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Francis Lincoln Young of London, UK, files patent application NoUS718410A in respect of his invention of a new type of music-roll for mechanical musical instruments.
Frank W. Parkin, a citizen of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is granted a US patent for his invention of an Improvement in Portable Sheet-Music Pockets, designed to keep sheetmusic in its original perfect condition without creasing or rolling the same, so that when placed upon a music-rack it will be smooth and in shape for use.
Musical comedy The Girl From Utah closes at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 140 performances. This production features several songs by Jerome Kern, including They Didn't Believe Me, which will become a popular standard, recorded by artists including Frank Sinatra, George Sanders, Dinah Washington, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Parker, Elvis Costello, Stan Kenton, Bill Frisell, Harry Belafonte, Leontyne Price and Marian McPartland.
Vocalist and pianist Speckled Red records The Dirty Dozen in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery records Louisiana Blues, Frisco Hi-Ball Blues and other tracks for Melotone Records on the 19th floor of the American Furniture Mart Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Raimonds Pauls is born in Ilguciems, Riga, Latvia, Europe. he will find success as a composer of popular music and as a piano player.
Minimalist composer, pianist, vocalist and dancer Julius Eastman is born in New York City, USA. An African-American, he will become one of the first musicians to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music, and will give his pieces provocatively socio-political titles, such as Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla.
Freddie Slack records The Brown Danube for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Victor Borge appears on the NBC-tv show All Star Revue in the USA.
Eddy Bond And The Stompers play at the Bethel Springs High School Auditorium, Bethel Springs, Tennessee, USA, supported by Jerry Lee Lewis.
Jazz pianist Freddie Redd records the album The Connection, for Felsted Records in New York City, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at The Lil' Rebel Room, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
On The Rebound by Floyd Cramer reaches No1 in the Top 20 Singles Chart in the UK.
Blues guitarist/pianist/vocalist Pete Franklin records Black Gal, Prison Bound and other tracks in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, for Bluesville Records.
Jazz pianist Jimmy Rushing is recorded live in a concert for the Jazz Casual tv series in at KQED Television Studios, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ray Charles appeared in The Dinah Shore Show on tv in the USA, along with Liberace, Peter Nero and Big Tiny Little. The contemporary black press will focus on the $15,000 fee Ray earns for the appearance, but the white press the day after the show will highlight the fact that Dinah Shore, a white performer, had put her hand on black star Ray Charles' shoulder during his performance.
Neil Sedaka plays the second night of a week of shows at Freedomland Amusement Park, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
Ray Charles records novelty song The Thing, which will be released by ABC-Paramount Records on the album Have a Smile with Me, as catalog number ABC 495 (mono) / ABCS 495 (stereo).
Victor Borge plays at The Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.
Billy Taylor spends the second of two days recording tracks in New York City, USA, for his RCA Records LP Right Here Right Now. Tracks recorded over these two days include I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, Afterthoughts and Stolen Moments.
Victor Borge is the musical guest on tonight's edition of Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall on tv in the USA.
Nat King Cole plays during a two-week season at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the third night of a one-week engagement at The Pavilion Of The Stars, Harvey's Resort Hotel And Casino, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Stricken with lung cancer, Nat King Cole enters hospital in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the fourth of seven nights as part of the Christmas Holiday Spectacular Show in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The City Hall, Newcastle, UK.
The Zombies audition for US movie mogul Otto Preminger at The Cromwellian Club, London, UK, hoping to land a part in his new movie Bunny Lake Is Missing.
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Hal Willis records North To Alaska, Jack The Lumberjack and Winding Wanabago Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Players on the session include guitarists Grady Martin and Harold Bradley, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Hargus Robbins, harmonica player Charlie McCoy, The Nashville Symphony Orchestra and The Jordanaires.
The Alan Price Set play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Steam Packet play at the BRC Social Club, Stafford, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
Bob Dylan releases a new single, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, on Columbia Records in the USA. It will peak at No58 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Patti LaBelle And The Bluebells play at The Cromwellian club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Bluesology.
When The Rolling Stones' road-manager/pianist Ian Stewart marries his girlfriend Cynthia, at St Andrews Church, Cheam, Surrey, England, UK, the guests include Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful.
The Doors release their third album, Waiting For The Sun, in the USA on Elektra Records.
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The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Andrew Hill Quintet with The Lawrence Marshall Vocal Choir record Natural Spirit, Such It Is and Mother Mercy for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The tracks will appear on his LP Lift Every Voice.
Count Basie, Tom Jones and Gladys Knight And The Pips play at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elton John plays the last of six nights at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA.
At the instigation of imprisoned jazz singer Flora Purim, a concert is staged in the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California, USA, featuring Purim with Cannonball Adderley, George Duke, Airto Moreira, Miroslav Vitouš, Raul de Souza and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler.
Jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and bandleader Barney Bigard dies in Culver City, California, USA, aged 74. Bigard played with Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Joe "King" Oliver and others.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tells a Senate Judiciary Committee that, “Home taping has exploded … it threatens the very livelihoods of thousands of retailers, distributors, suppliers and manufacturers who make the industry work.”
Nina Simone plays the first of twenty nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Nina Simone is playing during twenty nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
On her Compositions World tour, Anita Baker plays at The Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan, USA.
Top Chicago session pianist Lafayette Leake, who played with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Otis Rush, Little Walter, dies aged 71 at home in Chicago, Illinois, USA, while in a diabetic coma.
Carl McVoy, the original pianist with The Bill Black Combo, dies of a heart attack in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
Alicia Keys plays at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, USA.
It is revealed that Phil Collins has paid his third wife, Orianne Cevey, a record £25m in the biggest-ever divorce payout by a British showbiz star.
Lloyd Glenn dies of a heart attack, aged 75, at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA. A popular session pianist, working with Kid Ory and Big Joe Turner, Glenn was also a fine musical arranger. His solo career featured several r'n'b hits in the USA during the early 50s.
On his Not Dead Yet tour Phil Collins plays the first of five nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
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