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Rod Bernard is born in Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. He will find success as a pioneering swamp-pop singer, scoring hits including This Should Go On Forever, Colinda, One More Chance and Pardon Mr. Gordon.
Hawaiian vocalist Alfred Apaka, with Tommy Castro on steel guitar, records Uhe`uhene in Victor Studios, New York City, USA.The Bill Bailey Minstrel Show, described as "a blackface opera", opens at Fort Myers, Florida, USA. The show has a company of fifty, including Brother Slim Williams, Danny Evans and Possum Gill.
Claudio Trotta is born in Milan, Italy, Europe. In the 1980s, he will become one of the most successful and respected promoters of live music in Italy, widely regarded as having been a pioneer in transforming the formerly chaotic Italian live music scene into a healthy, functioning business.
Terrance Simien is born in Mallet, Louisiana, USA. He will become a successful zydeco musician, vocalist and songwriter.
Lowell George, famed as the founder of Little Feat, plays a solo concert at Lissner Auditorium, Washington DC, USA. He will die the following day.Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe.
The first ever W.O.M.A.D Festival begins in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, UK. Over the three days of the event, artists appearing include The Drummers of Burundi, Echo And The Bunnymen, Musicians of the Nile, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, The Beat, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds and Prince Nico Mbarga.
Attendance : 16,000
Rayce Amoni Kingsley is born in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa. he will find success as Afrobeats-style singer Rayce.
Fela Kuti plays at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK.
Lucky Ranku And The South African All Stars play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
Orchestre Jazira play at Wilkie House, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Cure headline the second day of the Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK. Also on the bill are Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Black Uhuru, Billy Bragg and John Martyn
Leon Redbone plays at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Kim Wilde, Sinitta, Sonia, Aswad and members of Beats International play in the Radio 1 Sega Splash for Starlight event, Princes Club, Middlesex, England, UK.Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam XV at The Starwood Amphitheater, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The event features Eddie Rabbitt, Paulette Carlson, Suzy Bogguss, Jo-El Sonnier, Pirates Of The Mississippi, Confederate Railroad, The Oak Ridge Boys, Little Feat, Hal Ketchum, Poco and The Desert Rose Band and more.
The three day long Endorse-it In Dorset festival begins at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England, UK. Headline act is Desmond Dekker And The Aces, other acts on the bill include Zion Train, Pronghorn, Sub-Giant and The Ukrainians.
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The Notting Hill Carnival sets West London, England, UK, alight with the very best in West Indian music, dance, food and culture, drawing in a crowd of 750,000 people. 
The Dave Matthews Band plays at the Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.The Dave Matthews Band plays at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre-KS, Bonner Springs, Kansas, USA.
Gregg Kofi Brown releases a new album, Together As One, in the UK on Nicolosi Productions. The album features contributions from Sting, Gabrielle, Des-Ree and others.
The three-day-long Second Vancouver Steel Guitar Festival begins at Rime, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, featuring Steve Dawson, Michael Dunn, Lorene and Art Ruymar, Blind God, Michael Flunkert, Kamoe, The Outriggers, Tim Tweedale, Alexander Varty, Scott Smith and Aaron Joyce.
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Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Theatre Royal, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Anvil, Basingstoke, England, UK, Europe.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Sage, Gateshead, England, UK, Europe.
Stanley Brinks (formerly known as Herman Dune) and Freschard play at Shorty's, Baerenbach, Germany, Europe.
Congolese music star Papa Wemba collapses and dies on stage during a performance at the Femua music festival in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Africa.Popular singer Rayce is hospitalised after being seriously injured when hit by a Dangote truck at Sango-Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, Africa.Stanley Brinks (formerly known as Herman Dune) and Freschard play at Fidel’s Fitz at Kulturhaus Schwanen, Waiblingen, Germany, Europe.
Lightgarden launch their new LP, ...and there's a Silver Stream Cascading..., with a gig at The Bell Inn, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
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Dustbowl Revival play at The Egg, Albany, New York State, USA, with Smooth Hound Smith.1940 |
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