10th October

Pedro Laurenz is born in Argentina, South America. Laurenz will become famed as one of the greatest composers in tango history. Among his most popular compositions are Mala Junta, Amurado, Risa Loca, La Revancha and Esquinero. He will also be acclaimed as a bandoneon player and musical director.

Comedy musical The Rogers Brothers In London, is playing at The Knickebocker Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run which will last until October 31.

The Dixie Stompers record Alabamy Stomp, Brotherly Love and Off To Buffalo for Harmony Records in New York City, USA. The Dixie Stompers is a pseudonym for the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra.

Charles A. Prince, the Musical Director for Columbia Records, dies in San Francisco, California, USA. Prince led Columbia's house band during the first two decades of the 20th century and backed many vocalists on recording sessions.

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.

The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.

Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Johnny Ace plays at The Dew Drop Inn, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Johnnie Gray And His Band Of The Day play at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.

After a gig in the Casbah Club, Liverpool, UK, Ken Brown leaves The Quarrymen, who will evolve into The Beatles.

China Tea by Russ Conway, reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.

Carol Channing with The Bennetts and Ben Arden And His Orchestra are playing at The Empire Room of The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

While in New York City, USA, on a business trip, Shirley Bassey is staying at The Hotel Plaza.

Gerry and the Pacemakers plus The Swinging Blue Genes (later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans) play at The Cavern, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

John Lee Hooker, T-bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Helen Humes, Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee and others play in The American Folk Blues Festival in The Kongresssaal des Deutschen Museums, Munich, Germany, Europe.

Chris Montez performs Let's Dance on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Red Holloway Sextet record Monkey Sho' Can Talk, Miss Judie May and other tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Having completed a tour through New Mexico, Colorado, Mississippi, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota, Buck Owens And Buckaroos return to their base in California, USA.

Do You Love Me by Brian Poole And The Tremeloes reaches No1 in the UK pop singles chart.

Alexis Korner plays at The Six Bells Jazz Club, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe.

Cyril Davies All-Stars play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Supremes perform You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You on The Ed Sullivan Show on tv in the USA.

The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4+2, The Checkmates and The End, play at The Empire, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath tops the UK album chart for the first of two weeks.

A private funeral service is held fpr Janis Joplin, after which her body is cremated at The Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park, Glendon Avenue, Westwood Village, Los Angeles, California, USA. Her ashes are scattered from an aeroplane over Stinson Beach, near her last home in Marin County, California.

Doug Sahm And Band record (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone? and A Song About Myself in New York City, USA. Bob Dylan plays some guitar and harmonica on the session. The tracks will appear on the Atlantic Records album Doug Sahm And Band.

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

UK Subs and 5th Column play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.

Terry And Gerry play at Hanley Grand Hotel, Stoke, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Housemartins.

The Communards play at The Shaw Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.

Actor Yul Brynner dies, aged 65 of lung cancer, in New York City, USA. Although nominally an actor, he is best remembered for his role as King Mongkut in the musical The King And I, both on stage and in the cinema. Songs which drew inspiration from Brynner include One Night In Bangkok from the 1984 muscal Chess (written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA), and the 1987 album track, Yul Brynner Was A Skinhead, by comedy-punk rockers Toy Dolls.

Dr. And The Medics play at The Polytechnic, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.

The Ya Ya's play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.

On their World Service tour, Spear Of Destiny play at The Dome, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.

Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour plays the first of three nights at Osaka Stadium, Osaka, Japan, Asia.

Jim Nash, president/founder of Chicago, Illinois, record label Wax Trax! dies of AIDS. The label had pioneered industrial rock in the USA with releases by Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Front 242, Meat Beat Manifesto, KMFDM, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Nine Inch Nails. On the same day, No Doubt release the album Tragic Kingdom, in the USA.

On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, to an audience of 47,000.

Iron Maiden play at Campo Du Futbol, Dos Hermanas, Spain, Europe.

The Tubes play at The Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Jan Kuehnemund, the founding member and lead guitarist for the all-female glam metal band Vixen, dies in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, aged 51 after a long battle with cancer.

Ella Eyre plays at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK.

District Court Judge Juan Sánchez in Eastern Pennsylvania, USA, denies grounds for dismissal or transfer of a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin, in which the band Spirit is asserting that Zeppelin stole much of the music for the song Stairway To Heaven from the Spirit instrumental, Taurus.

On their From The Cradle To The Grave tour, Squeeze play at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, England, UK, with their 'very special guest' Dr John Cooper Clarke.

On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play the first of two nights at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, South America, supported by Joystick and Noel Gallagher's High FLying Birds