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Albert Leech of Arlington, New Jersey, USA, files a patent application for his invention of an improved type of whistle which, he claims, will "improve the tone quality and convert a single-tone whistle into an instrument having a range of two or more octaves, and, furthermore, to construct the same so that it may be mastered by unskilled persons, without practice, to reproduce any familiar air or melody".
"Real Coon Entertainers" are performing at The Bijou Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The troupe is advertised as being, "as clever as those in the Golden Gate Quintet at keith's this week".
In Old Kentucky is presented at The Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show features a "Pickaninny Brass Band" and is described as "The Frolic Of The Inimitable Pickanannies In Southern Songs And Plantation Dances".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.
The Tokens release a new single, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, on RCA Victor Records in the USA with top production team Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. The song is a re-written version of the Zulu folk song Wimoweh.
Miriam Makeba is the musical guest on this day's edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC-tv in the USA.
The Rising Sons, featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, record Dust My Broom, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Cher releases a new single, The Click Song Number One, in the USA on Imperial Records. It will fail to chart, stalling her career until her comeback four years later with Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves. The song is a cover version of a South African folk song, previously recorded by Miriam Makeba.
George Harrison of The Beatles is filmed playing sitar with Ravi Shankar in Madras, India, Asia, for the documentary film Raga.
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.Bill Gavin, founder of The Gavin Report, an influential weekly publication which monitored air play for records in the USA, dies of cancer at his home in Mill Valley, California, USA, aged 77.
400,000 people attend the SOS Racisme concert in Place De La Concorde, Paris, France, Europe, which features artists including Telephone, Indochine, OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark), Fine Young Cannibals, Working Week, Steel Pulse (with a guest performace by Herbie Hancock).
King Kurt play at The Riverside Centre, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.Miriam Makeba, Slim Gaillard, Zeke Manyika And Dr. Love, The Ruby Turner Band and others play at The Brighton Centre, brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Toots And The Maytals headline the third and last night of The WOMAD Festival, Mersea Island, near Colchester, Essex, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Penguin Cafe Orchestra, General Public, The Go-Betweens, Seconds Of Pleasure, Tabu Ley Le Rochereau, The Tarab Choir, 10 To 10, Boothill Foot-Tappers, Orchestra Jazira, Shikisha, Shankar, Garbarek, The Bristol Percussion Circle and others.
The Colorblind James Experience play at The Warehouse, Rochester, New York State, USA.
Crosby, Stills And Nash perform Haven't We Lost Enough and Helplessly Hoping on the tv show Rockline in the USA.
BBC3 radio in the UK begins a major eight-part series entitled The Myth Maker, in which jazz musician Ian Carr talks with record producer and manager George Avakian. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, Avakian was a major force in the expansion and development of the recording industry in the USA. Avakian worked with artists including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis and Ravi Shankar.
The three-day long Larmer Tree Festival, held near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, begins. Acts appearing over the weekend include The Oysterband, Shooglenifty, Baka Beyond, Pronghorn and Keith Christmas.
Beyoncé, Johnny Clegg, Jimmy Cliff, The Corrs, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Eurythmics, Queen, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Anastacia, Bob Geldof, Paul Oakenfold with Shifty Shellshock and TC, the Soweto Gospel Choir, the Amampondo Drummers, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour, Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), The Who, Angelique Kidjo, Bono and The Edge of U2, Abdel Wright, Chris Thompson, Zoe Nicholas, Treana Morris, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Bongo Maffin, Danny K, Watershed, Zucchero, Ms. Dynamite and Andrew Bonsu play in the 46664 AIDS benefit concert in honour of Nelson Mandela, in Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa. The event is hosted by Mandela.
Royksopp, Morcheeba, The Herbaliser, Quantic Soul Orchestra, K-OS and Acoustic Ladyland play at the Jazz Cafe Picnic, Marble Hill, Twickenham, London, England, UK.
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Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women play at Taste Of Downtown, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
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Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at Eden Court, Inverness, Scotland, UK, Europe.Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Hall For Cornwall, Truro, England, UK, Europe.Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Dome, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Theatre Royal, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
Ukulele master and teacher Hiram Kaailau Bell performs live at The Ukethon in The Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, USA. The event is being held in celebration of the fact that the Ukulele was introduced to San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.
Nitin Sawhney plays the first of three nights at Ronnie Scott's club, Soho, London, England, UK.
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Dustbowl Revival play at The 9.30 Club, Washington DC, USA, with Birds Of Chicago.Dustbowl Revival play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, with Jared And The Mill.Dustbowl Revival play at The Columbus Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, with Smooth Hound Smith.1902 |
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