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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.
Walter Hawkins is born in Oakland, Califonia, USA. He will come to be regarded as one of the world's greatest gospel singers, and is best-remembered as a member of The Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Hank Williams is heard performing Lovesick Blues, Faded Love And Winter Roses, I Saw The Light and The Mother's Best Theme on the Mother's Best Flour radio series in the USA. On the same edition of the show, Audrey Williams performs Four Flusher.
Country gospel group The Statesmen Quartet record Peace In The Valley, You Sho' Do Need Him Now, I Wanna Be Ready and Listen To The Bells, in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jeoffrey Benward is born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He will find success as a Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter.In a front page headline story in Melody Maker, British bandleader Harry Gold declares that 'antiquated' laws governing musical performances on Sundays in the UK should be abolished.
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Little Richard records Hole In The Wall, Crying In the Chapel, My Mother's Eyes and He Gave, in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Atlantic Records
Tennessee Ernie Ford and The San Quentin Prison Choir release the album We Gather Together, in the USA on Capitol Records. The album was recorded on location at San Quentin prison in California.
Hank Snow, with producer Chet Atkins, records Invisible Hands, Sweet Hour Of Prayer and other tracks, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session includes guitarist Harold Bradley, steel guitarist Joseph Tanner, bassist Junior Huskey, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Hargus Robbins and vibraphonist Joe Layne.
The English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival gets underway at Keele Universty, Keele, England, UK. "Five hundred 'traditional' folk singers, some strumming guitars, others with Jew's-harps in their pockets, converged this afternoon on Keele University for the biggest folk festival ever held in Britain," reported The Guardian. Attendees are adamant that their is 'traditional' not 'commercial' folk of the sort Bob Dylan and The Byrds have recently made popular.
Jimmy Dean records Standing In The Need Of Prayer, Peace In The Valley and You're Not Home Yet in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The tracks are produced by Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis.
Roger Miller, with producer Jerry Kennedy, records Little Green Apples, When They Ring Those Golden Bells, Peace In The Valley and Whispering Hope, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. None of these tracks will be released.
The first public performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber – Tim Rice musical takes place when Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is staged as a "pop cantata", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.Paul McCartney of The Beatles, who is studying transcendental meditation in India, Asia, with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, sends a postcard to Ringo Starr in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, stating "latest news is that Maharishi's building a swimming pool!"
The Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplores the concept," of rock and roll masses but does not prohibit such services at The Church of San Lessio Falconieri in Italy, Europe.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles and actor Peter Sellers hold a party at Les Ambassadeurs club, London, England, UK, Europe, to mark the end of filming of The Magic Christian. Guests include John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Christopher Lee and Stanley Baker.
On a beach in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, a Cherokee Indian chief named Rolling Thunder directs a ceremony of prayers for Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue rock tour troupe.
U2 play the final show in their weekly residency at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, and also record a live session at Maida Vale Studios, for BBC Radio 1's Richard Skinner Show.
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The film The Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond as a young Jewish cantor with a secret life as a jazz singer, is premiered in Century City, California, USA. The film is a re-make of an Al Jolson movie, originally released in 1927.
The film The Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond as a young Jewish cantor with a secret life as a jazz singer, goes on general release to cinemas in the USA. The film is a re-make of an Al Jolson movie, originally released in 1927.
Willie Nelson marries his fourth wife, Hollywood make-up artist Annie D'Angelo at St. Alouin Church in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.On his HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson arrives at Mumbai airport in India, where he is greeted by actress Sonali Bendre, who puts the traditional Hindu "tilak" mark on his forehead.
The novel Underworld by Don Delillo is published by Scribner. Passages from the book, pertaining to Delillo's character Ismael Munoz, will inspire Conor Oberst while he is writing the 2007 Bright Eyes song Four Winds.
The funeral of Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS, is held at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia, Oceania. His casket is carried out of the cathedral by members of INXS and by his younger brother, Rhett. Nick Cave, a friend of Hutchence, performs his 1997 song, Into My Arms, during the funeral.
Rapper Nelly plays at The Convocation Center, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA. Local church dignitaries had tried to organise a boycott of the gig, but there is no sign of protesters. However, three individuals are detained by Jonesboro police on charges including disorderly conduct, second-degree assault, resisting arrest, criminal trespassing and obstruction of justice.
Bono and Adam Clayton of U2 attend a 50th birthday/housewarming party for photographer and video director Anton Corbijn in The Hague, Netherlands, Europe. Bono sings Radar Love during the party.
Lady Gaga attends her younger sister's graduation ceremony in the Convent Of The Sacred Heart, New York City, USA.
Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at The Rialto Theatre, Tucson, Arizona, USA.Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at The Knitting Factory, Spokane, Washington, USA.On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, supported by Beck.
Following an outcry from critics of Saudi Arabia's human rights record, The Human Rights Foundation, based in the USA, writes an open letter to Nicki Minaj urging her to cancel her headlining show the Jeddah World Fest in Saudi Arabia, Asia, on 18 July.1916 |
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