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Lewis Carroll publishes his fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book will inspire numerous songwriters, as diverse as Tom Waits, Avril Lavigne and Aerosmith, to compose songs based on its story and characters but the definitive composition is probably White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane from 1967 which more or less tells the story of Alice as if it is an LSD-inspired hallucination.
The comic opera Madeleine or The Magic Kiss is playing at The Tivoli, San Francisco, California, USA.
Roger Waters, songwriter, singer and bassist of Pink Floyd [originally known as The Pink Floyd Blues Band], is born in Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK, Europe.Todd Rhodes And His Orchestra record Rocket 69 and Your Daddy's Doggin' Around for King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The Walt Disney ainimated musical feature Peter Pan is released to cinemas in France, Europe. The film includes such Sammy Cahn-composed songs as The Second Star To The Right, You Can Fly and A Pirate's Life.The International Geophysical Year aka I.G.Y. begins, and will run until December 31, 1958. The year (actually 18 months) is intended to signal a new era of international co-operation being made possible by the end of the Cold War. On his 1982 album The Nightfly, Donald Fagen will include the song I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World), expressing the hopes of a young man in the fifties looking forward to a bright new future for the world.
The space race begins as the Soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik I, the world's first artificial satellite. Weighing 83.6kg, Sputnik 1 was about the size of a beach ball and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. The event also triggered the imaginations of many songwriters and artists, first of whom was probably rockabilly vocalist Skip Stanley with Satellite Baby (1956), but there were others including Sputnik Baby by Roosevelt Sykes (1957), Sputnik Dance (1958) by The Equadors and Jerry Engler with Sputnik (Satellite Girl) (1958).
Neil Davidge is born in Bristol, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as a record producer, songwriter and film score composer, working with Massive Attack, David Bowie, Primal Scream and many more.
The Konrads, The Trubeats, Christine Conway, The Aces, Pip And The Burnettes, The Psykons, Del And The Panthers and others play at The Assembly Hall, Coney Hall, West Wickham, England, UK, Europe. The Konrads include David Jones (the pre-fame David Bowie) playing saxophone and singing.Vinnie Moore is born in New Castle, Delaware, USA. He will find success as the guitarist in English hard rock band UFO.
The Sonny Rollins Quartet records It Could Happen To You, My One And Only Love, Winter Wonderland and When You Wish Upon A Star for RCA Victor Records in New York City, USA.
The Squires, with Neil Young on lead guitar, play the fifth of six nights at The Twilight Zone, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins begins his first UK tour with a show at The Town Hall, Wallington.
Aspiring British rock musician David Jones changes his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, just in time for the release of his new single, Can't Help Thinking About Me.
Rising young pop singer David Bowie writes to a fourteen-year-old American fan, saying that he hopes to visit America one day.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, See Saw and Let There Be More Light.
The Scaffold, Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments, Ron Geesin, Terry Reid's Fantasia, Junior's Eyes, David Bowie, Principal Edward's Magic Theatre, Spider And The Stable, Gethsemane and Pete Drummond play at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pinball Wizard by The Who enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No19.
Space Oddity by David Bowie enters the UK Top Twenty singles chart. On the same day, Bowie records a live version of the song at Lime Grove Studios, West London, for transmission on the following week's BBC-tv music chart show Top Of The Pops.
The Hype, a band featuring vocalist David Bowie, record a live version of Wide Eyed Boy From Freecloud for the BBC radio show Sounds Of The 70s, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd begin a month of recording at Abbey Road, London, England, UK. At this point, working titles for the songs that will become Dark Side Of The Moon include Travel (instead of Breathe), Religion (instead of The Great Gig In The Sky) and Lunatic (instead of Brain Damage). The first song they work on is Us And Them, which will appear on Dark Side Of The Moon.
Adam And The Ants play at The Empire Ballroom, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dave Berry And The Cruisers and Martian Dance.David Bowie releases a new single, Life On Mars, on RCA Records in the UK.
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Cliff Richard enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Devil Woman, which will become his biggest hit in America.
Adam And The Ants play at The Stateside, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Martian Dance.Adam And The Ants play at St. George's Hall, Bradford, England, UK, Europe, supported by Martian Dance.
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Star Fleet, a solo single by Brian May of Queen, featuring Eddie Van Halen, enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No65.
On his Manowar begin a British tour, supported by Mercyful Fate, with a show at The City Hall, St. Albans, England, UK, Europe.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik play at The Underground, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Whiplash Girls.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana, USA.On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, with special guest Kim Wilde.On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo, Brazil, South America.It is reported that Hollywood spiritualist Father Gilberto has performed an exorcism on former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee to banish evil demons which his wife, Pamela Anderson, believes have been affecting his behaviour.
Immediately after his performance at The Hurricane Festival, Eichenring, Scheeßel, Germany, Europe, David Bowie collapses, having suffered a heart attack. He is rushed to hospital in Hamburg and undergoes emergency surgery. Kraftwerk begin an eight-night '3D' residency at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA. Each night of the residency features a different Kraftwerk album played in its entirety, accompanied by a '3D visualization' of the record. This, the first night, features their 1974 breakthrough album Autobahn.
It is announced that Iron Maiden will launch a new RPG, Legacy Of The Beast, for iOS and Android mobiles.1865 |
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