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Larry McNeely is born in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. A talented multi-instrumentalist on piano, guitar, banjo and harmonica, he will work in the country music field with Roy Acuff, Glen Campbell and others.
Buster Bennett And His Orchestra play at The Famous Door, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A daughter, Melissa, is born to Dinah Shore and George Montgomery in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles,California, USA.
The stage musical The Cradle Will Rock is presented at The Mansfield Theatre, New York City, USA.
Albert Ammons records Ammons Stomp, Baltimore Breakdown, When
You And I Were Young, Maggie and The Clipper, for Mercury Records in
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Girl That I Marry, written by Irving Berlin, enters the British Sheet Music Chart, with notable versions recorded by Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes and Howard Keel. It will peak at No9.
The Girl That I Marry, written by Irving Berlin, enters the UK Sheet Music Chart, with notable versions recorded by Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes and Howard Keel. It will peak at No9.
Leon Hendrix, the artist, songwriter and guitarist brother of Jimi Hendrix, is born in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Perry Cain, Skippy brown and Edwin 'Buster' Pickens record All The Way From Texas and Cry Cry Cry for Gold Star Records in Houston, Texas, USA.
The movie musical Till The Clouds Roll By starring Judy Garland, June Allyson, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Tony Martin and others is released to cinemas in Mexico, Central America.
Maui Dalvanius Prime is born in Patea, New Zealand. He will become a musical institution in New Zealand, playing a large part in the revitalisation of Maori music in the late 20th Century.
The musical comedy High Button Shoes is presented at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 727 performances on Broadway. Music for the show is written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. is born in Buffalo, New York State, USA. He will find fame as funk songwriter and performer Rick James, also known by his nickname of Super Freak.Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play as part of an AFRS [The Armed Forces Radio Service], radio show, On The Beam, in Washington DC, USA.
The musical revue Make Mine Manhattan plays at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 429 performances.
Popular vocalist Savannah Churchill falls when stepping out of a taxi cab in You Street, Washington DC, USA. It is feared that she may have broken a rib and will have to cancel her upcoming tour.
Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Fields And His Quintet and Lee Monti's Tu-Tones play at the State-Lake Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Joe Mooney Quartet begins a two-week engagement at the Copa Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul Ambach is born in Antwerp, Belgium, Europe. As well as establishing an international reputation as blues singer and pianist Boogie Boy, Ambach will enjoy major success as a concert promoter via his company Make It Happen, which will organise shows by artists as diverse as Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones.
Robert Kirby is born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK. He will find success as a talented and much-loved string arranger for rock and folk music. First becoming known for his work on his university friend Nick Drake's albums Five Leaves Left and Bryter Later, Kirby will go on to work with Elton John, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, The Strawbs, The Magic Numbers and more.
Billie Holiday opens in the show Holiday On Broadway at The Mansfield Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, which will run for five nights.
Stan Jones composes the song [Ghost] Riders in the Sky : A Cowboy Legend, while he is working for the National Park Service in Death Valley, California, USA. It will become a country and western music standard
Jeremy Spencer, guitarist with an early line-up of Fleetwood Mac, is born in West Hartlepool, UK.
Country music singer Roy Acuff announces his intention to run as a Republican for governor of Tennessee, USA. He will, in due course, lose to Democratic candidate Gordon Browning.
A new Saturday night country music tv show, The Hoffman Hayride, begins in Los Angeles, California, USA, starring fiddler and bandleader Spade Cooley. The show will quickly attract 75% of the viewing audience in the area, and will continue to be broadcast for many years.
Popular vocalist Savannah Churchill opens at the Cafe Tia Juana, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, starts kindergarten at Rainier Vista School, 3100 Alaska St, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Rollie Free achieves the US national motorcycle speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, riding the first British-made Vincent Black Lightning. In 1991, inspired by the bike's mystique, Richard Thompson will compose the song 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.
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Elvis Presley's father Vernon moves the family from 370 Washington Street, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, to a run-down one-room apartment at 572 Poplar Avenue.
Mike Pinera, guitarist with the Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, is born in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Mike Pinera, guitarist with the Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, is born in Tampa, Florida, USA.
John Cummings is born in Long Island, New York. He will find fame as Johnny Ramone of 70s punk pioneers The Ramones.
The musical revue Make Mine Manhattan plays at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 429 performances.
Popular singer, dancer, film actress and Ziegfeld girl Mary Eaton dies of liver failure, aged 47, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lance Dickerson is born in Livonia, Michigan, USA. He will find success as the drummer with Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen.Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae release a new single, My Darling My Darling on Capitol Records in the USA.
Chuck Berry, aged 22, marries his girlfriend, Themetta 'Toddy' Suggs, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
At just thirteen years old, singer Julie Andrews becomes the youngest performer ever chosen to appear in the Royal Command Variety Performance at the London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Louis Jordan plays at The Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, he is dismayed to discover that his black fans are only allowed to sit in the balcony. To underline his annoyance, he opens the show with It's A Low Down Dirty Shame.
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra play at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Stevie Wright, lead vocalist with Australian 60s hitmakers The Easybeats, is born in Leeds, UK.
The anarchic 1941 musical comedy movie Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson opens in Denmark, Europe.
La Donna Andrea Gaines is born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, She will find international fame as disco diva Donna Summer.Jan |