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Daniel Louis Armstrong is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will find worldwide fame as jazz cornettist and singer Louis Armstrong, aka Satchmo.
Dewey Jean Segura is born in Delcambre, Louisiana, USA. With his brother Edier Segura, he will form The Segura Brothers, pioneers of cajun music during the late 1920s.
Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra record Gambler's Blues for Vocalion Records in their studio at 799 South Avenue/52nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, USA. After some modifications, the song will find wider fame as St. James Infirmary Blues.
Margaret Louise Ebey is born in Coushatta, Louisiana, USA. In the 1960s, under the name Margie Singleton, she will become a popular country music duet and solo recording artist, working with George Jones and Faron Young. Her biggest hit will be Keeping Up With The Joneses, with Faron Young, in 1964.
Jazz clarinettist, bandleader and recording artist Johnny Dodds, currently in residency at the 9570 Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, sends a postcard to his friend William Russell, explaining that he is to have his teeth removed, which will require him to take a break from performing.
Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra record Green Eyes for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
Wells Kelly is born in New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. He will find success as drummer in the band Orleans, and will also drum with Meat Loaf.
Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Phil Harris and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Basin Street Blues, St. Louis Blues, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Birth Of The Blues and other tracks for the Chesterfield Cigarettes Radio Show in the USA.
New Orleans-based pianist, composer and vocalist Lloyd Price hits No1 on the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA with Lawdy Miss Clawdy, featuring Fats Domino on piano.
A Fats Domino concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, is cancelled by police who fear that "rock'n'roll dances might be featured".Ain't That A Shame, a cover of a Fats Domino hit, by Pat Boone peaks at No2 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars play the last of four non-consecutive nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA.Big Joe Turner releases a new single, Honey Hush [with Fats Domino on piano], in the USA on Atlantic Records.
The Keel Parade of Stars, starring Brenda Lee, Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette and others plays at The Municipal Memorial Auditorium, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
Chris Barber And His Band with Ottilie Patterson, Lennie Felix at the piano, Terry Lightfoot And His New Orleans Jazzmen, Laurie Gold and Diz Disley appear on the BBC Light Programme radio show Trad Tavern 'before an invited audience at a BBC studio in London'.
Tossi Aaron and Biff Rose play during a five night stand at The Blue Dog Cellar, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Perry Como hosts the final show of his tv series, The Chesterfield Supper Club, on NBC tv in the USA. In its fifteen year run, the show had featured such guests as The Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee and Paul Anka.Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Lloyd Price and Wilson Pickett play at The Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul And Mary are among the musicians appearing at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, USA. Other musicians in attendance (but not performing) include Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr, Judy Garland and Bobby Darin.
Mahalia Jackson plays at The Donnelly Memorial Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most and the Rolling Stones, Julie Grant and The Flintstones play at The Gaumont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Something You Got by Alvin Robinson peaks at No52 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA.
Pop singer Bobby Freeman and jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain pre-record appearances for an upcoming edition of The Steve Allen Playhouse on tv in the USA.
TV pop show Where The Action Is in the USA features Little Richard performing Jenny, Jenny, plus Dusty Springfield performing Wishin' and Hopin'.
John Fred and His Playboy Band hit the Billboard Singles Chart No1 slot in the USA with Judy In Disguise (With Glasses).
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Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.Gospel star Mahalia Jackson presents the keys of a 12-seater bus to the Salvation Army Children's Home in Sydenham, Kent, England, UK, Europe. The bus was a gift from a leisure arts company. In the evening Jackson plays a concert at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Jazz saxophonist Illinois
Jacquet records his album The Blues : That's Me, in New York
City, USA, for Prestige
Records.
Ike And Tina Turner, Mongo Santamaria and Fats Domino play the second of two nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
The Regal Cinema, Edmonton, London, UK, is closed and will be re-vamped as a live music venue under the name The Sundown. Artists including Hawkwind, Doctor John, Steppenwolf and The Groundhogs will appear at The Sundown, but it will not prove profitable and will have closed by 1974.
Joseph William "Joe" Thomas, also known as Brother Cornbread, dies. He had found success as a jazz clarinetist and singer, closely associated with the New Orleans jazz scene.
Sting plays at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Truly Blessed - A Musical Celebration of Mahalia Jackson - oepons at The Longacre Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 33 performances 
The four day long Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington, ends with performances by Iggy And The Stooges, Michael Franti And Spearhead, The Decemberists, Ted Leo / Pharmacists, Dashboard Confessional, Okkervil River, Aqueduct, Brazilian Girls, Earlimart, Sonny Landreth and Buckwheat Zydeco.
Rapper Twista spearheads a concert at the House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA, to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Other artists appearing include Da Brat, Do Or Die, Shawnaa, Crucial Conflict and Bump J.
Van Morrison, Blondie, Dr. John, Los Lobos, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Richard Thompson, Afro Celt Sound System, Imelda May and Peter Green play on the first day of the Hop Farm Festival, in Paddock Wood, Kent, England, UK.Wampire, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Foxygen play at One-Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
During her set at the CMA Music Festival in LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Taylor Swift brings out surprise guests Tim McGraw and Keith Urban to play Highway Don't Care. The Zac Brown Band also welcomes two unannounced guests - Kenny Rogers and Kid Rock.
The Foo Fighters are recording material for their next album at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys and Dale Watson play at Rock 'n' Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
On her Gimmie Love tour, Carly Rae Jepsen plays at The Knitting Factory Concert House, Boise, Idaho, USA.On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The University Of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona, USA, supported by Beck.
Singer Solange takes to Instagram to reveal her outfit for the recent Mardi Gras celebrations in her adopted hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The Instagram image shows Solange wearing a leather jacket and a black cowboy hat decorated with crystals to create a sparkling fringe. The outfit was reportedly designed by her teenege son, Julez.1901 |
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