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Railway engineer George Stephenson's steam-powered engine The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials in Liverpool, UK. In 2008, Stephenson's achievement will inspire UK band O Titus! to write Stephenson's Rocket, and a year later singer-songwriter John Standring will release his tribute song Rocket.
It is reported, with anger, in the Sydney Christian Monitor that visiting gospel group The Fisk Jubilee Singers has been refused rooms in every leading hotel in Sydney, Australia, because of the colour of their skins.The Schley Music Hall on Broadway in New York City, USA, changes its name to The Savoy Theatre, after just eight months in operation.
Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. Ben Selvin And His Orchestra record Blame It On The Waltz and Cheritza (Pretty Little Viennese), for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will be released under the name of The Columbians.
Lee Morse And Her Bluegrass Boys [strangely enough, a jazz group] record Bolshevik, for Pathe Actuelle Records in New York City, USA.
The musical comedy stage show Paris opens the Music
Box Theater on Broadway, New York
City, USA, where it will run for 195 performances with songs by
Cole Porter and E. Ray
Goetz. It stars celebrated French music hall star Irene Bordoni and
introduces the song Let's
Do It, Let's Fall in Love.
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, record Ain't Misbehavin' and Excuse Me, Lady, HMV Records in The Queens Small Hall, London, UK.
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Slippin' Around by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely reaches No1 in the Billboard Best Selling Retail Folk [Country And Western] Records chart in the USA.
Robert Bell is born in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He will find fame as Kool of 1970s disco sensations Kool And The Gang.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Gerry Mulligan and Shorty Rogers are recording tracks for their album Modern Sounds for Capitol Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet records Minority, Salute To The Bandbox, Strictly Romantic and Baby for Prestige Records in Paris, France.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
Jazz singer Sylvia Syms is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
Manfred Mann release their second LP, Mann Made, on His Master's Voice Records in the UK.
The Devons record Come On and A Little Extra Effort for Decca Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The Grateful Dead play the first of three nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Mickey And The Heartbeats.
The MC5 and The Stooges celebrate their recent signing to Elektra Records with a show at The 5 Dimension (aka The Fifth Dimension), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.George Harrison, guitarist of The Beatles, is interviewed in Apple HQ, London, UK, by David Wigg for the BBC Radio 1 show Scene And Heard.
The Jacques Loussier Trio begins a tour of Britain with a show at Hornsey Town Hall, London, UK.
Bob Dylan is in Columbia A&R Studios, New York City, overseeing organ overdubs by Paul Griffin on the song Idiot Wind, for the album Blood On The Tracks.
Jazz, blues and pop guitarist Oscar Moore, dies in Los Angeles, California, USA. In his career he had worked with Nat King Cole, The Three Blazers, Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum and others.
Chuck Berry receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, california, USA. (1987).
R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty and Bright Eyes play a concert in support of US Presidential candidate John Kerry at The TD Waterhouse Center, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Pete's PA, a reality tv series in which contestants compete to become the personal assistant of Pete Burns of Liverpool band Dead Or Alive, begins on Living TV in the UK.
On their Come Around Sundown tour, Kings Of Leon play at The John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
On her Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, Leona Lewis, Cee Lo Green, Alien Ant Farm, Ne-Yo, Craig David, Pixie Lott, Gladys Knight, JLS and others take part in Michael Forever, a Tribute Concert in memory of Michael Jackson at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.
Submotion Orchestra release their second album, Fragments, in the UK on Exceptional Records.
The punk-rock-related movie CBGB premieres at The CBGB Festival in
New York City, USA, with Sting's daughter Mickey Sumner playing
Patti Smith, and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters playing Iggy Pop.
Beautiful - a musical based on the songs of Carole King, has its official premiere at The Curran Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
On Instagram, Taylor Swift reveals her cover shot from the upcoming issue of GQ magazine.1829 |
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