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Arthur Scott is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will find success as a pioneering jazz musician, playing banjo and guitar, under the name Bud Scott. He will work with King Oliver, Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton and others. (He should not be confused with the other Bud Scott, who was a saxophonist and bandleader in the same era.)
Jimmy 'Kid' Clayton is born in Jasper County, Mississippi, USA. He will make his mark as a trumpeter with Jack Carey's Band, said to play, "the rattiest jazz in New Orleans."
Charles Harrison [aka Gyp The Blood], a waiter at the Tuxedo Ballroom, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, shoots and kills the owner, Harry Parker, and his associate Billy Phillips. The club will be closed down soon after, and the incident will become the subject of Gyp The Blood, a song by blues musician Richard 'Rabbit' Brown.
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George Erwin is born in Falls City, Nebraska, USA. He will find success as jazz trumpeter and bandleader Pee Wee Erwin.
Henry D. 'Homer' Haynes is born near Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Starting in 1936, he will find enduring success on radio and tv as Homer of the country music comedy duo Homer And Jethro. The duo will record more than fifty albums during their career and will win a Best Comedy Performance Grammy in 1959 for The Battle of Kookamonga, a parody of Johnny Horton's Battle of New Orleans.
Blues vocalist Nolan Struck is born in near Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. He will find success during the electric blues boom in Chicago, Illinois, during the 60s.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
The American Federation Of Musicians lifts its ban on recording of music, which has been in operation since August 1, 1942.
Bobby Mitchell And The Toppers headline the Shipwreck Dance at The F + M Patio, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Stick McGhee And His Buddies record Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA. The track is a re-make of a song he had previously recorded for a smaller label with no success, but this new version will launch Atlantic Records into the charts for the first time. At the same session, McGhee also records Tall Pretty Woman Blues, Lonesome Road Blues, Blues Mixture, I'll Always Remember and Blues And Broken Hearted. Brownie McGhee plays guitar on the session.
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Sidney Bechet records Jelly Roll Blues, At A Georgia Camp Meeting, National Emblem March, Hindustan and I'll Take That New Orleans Music, for Commodore Records, in New York City, USA.
Ray Pearl And His Musical Gems are playing during a month at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter And His Orchestra, records, Twelfth Street Rag, Au Clair De La Lune, Porter's Love Song, Embraceable You, Ol' Man River and other tracks for Disques Vogue in Paris, France, Europe.
Recently signed to Capitol Records, country singer Faron Young is inducted into the US Army. Asked whether he was drafted or signed up voluntarily, he responded, "I didn't join nuthin'. They had to come get me. You notice one of my arms is longer than the other one? They pulled it." He will score his first hit single, Goin' Steady, while still in basic training.
Maybelline by Chuck Berry ousts Ain't That A Shame by Fats Domino from the Billboard US R'n'B chart No1 slot.
The teen-oriented movie Shake, Rattle And Rock!, featuring performances by Fats Domino, Joe Turner, Choker Campbell, Tommy Charles and Anita Ray, is released to cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
I'm Walkin' by Fats Domino on Imperial Records peaks at No4 on the Billboard popular singles chart in the USA.
A package tour, The Fantabulous Rock'n'Roll Show of '57, arrives at the Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. Headliners are Ruth Brown, The Coasters, The Drifters, Bo Diddley, Smiley Lewis, The Five Satins and Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams. When a female Bump'n'Grind duo called The Spence Twins take to the stage in flimsy negligee-like outfits, the place erupts and police have to be called in to stop the show. On the same day, amateur skiffle group The Quarrymen perform from the back of a lorry in Roseberry St, Liverpool, UK. Their guitarist is John Lennon, later to form The Beatles.
Fats Domino releases a new single, My Girl Josephine, on Imperial Records in the USA.
Blues guitarist and singer Herman E. Johnson is recording tracks for his Arhoolie Records' LP Louisiana Country Blues, in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA.
Fats Domino records One Night and Bad Luck And Trouble at J And M/Cosimo Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, for Imperial Records.
Fats Domino releases a new single, It Keeps Rainin', on Imperial Records in the USA.
Dale Hawkins makes a live appearance on W-fil tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ernie K-Doe records I Cried My Last Tear for Minit Records, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Popular jazz combo The Dukes Of Dixieland release a new album, Breakin' It Up On B roadway, in the USA on Columbia Records.
Bobby Mitchell And The Southern Belles record Walking In Circles for Rip Records in New Orleans, USA.
Formerly a religious station, the radio station KUXL in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, changes its broadcasting policy to Rhythm And Blues. The station also sponsors dances at the Marigold Ballroom, bringing in national acts including Ike and Tina Turner, The Four Tops, B.B. King, Solomon Burke, Chuck Jackson, The Temptations, Jimmy Reed, Jr. Walker, The Impressions, Marv Johnson, Al Green, Syl Johnson, Wilson Pickett, James Brown and Fats Domino.
The 4th American Folk and Blues festival plays in Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, with artists including Big Mama Thornton, Buddy Guy, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Roosevelt Sykes, Walter 'Shakey' Horton, J.B.Lenoir, Dr. Ross, Eddie Boyd and Lonesome Jimmy Lee.
Country blues singer and guitarist Roosevelt Holts records Feelin' Sad And Blue in Franklinton, Louisiana, USA.
Lee Dorsey plays at the Carnaby Hive, London, England, UK, Europe.
John Fred And The Playboy Band play at The Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, Europe.
At the funeral of Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band, in Snow's Memorial Chapel, Rose Hill Cemetary, Macon, Georgia, USA, the rest of the group performs three songs including Statesboro Blues. Mourners include Dr John and Delaney Bramlett.
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pure Prairie League and The Atlanta Rhythm Section play at The Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Singer-songwriter Chris Kenner, best known for the 60s hits Land Of A Thousand Dances, I Like It Like That and Something You Got, dies of a heart attack in New orleans, Louisiana, USA, aged 46.
Fats Domino and Rick Nelson are filmed for a tv special in University Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sting plays at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Grateful Dead, Baba Olatunji and The Neville Brothers play at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
Esquerita, an outrageous Baton Rouge-based she-male who fashioned a successful recording career largely by impersonating Little Richard, dies of AIDS in Harlem Hospital, New York City, USA.
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Donald Fagen of Steely Dan fame plays his first gig in fifteen years as part of the New York Soul evening at the Lone Star Roadhouse, New York City, USA, in celebration of the songs written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragavoy. Others taking part include Dr. John, Phoebe Snow, Paul Griffin and Bonnie Raitt.
Shirley Horn records You Won't Forget Me for Verve Records in the USA, with a band including Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis.
Tim McGraw releases a new album, Set This Circus Down, on Curb Records in the USA.
The W.C.Handy Awards are held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with results as follows :

Acoustic blues album: Double Take Kenny Neal and Billy Branch

Acoustic blues artist: David "Honeyboy" Edwards

New artist debut: Blues With a Vengeance, John Lee Hooker Jr.

Blues album: Have a Little Faith, Mavis Staples

Blues band:Tthe Holmes Brothers

Blues bass: Willie Kent

Blues drums: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Blues entertainer: B.B. King

Blues guitar: Bob Margolin

Blues harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite

Blues horns: Roomful Of Blues Horns

Blues instrumentalist: Robert Randolph

Blues keyboards: Marcia Ball

Blues song: Have a Little Faith, Jim Tullio and Jim Weider

Comeback blues album: Back in 20, Gary U.S. Bonds

Contemporary blues album: Sanctuary, Charlie Musselwhite

Contemporary blues artist: Charlie Musselwhite

Contemporary blues artist: Shemekia Copeland

Historical blues album: Release the Hound, Hound Dog Taylor

Soul blues album: Have a Little Faith, Mavis Staples

Soul blues artist: Mavis Staples

Soul blues artist: Bobby Rush

Traditional blues album: Ladies Man, Pinetop Perkins

Traditional blues artist: Koko Taylor

Traditional blues artist: Pinetop Perkins

Dr John plays at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England, UK.
Branford Marsalis plays at Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Legendary session drummer Earl Palmer, best known for his New Orleans recording sessions with Fats Domino, Little Richard and others, dies at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 84. Little Richard said of Palmer, "He was probably the greatest session drummer of all time."
Yes play at The House Of Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Arlo Guthrie, John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder And Dan Gellert, Judy Collins, The Del Mccoury Band With Tim O'Brien, Ani Difranco, Tom Morello, Rosanne Cash With John Leventhal, Lucinda Williams, Donovan, The Old Crow Medicine Show, Jimmy Lafave, Joel Rafael, Rob Wasserman, Tony Trischka, Sweet Honey In The Rock and Ramblin' Jack Elliott play in the This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie At 100 Concert at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA. The event is a tribute to folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie.
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks play in The Parish at The House of Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Stoner rock veterans Fu Manchu play at One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffett and George W. Bush all attend the Saints vs the Minnesota Vikings NFC Championship game in The Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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