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Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society in St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe. Ninety years later, satirist Tom Lehrer will be inspired to write and record The Elements, which sets the periodic table to music.

The Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, California, USA, begins a competition to find 'The Most Popular Saleswoman In Los Angeles.' Depending on votes cast by readers, the winner will receive 'The elegant $600 Kimball Piano'.

Vess L. Osman, under the name Harmony Mose, records a ragtime banjo instrumental with piano accompaniment, for the Gramophone Company in London, England, UK, Europe. Engineer on the session is Fred Gaisberg.

 Tenor saxman Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis is born in New York. He will play with Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong and Count Basie.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the second of two days at The New Dance Pavilion, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jazz pianist and recording artist Curtis Clark is born in Chicago, Ilinois, USA.

Keith Hale, a songwriter, composer, record producer, performer and music teacher, most notable for his work with Toyah Willcox, Hawkwind and Ginger Baker, is born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Ahmad Jamal And His Three Strings, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker play in Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.

ABC-tv in the US broadcasts the first televised tribute to the recording industry, entitled The Record Years, hosted by Dick Clark, with guests Johnny Mathis, Fabian, The McGuire Sisters, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Fats Domino and comedy record maker Stan Freberg.

Baby Face Willette records Face To Face for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Jazz pianist Bill Henderson records Sweet Georgia Brown, Am I Blue and other tracks for Vee-Jay Records in Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Mahalia Jackson Show, a tv special starring Mahalia Jackson, is broadcast by Granada TV in the UK. The show, produced by Johnnie Hamp, also features Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Toots Thielemans, Julius Katchen and Leon Bibb.

Ray Charles and Sarah Vaughan play the last night in a week at the Palace Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA.

Bobby Darin, with producer Ahmet Ertegun, records Irresistible You, Jailer Bring Me Water and Baby Face in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Alan Reuss, Tommy Tedesco, Nino Tempo (guitars), Ray Siegel (bass), Plas Johnson (tenor sax), Harold Diner and Marshall Cram (trombones) and Julius Wechter (French horn). Arranged and conducted by Jimmie Haskell handles the arrangement and conducting chores.

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra record Commencement for Capitol Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon record tracks for the album Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon In Paris, for Battle Records in Paris, France, Europe.

Ray Charles plays the first of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Lewisham, England, UK, Europe

The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Marquee, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA.

The Animals play at L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France, Europe.

The Zombies play at The Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, UK, supported by The Soulents.

Waylon Jennings, with Chet Atkins as producer, records What Makes A Man Wander, Look Into My Teardrops and I Don't Mind in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Musicians on the session include guitarists Gerald Gropp and Jerry Reed, pianist Floyd Cramer, bassist Henry Strzelecki, drummer Kenneth Buttrey, Ray Stevens on vibes and The Anita Kerr Singers.

Keith Jarrett plays at The Five Spot Café, New York City, USA.

The Moody Blues play at The Locarno, Stevenage, England, UK, Europe.

Procol Harum play at The Town Hall, Loughborough, England, UK, Europe.

The Charles Lloyd Quartet including pianist Keith Jarrett plays during a run of eight nights at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Duke Ellington And His Band play at the NCO Club, Fort Meade, Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra perform live on WBBM-tv's show Dial M For Music in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour plays the last show of its American itinerary in San Bernardino, California, USA.

Squeeze progress from indie cult to major label band with the release of their debut single for A+M Records, Take Me I’m Yours.

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA, for the first of two weeks.

Mark Chapman, convicted for the murder of John Lennon, is jailed for twenty years to life in America.

While on his honeymoon in Saint-Tropez, France, Europe, Elton John is interviewed for UK tv's The Travel Show.

Jerry Lee Lewis plays at Melody Fair Music Theater, North Tonawanda, New York State, USA.

Three-times Grammy-nominated cabaret singer Bobby Short, a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, USA, for more than 35 years, dies of leukaemia, aged 80.

Billy Joel plays at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Barry Manilow plays at The O2 Arena, London, UK.

Brooklyn prosecutors announce that Noel Muir, a general contractor from Uniondale, New York State, USA, has been charged with swindling famed jazz pianist Cecil Taylor out of nearly a half-million dollars from the 2013 Kyoto Prize, won by Taylor.

On their A Head Full Of Dreams tour, Coldplay play the second of three nights at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.