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Male vocal duo Harry Macdonough and Addison Dashiell Madeira, record Little Black Me, While The Leaves Came Drifting Down, In The Shadow Of The Pines, Where The Sweet Magnolias Bloom and other songs for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Spiritual group The Dinwiddie Quartet put black music on a disc for the first time, when they record five spirituals, including Steal Away, and one popular song for the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Librettist Harry B. Smith registers his libretto for the musical Nancy Brown for copyright. The most prolific of all American stage writers, Smith is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics.
Count Basie is playing at The Orpheum theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Ann Moore, The Three Rockets and Jimmy Rushing.
Ruth Brown is playing during a week at Weeke's Cafe, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, with Willis Jackson And His band.
Bill Haley and His Comets are banned from performing at the Rock And Roll Under The Stars concert in Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. The local authorities claim that, "Rock'n'roll music encourages juvenile delinquency and inspires young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the city's beaches."
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott record The Very Thought Of You, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Roy Hamilton, Etta James, The Vibrations, Arthur Prysock, The Chimes, The Shells and James Booker play the last of seven nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bobby Darin plays the sixth night in a week of shows at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Dionne Warwick releases a new single, Make the Music Play, on Scepter Records in the USA. The track is composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Sinatra, a book about Frank Sinatra written by British jazz pianist Robin Douglas-Home is published in the USA by Grosset And Dunlap at a price of $1.95.
Frank Sinatra records Hello Dolly, The Good Life and I Wish You Love with the Count Basie Orchestra in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
Dave 'The Snake' Sabo, guitarist and founder member of Skid Row, is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA.
The Morris Nanton Quintet With Pucho And The Latin Soul Brothers records Soul Fingers, Georgia, Mood Indigo, Fly Me To The Moon, The Shadow Of Your Smile and other tracks for Prestige Records at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley records the album Dippin' at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records.
The Four Seasons play the sixth of seven nights in the Marine Ballroom, The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
US tv rock show Where The Action Is features The Wonder Who (actually The Four Seasons) performing Don't Think Twice It's Alright and Ben E. King singing Stand By Me.
Bruce Springsteen plays at Niagara University, Lewiston, New York State, USA, supported by Old Salt.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the second of four nights at Charlie's Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Mighty Joe Young.
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons play at The Apollo, Victoria, London, England, UK, Europe.
Diana Ross begins a world tour at Meadowlands, New Jersey, USA, with Miles Davis as her support act.
During the Nice Jazz Festival, B.B.King, Joe Williams And The Count Basie Orchestra, Panama Francis and The Savoy Sultans perform for the second of two nights in La Grand Parade Du Jazz, Cimiez, Nice, France, Europe.
On their Invasion of Your Privacy Tour, Ratt play at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA, supported by Bon Jovi.
On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play the second of two nights at Chicago Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their 
Eric Clapton plays the first of two nights in Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
A funeral service for Luther Vandross is held at the Riverside Church, New York City, USA. Mourners attending the service include Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Usher and Patti LaBelle.Pollstar reports that Madonna was the biggest worldwide live music draw of 2008, grossing $281.6m (£194.8million) worth of tickets for her Sticky And Sweet tour, $105.3m of this total being in the USA alone. Runners up were Celine Dion, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and The Police.
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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the first of two nights at the RDS, Dublin, Eire.
When Josh Ritter plays at The Saint, New Jersey, USA, Bruce Springsteen turns up to see the show and spends thirty minutes in the band dressing room afterwards.
A spokeswoman for Whitney Houston announces that the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer is once again undergoing treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, in an out-patient program rather than a residential facility.
US district judge Gary Klausner in California, USA, throws out a lawsuit brought by Glenn Danzig against his former Misfits bandmate Jerry Only, alleging that Only had violated the terms of a 1994 contract, in which Danzig, Jerry, and others agreed to share ownership of The Misfits trademarks (including their Fiend Skull logo) for merchandising purposes.
Beyonce is spotted filming a music video on Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the first of three nights at The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway, Europe.Following his inauguration in Washington DC, USA, Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, dances his first dance as President with his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, to the song My Way, popularised in 1969 by Frank Sinatra.
On their This House Is Not For Sale Tour, Bon Jovi play at The T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.On their This House Is Not For Sale Tour, Bon Jovi play at Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil, South America, supported by The Kills.1901 |
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