Papparazzi

Music Trades newspaper reports that vaudeville singers are "scoring mightily" with the song In The Good Old Summer Time, by George Evans and Ren Shields). It will be recorded by the Haydn Quartet later in the year and will prove a major hit.

Lazy Lou'siana Moon by Jan Garber is released as the Durium Hit Of The Week on newspaper stands in New York City, USA at a cost of 15c, twenty percent of the price of an ordinary shellac record.

The Evening Journal newspaper in Lubbock, Texas, USA, announces the birth of "A daughter weighing eight and a half pounds at 6.10 o'clock Monday afternoon at Clark-Key Clinic to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O. Holley of 1913 Sixth Street." The baby, later to find fame fame as Buddy Holly, was in fact a son, born at 3.30pm at home, 1911 Sixth Street.

Harald Fossberg is born in Norway, Europe. He will become the lead singer in Norway's first punk band, Vandalism, and then lead singer of Turbonegro before pursuing a career in journalism at the newspaper Aftenposten.

Liverpool, UK, newspaper The Liverpool Echo reports that, at a recent party to celebrate the birthday of The Beatles' Paul McCartney, John Lennon punched local Cavern Club deejay Bob Wooler in the face after Wooler proclaimed that Lennon and The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein were lovers.

It is reported in the Providence Evening Bulletin that Frank SInatra and Dean Martin are friends of notorious Mafioso boss Salvatore Rizzo.

British music weekly newspaper Record Mirror publishes the first major national feature on The Beatles. That night the group plays a gig at The Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales, supported by Jack Ellis And The Autocrats.

The Beatles play at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, UK. The term "Beatlemania" is said to have been coined on this day by a Daily Mirror journalist at the Octagon in the Pavilion Gardens.

The Rolling Stones fly from Perth, Australia, to Singapore, Asia, for two concerts. On arrival they hold a press conference at the Singapura Hotel.

Cliff Richard admits in the UK press that he buys records by The Beatles, but not by The Rolling Stones.

One hundred and fifty teenagers require medical attention when teenage fans at The Melody Maker National Beat Contest in The Palais, Wimbledon, England, UK, get out of hand. The event makes front page news in tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror the next day. Judges at the contest are Kenny Everett, Muriel Young and Graham Nash of The Hollies. Manchester band The St. Louis Union wins the contest.

Cliff Richard tells UK music weekly newspaper the NME that he is retiring from pop music in order to teach religious instruction in secondary schools.

UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] reports that the Robert Stigwood Organisation (which manages Cream, The Bee Gees and others) has acquired a £150,000 interest in Rik Gunnell Management, which looks after Alan Price, Georgie Fame, Fleetwood Mac and others.

During a tour of Australia, Oceania, The Monkees hold a press conference in Melbourne.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a press conference in New York City, USA, at which they announce the creation of Nutopia, a 'conceptual' country governed by 'cosmic' laws and whose national anthem is three seconds of silence.

Splodgenessabounds appear on the cover of Smash Hits magazine in the UK.

During the Shot Of Love tour Bob Dylan holds a two-hour long press conference at the Maritime Hotel in Travemunde, West Germany, Europe.

Bananarama release their debut single, Aie A Mwana, on Demon Records in the UK. They had first heard the song, sung in Swahili by Black Blood, in a French disco. Bananarama had originally recorded it as a demo but, ultimately, the demo version was pressed onto the record. It does not chart, but reviews in the music and fashion press (NME, The Face) will catch the attention of Terry Hall, who will invite Bananarama to sing on the next single by his new vocal group Fun Boy Three.

The Associates release their second LP, Sulk, on Associates/Beggars Banquet Records in the UK. It will be chosen as Album Of The Yeasr by Melody Maker.

In China, the People's Music Press publishes a guide entitled, How To Distinguish Decadent Music, singling out Elvis Presley as an example of the 'expression of confused, blind, excitement' and directing right-thinking Chinese folks towards such wholesome home-grown songs as The Nightsoil Collectors Are Descending The Mountain.

An official press release states that founding member Roger Waters has quit Pink Floyd, but the group will continue.

It is learned via the Moscow News service that Paul McCartney is planning to play eight concerts in the Russian capital during 1989.

Robert Smith and Simon Gallup of The Cure present the band's new album, Disintegration, to the world's media at a press conference in The Churchill Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.

UK music weekly Sounds reports that Blur have signed to Food Records, and describes the quartet as ‘dangerous live’.

Madonna is featured on the cover of Interview magazine in the USA, posed controversially with one hand between her thighs and the other on her breast.

Michael Jackson's parents are hit with a $4 million legal judgement after failing to honour an agreement with a South Korean newspaper for their son to perform in Korea.

It is revealed in the UK press that teen pop star Billie Piper has quit the music business to launch a career in acting.

A letter appears in UK newspaper The Guardian, protesting about US attitudes towards the use of chemical weapons. It is signed by Brian Eno, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox [Eurythmics], Thom Yorke [Radiohead], Joe Strummer [The Clash], Robert Wyatt [ex-Soft Machine], Robert Fripp [ex-King Crimson], Holly Johnson ex-Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and other politically-concerned celebrities.

In an interview with Welsh newspaper Wales On Sunday, The Stereophonics' former drummer Stuart Cable states that he is soon to receive compensation for his sacking from the band, but denies that it will be as much as the rumoured £1m.

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon reveals in a UK tabloid newspaper interview that the recently re-formed band has no immediate plans for a new album. He states, "We're all busy with our own projects."

Katy Perry is harassed by Australian papparazzi while taking a walk on Obelisk Beach in Sydney, Australia.

At a press conference in Milan, Italy, Europe, Depeche Mode announce the upcoming release of their 14th album, Spirit, to be accompanied by a major world tour entitled Global Spirit.

Natasha Bedingfield reveals in a British tabloid newspaper that she is pregnant with her first child with husband Matt Robinson, who she married in 2009.

Singer/songwriter Christina Perri gives birth to Carmella, her first child with her husband entertainment reporter Paul Costabile.

Ozzy Osbourne announces, during a press conference at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA, that his next tour will be his last. The tour, whimsically titled No More Tours 2, is set to last for two years, and will begin in May 2018 with shows in South America.