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Ice skating queen Mabel Fairbanks 'doing her famous Holly-Harlem-Hula-Boogie' is starring in the stage show Harlem Holidays with Will Rowland And His Recording Band at The Little Harlem Club, Parmalee Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Louis Paul is born at the Methodist Hospital, Memphis,Tennessee, USA. After learning to play guitar, he will tour with Ronny And The Daytonas in the 1960s, and pick up a wealth of experience playing with numerous musicians. He will sign to Stax Records in 1972 and release the album Reflections Of The Way It Really Is.
Jazz trumpet player Sonny Berman dies at the age of 21, reportedly from a drug overdose, in New York City, USA
Fats Navarro And His Thin Men record Fat Girl, Ice Freezes Red [Back Home In Indiana], Eb Pob [I Got Rhythm] and Goin' To Minton's [I Got Rhythm] for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
Latin singer, percussionist and flautist Henry Fiol is born in New York City, USA.
Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra are playing during a season at The College Inn, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Julian Frederick Gordon Hastings is born in Tamnavoulin, Banffshire, Scotland. He will find success as Pye Hastings, singer and songwriter with Canterbury Scene prog-rock band Caravan.
Derek Shulman is born in The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. He will play guitar and sing for Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, then go on to form Gentle Giant.
Hoagy Carmichael records Stardust, Hong Kong Blues and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Decca Records.
Maurice Chevalier opens at Henry Miller's Theatre, 43rd Syreet, New York City, USA, for a season which will run to 46 performances before closing on 19 April.
Francisco Hernandez Lugo, bassist of garage punk pioneers ? And The Mysterians [aka Question Mark And The Mysterians], is born in Weslaco, Texas, USA.
The Joe Mooney Quartet begins four weeks of shows at The Ankara Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul Joseph Brady is born in Strabane, Northern ireland. He will find success as singer-songwriter Paul Brady, working first with The Johnstons and then Planxty, before launching out on acclaimed solo career.
Robbie King, keyboardis with Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers, is born in Malartic, Quebec, Canada.Ron Wood, rhythm guitarist in Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and The Rolling Stones, is born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, UK.
Ron Wood, rhythm guitarist in The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, The The Rolling Stones, is born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, UK.
Popular singer and recording pioneer S. H. Dudley dies aged 83 in Los Angeles, California, USA. As well as being a popular solo performer of coon songs and minstrel songs, he also recorded duets with Harry Macdonough and was a member of the Edison Male Quartet, which later became The Haydn Quartet.Tommy Evans, guitarist of 60s band The Iveys which evolved into successful 70s band Badfinger, is born in Liverpool, UK.
Freddy Nagel And His Orchestra play at The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA.
Karl Anthony Green is born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, UK. He will find success as bassist for 60s hitmakers Herman's Hermits.
Country blues guitarist and singer Son Bonds dies in an accidental shooting incident in Dryersburg, Tennessee, USA, Between the 20s and 40s he had recorded for Decca and Bluebird Records, sometimes under the name Brother Son Bonds or Brownsville Son Bonds.
Joseph Louis 'Red' Cayou, blues pianist and recording artist, dies in Oakland, California, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy And His Rhythm Band record Big Bill's Boogie, Just Rocking and Shoo Blues for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Memphis Slim plays piano on this session.
Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson found a new record company, Atlantic Records, which will become a major international foce in blues, r'n'b and soul music.
Lindsey Buckingham, singer, songwriter and guitarist of Fleetwood Mac is born in Palo Alto, California, USA.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Serenade Of The Bells by The Sammy Kaye Orchestra on RCA Victor Records enters the Billboard US Best-Selling Singles Single chart, where it will peak at No3 during a sixteen-week run on the chart.
Minnie Riperton is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Blessed with an extraordinarily pure five-octave vocal range, she will become one of the most admired singers of her era, fronting the ground-breaking Chicago-based psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection in the 60s, and then, as a solo performer, reaching No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart with Lovin' You.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Edith Piaf And Her Continental Entertainers play at The Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
The musical revue Caribbean Carnival opens at The International Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for just 11 performances.
Count Basie And His Orchestra record Robbin's Nest in Hollywood, California, USA.
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra records Love Me Or Leave Me, composed by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, for Decca Records in the USA.
Big Bill Broonzy And His Rhythm Band record Stop Lying Woman, Rambling Bill, Summertime Blues and Bad Luck Man for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Memphis Slim plays piano on this session.
Eurovision Song Contest winner Gigliola Cinquetti is born in Verona, Italy, Europe.
Mahalia Jackson records A Little Deeper, for Apollo Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Walter Bridges And His Colored Band play at The Cascade Club, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomesis born in Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain, Europe. Under the name Paco De Lucia he will do much to popularise Flamenco guitar music globally.
The Oklahoma Ramblers, featuring Lee Lumpkins And the vocal trio, play in the Christmas Dance at The Skyview Club, near Lawton, Oklahoma, USA.Musical comedy team The Ritz Brothers are playing at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Buster Bennett And His Orchestra play at a New Year's Party in The Famous Door, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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