-breaking movie of the same name starring Al Jolson.
The Astoria Theatre opens on Charing Cross Road, London, with a showing of the film The Triumph Of The Rat, starring Ivor Novello. It will become a much-loved venue for theatrical performances and rock shows.
The musical film Melody Lane, starring Eddie Leonard and Josephine Dunn, is released in the USA. It features songs by the team of Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
The short movie musical Latin Rhythm, featuring the Mia Miles foursome, singer Luba Malina, tenor Jan Peerce and dancing troop the Dansapator, is released to cinemas in the USA.
The Buddy Rich Orchestra plays at The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Comedy country music duo Homer And Jethro play at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Desi Arnaz And His Orchestra record Auf Wiedersehn, Shine On Harvest Moon and We'll Build a Bungalow, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. The tracks will be used in the tv series I Love Lucy, in which Arnaz co-stars with Lucille Ball.During filming of the I Love Lucy tv series episode Breaking The Lease in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Desi Arnaz And His Orchestra play Sweet Sue - Just You, El Cumbanchero, The Mexican Hat Dance, I Want a Girl and La Raspa.
The Michel Legrand Orchestra, with Miles Davis on trumpet, records Wild Man Blues, Round About Midnight, Django and Jitterbug Waltz for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the album Legrand Jazz.Jo Stafford records You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To and What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry, in Hollywood California, for Columbia Records.
The film Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, opens in Sweden, Europe.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of Wild In The Country at the 20th Century Movie Ranch, near Santa Monica, California, USA.
Pat Boone records Just Out Of Reach, Johnny Will, Deep Are The Roots and other tracks at Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Billy Vaughn leads the session, which also features guitarists Carol Kaye and Tommy Tedesco, bassist Larry Breen, drummer Nick Fatool, percussionist Elmer Schmidt, pianist Frank Scott and harmonica player George Fields.
The teen-oriented movie Hey Let's Twist, starring Joey Dee And The Starliters, Teddy Randazzo and Jo Ann Campbell is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America.
Pernell
Roberts, star of the western tv series Bonanza, records In The Pines, Abilene and Early One Morning at RCA Victor
Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The movie The Continental Twist, (aka Twist All Night) is released to cinemas in Denmark, Europe. The movie stars Louis Prima and Sam Butera And The Witnesses.A one-off hour-long special, The Tommy Steele Show is broadcast on ATV in the UK.
Mike Berry And The Outlaws enter the UK pop singles chart with
Don't You
Think It's Time, which will peak at No6 during a ten-week stay.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on his latest movie, Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Dizzy Gillespie records themes from the films Cleopatra, Picnic and Lolita, at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Elvis Presley comes to the end of location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anthony
Newley records Goldfinger, in London, UK. It is intended as the title song for a forthcoming James Bond film, but Newley's version
will not be used in the film.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
George Martin releases a new single, All Quiet On The Mersey Front, in the UK on Parlophone Records. Martin is best known as the record producer for The Beatles, and this instrumental is drawn from the soundtrack of the film Ferry Cross The Mersey, starring Gerry And The Pacemakers.
The Beatles continue filming their second movie, Help!, provisionally titled Beatles 2, in New Providence, Bahamas, Caribbean. On this day they are filmed on Cabbage Beach and Victoria Beach.
The Beatles begin three days of filming a battlefield sequence for their second feature film, Help!, at Knighton Down, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK.
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At Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Cher records Come And Stay With Me, written by Jackie De Shannon, for Imperial Records. At the same session, she records versions of C.C.Rider and Needles And Pins.
Burt Bacharach is given a script for the upcoming James Bond film Casino Royale, which he and his songwriting partner Hal David will work on.Azucena Maizani dies aged 67 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. She had found success as a tango singer, composer and actress. For many years she performed dressed in men's suits or criollo cowboy attire, thus earning the nickname "Funny-face Cowgirl".
Pete Townshend of The Who starts work in Ramport Studios on music for the soundtrack of his upcoming film, Tommy.
In Manchester, England, UK, Europe, Ian Curtis of Joy Division watches the Werner Herzog movie Stroszek on television. The film is about an alcoholic musician who commits suicide. Two days later, Curtis will commit suicide by hanging himself.
The (if you will) rockumentary No Nukes premieres in New York City, USA, featuring performances by Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Doobie Brothers, Gil Scott-Heron and others.
The pop-dance-fantasy musical Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, is released in the USA. It will inspire scathing reviews ("In a word, Xana-don't.") and will win a Golden Raspberry Award for the worst film of the year.Rock movie Breaking Glass opens in the USA, starring Hazel O'Connor as punk singer Kate. Zoot Money and Gary Holton have featured roles in the film, while Rod Stewart and Paul McCartney are seen in brief cameos.
The biographical drama movie Mask, starring Cher, opens at selected cinemas in the USA. It is said that Cher and director Peter Bogdanovich clashed during the making of the film.
Madonna and Warren Beatty attend the premiere of the movie Dick Tracy in Washington DC, USA.The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in Japan, Asia.
In the absence of a 2006 Glastonbury Festival, Julien Temple's documentary film Glastonbury is released in the UK.
Kim Kardashian gives birth to a baby girl at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The child's father, Kanye West, is present in the delivery room for the birth.
Zayn Malik of One Direction is filmed apparently smoking a joint while being driven through Lima, Peru, South America, en route to a gig at the Estadio Nacional. The five-minute video appears to be filmed by band mate Louis Tomlinson, who is heard saying, "So here we are, leaving Peru. Joint lit. Happy days!"
The film Bohemian Rhapsody, about the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, opens at cinemas in the UK.1888 |
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