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Syria Mosque, recently built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, as a "mystical" shrine for the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (aka the Shriners), is dedicated. It will become internationally known as a venue for music concerts featuring top rock, pop, soul, jazz and blues artists until its demolition in 1991. The Mosque is also considered to have been the birthplace of network television.
Jazz violinist Joe Venuti's Blue Four with Eddie Lang on guitar, record I've Found A New Baby, in New York City, USA, for Okeh Records.
Alison Anne Cadogan is born in St. Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. She will find international success in the 1970s as lover's rock/reggae vocalist Susan Cadogan.
Kes Chin And His Souvenirs play at The Mona Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Keith And Tex, backed by Lynn Taitt And The Crystallites, record Don't Look Back for Move And Groove Records in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. The song, first recorded by The Temptations, will enjoy wider success when it is covered in 1978 by Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger.
To Be Young Gifted And Black by Bob And Marcia enters the UK Singles Chart where it will peak at No5 during a 12-week run. The song, composed by Nina Simone, was inspired by her friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play A Raisin In The Sun, who had died in 1965 aged 34.
Bob Marley plays at The Pavillon De Paris, Porte De Pantin, Paris, France, Europe.Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays in The Wollman Skating Rink, New York City, USA.
UK tv show Top Of The Pops features live appearances by Squeeze, Kate Bush, The Real Thing, The Buzzcocks, Dennis Brown and Sham 69. Squeeze are obliged to change the sexually-suggestive lyrics of their hit Cool For Cats which are considered too risque for early evening tv broadcast.
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The Bodysnatchers play at the Russell Club, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Marley And The Wailers play in the Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, Europe.The Specials play at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, supported by the Swinging Cats.
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Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps.
At Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA, Bob Marley finally loses his fight against cancer, aged 36.
The Beat (aka The English Beat) begin a British tour in Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe.
Keyboardist Mike Barson leaves Madness and moves to Holland, Europe, with his Dutch wife Sandra.
Lee Perry And The Upsetters, Steve Marshall's World Service, Spartacus R, Lioness Chant and Frederick Williams play at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sting plays the last of six nights at The Mogador Theatre, Paris, France, Europe.
Sting plays the second of two nights at Pala Palaeur, Rome, Italy, Europe.
The Mighty Diamonds play at La Mutualite, Paris, France, Europe.
Jimmy Cliff And The Carribean All Stars play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
Singer and songwriter Jackie Edwards, who composed two UK No1 singles, Keep On Running and Somebody Help Me, for The Spencer Davis Group, dies of a heart attack, in Jamaica, Caribbean.
The wife of Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts phones the police from a motel in Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA, saying that Betts has become drunk and abusive. He later gets into a physical confrontation with two police officers and has to be arrested.
On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of three nights at the River Plate Stadium , Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.Joe Higgs, sometimes called the godfather of roots reggae, dies of cancer in Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 59.
Reel Big Fish play at The Theater Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
John Mayer plays at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by Michael Franti And Spearhead.
Reggae pioneer Winston Riley is shot in the head at his home in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. Riley, a noted producer and also founder of The Techniques, had been the target of previous unexplained attacks in 2011, including being shot in August and stabbed in September. He will not, however, survive this attack.
Bayonics, Raquel Rodrigez and Midnight Raid play at The Brick And Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Californian reggae/rock/rap hybrid band Dirty Heads release their fourth studio album, Sound Of Change, in the USA.
During their On Stage Together tour, Paul Simon And Sting play the first of two shows at A Day On The Green, Sir James Mitchell Park, Perth, Australia, Oceania.
On his Jeb's Teetotal Pub Crawl tour, Jeb Loy Nichols plays at West Norwood Book And Music Bar, London, England, UK.
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are among the guests attending the 2016 Pre-Grammy Gala and Salute To Industry Icons honouring Irving Azoff at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Revered ska, rocksteady and reggae saxophonist Headley Bennett, having recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, dies aged 85. Nicknamed Deadly Headley, he had performed on hundreds of recordings beginning in the 1950s. He played in the Studio One house band and on recordings featuring Bob Marley, Leslie Kong, The Abyssinians, Alton Ellis and Prince Far I to name but a few.The Fyre Festival, marketed as an ultraluxurious music event in the Bahamas, collapses leaving angry ticket holders, investors and workers. The event was organised by music business entrepreneur Billy McFarland in partnership with Ja Rule. Also on this day, Blink-182, scheduled to be the headline band for the first night of the event pull out.
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