Pennsylvania

Celebrated whistler Joseph Belmont records Whip-Poor-Will Song and The Whistling Chorus for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Haydn Quartet records Sally In Our Alley, Bring Back My Bonnie To Me, My Charcoal Charmer, I's Gwine Back To Dixie and other songs for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

J. W. Myers, a Welsh-born male vocal soloist with piano accompaniment, records The Bridge, Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep, When Mother Used To Sing That Song, Way Down In Old Indiana and My Princess Zulu Lulu for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Philadelphia North American newspaper publishes an episode of the George Herriman cartoon strip Musical Mose entitled "No Use, These Days, To Try to Break Into Those Exclusive Professions." In the strip, Mose, a black musician, tries to become an Italian organ grinder but it doesn't work out.

The Haydn Quartet recoprds Sweet And Low for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Sig Carlos Francisco records A La Luna, Cancion De Amor, La Sevillana, Teresita Mia and Linda Mia for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra records Selections From Carmen and Hungarian National Air for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

S.H. Dudley records Maisie, and When The Boys Go Marching By for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Banjo player Vess L. Ossman records Peace Forever March for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Vocalist John W. Myers records Violets, My Princess Zulu Lulu, I Went To See Them March Away, When Mother Used To Sing That Song and other songs for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Burt Shepard records Parody On Suwanee River, Running Up And Down The Stairs, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Three Women To Every Man and When Father Laid The Carpet On The Stairs for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Dainty Paree Burlesquers are playing the first of three nights at The Star Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.

Under the name The Dude And The Farmer, Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan record the drinking song Little Brown Jug for Victor Monarch Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The musical comedy, The Velvet Lady, with music by Victor Herbert, is playing at The Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, pennsylvania, USA.

Jimmy Charles spends the second of three days of promotional activity for his current single, A Million To One, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Connie Francis plays at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bobby Rydell plays the eleventh night in a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as support to comedian George Burns.

Today's edition of daily tv pop show American Bandstand features a tour of Chubby Checker's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Hank Van Sickle, who will join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers as their bassist in 2000, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Ray Charles plays at The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff plays at the Front Room, Newark, New Jersey, USA. Playing guitar in the band is George Benson.

Bobby Vinton enters the Billboard Top Forty singles chart in the USA, on the way to his second No1, with Blue Velvet.

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers play at Birdland, New York City, USA.

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers play at Birdland, New York City, USA.

A package tour featuring Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Dee Dee Sharp, The Shirelles, The Checkerboard Band and others plays in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

Having lived in Europe for five years, American singer Paul Robeson leaves on the return journey back to the USA.

Paul Geremia plays the first of two nights at The Hickory Tree, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

Paul Geremia plays the second of two nights at The Hickory Tree, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jimmy Smith plays at The American Legion Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri USA.

The Nazz play the third of six nights at The Café Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. The band includes Todd Rundgren who will go on to pursue a successful solo career.

It's A Beautiful Day play the first of two nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bob Marley is flown from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, to Miami, Florida, to begin treatment for cancer.

When Carlos Santana plays the first of two nights in the Sunrise Music Theatre, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, jazz-rock bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius comes onstage without permission. Pastorius is then thrown out of the theatre and goes to the Midnight Bottle Club in nearby Wilton Manors, where he becomes involved in a confrontation with bouncer Luc Havan. Pastorius is stabbed and dies several days later.

Debbie Harry (aka Blondie) and Tears For Fears play at The A.J.Paulbo Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Dead Milkmen play at The Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Bob Dylan plays in the Liacouras Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

On her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at The Wachovia Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Christina Perri releases a new single, Human, on Atlantic Records in the USA and Canada.

Mastodon play at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Billy Joel plays at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

U.S. Girls play at The Locomotiv Club, Bologna, Italy, Europe.

On the second North American leg of his ÷ Tour, Ed Sheeran plays at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Snow Patrol and Lauv.

On his Never Ending Tour, Bob Dylan plays at The Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Acoustic Hot Tuna play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, with The David Bromberg Quintet.