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Ted Sears is born in Massachusetts, USA. he will find success as an animator, lyricist and scriptwriter, best-known for his work for Disney, where he worked as a writer from 1931 until his death.
Lillian Glinn is born in Hillsboro, Texas, USA. She will find success as a pioneering female blues and country blues singer and songwriter.Nap Lavoi And His Sensational Moonlight Ramblers play at The Arcadia Ballroom, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
Joshua White, aka Josh
White, records Things About Coming My Way for Perfect Records in New York City, USA. On the same day, under the name Pinewood
Tom, he records Greenville Sheik for ARC
Records.
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra are playing during a six-week residency at The Raymor Ballroom, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra are the band in residence at the Million Dollar Golden Gate Ballroom, New York City, USA.
Dance band leader Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the second night of two weeks at Ciro's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz, blues and gospel vocalist Ethel Waters is the musical guest on tv show This Is Show Business in the USA.
Tex Beneke And His Orchestra (with musical arrangements by Henry Mancini) records Diga Diga Doo, The Day Isn't Long Enough, The Chesapeake And Ohio and Cock-A-Doodle-E-Do, for MGM Records in RCA Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The John Coltrane Orchestra records Greensleeves, Africa and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse Records.
Bobby Rydell plays the thirteenth night in a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as support to comedian George Burns.Ray Charles plays the second night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, supported by Maxine Brown plus Don And Juan.
Gospel group The Capitol City Stars record It's All Right, Friends Talk About Me and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Tru-Sound Records.
Clyde McPhatter, Ketty Lester and Shep And The Limelites play the third night of a week at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Bobby Darin records My Melancholy Baby, You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You and I Cried For You in Capitol Recording Studios, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Wynton Kelly Quintet record Not A Tear, The South Seas and Fall Of Love in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest
movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Kentucky Colonels release the album Appalachian Swing in the USA on World Pacific Records. The group includes Clarence White who will go on to play guitar with The Byrds.
The Fugs play the second of five consecutive Saturday gigs at The Bridge Theatre, New York City, USA.
Dusty Springfield begins recording tracks with producer Jerry Wexler in American Recording Studio, 827 Thomas Street, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, which will appear on her album Dusty In Memphis.Robbie McIntosh, drummer for The Average White Band dies of an accidental heroin overdose at a party thrown by record company executive Kenneth Moss in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Fellow band member Alan Gorrie, who also partakes of the heroin, is rescued by the quick-thinking of his girlfriend, Cher, who takes him home and looks after him.
On their Back In Black tour, AC/DC play at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA, supported by Humble Pie.
Wilson Phillips by Wilson Phillips is certified as a double-platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
On his Sound And Vision Tour, David Bowie plays at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile, South America.
The Alabama 3 play at The Academy, Manchester, England, UK.
Lissie plays at The Music Box, Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Pierces and George Stanford.On his The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, George Strait plays at The Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, California, USA.
Chicago play at The Hard Rock Casino, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Writing a guest post on David Byrne's website, musician and record producer Brian Eno attacks America's involvement in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Among the many points he raises is, "Why does America continue its blind support of this one-sided exercise in ethnic cleansing?"
On their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play at Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, supported by Jamie Lawson and Augustana.
On their Empires Tour, Hillsong United play at Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Hills by The Weeknd is declared to have achieved 3x Platinum Digital Download status in Canada.
On her 
Drake walks off with thirteen trophies at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, dominating the event at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, Cher and Bruno Mars perform live.
During the 3rd North American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
On his Botanical Gardens tour, Don McLean plays at The Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, England, UK, Europe.
On their An Evening With Fleetwood Mac tour (86 shows in all), Fleetwood Mac play at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.1900 |
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