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Jessie Bartlett Davis, The Young America Quintette, Johnson And Dean [billed as 'Originators of The Kinetoscope Rag Dance'], and others play the last night of a week at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ray Noble And His Orchestra, with The Merriel Abbott Dude Ranch Revue, plays at The Empire Room, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kay Kyser And His Orchestra, with vocalist Ginny Simms, record I'd Know You Anywhere and I've Got A One-Track Mind, for Columbia Records in Los Angeles, Califonria, USA. One-Track Mind features an early use of the Sonovox, a similar effect to the later talk-box of the 1970s, the vocoder, and the contemporary Antares Autotune, although achieved in a different way.
The Vaughn Monroe Orchestra plays during a month-long engagement at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Jazz trumpeters Clifford Brown and Art Farmer with the Swedish All Stars, record the Quincy Jones' track Stockholm Sweetnin' at Europa Film, Stockholm, Sweden. The track is also arranged, conducted and supervised by Quincy Jones.
Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys are playing during a twelve-night stint in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Chubby Checker attempts to get yet another dance craze off the ground with his new single, The Fly, on Parkway Records in the USA.
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The Buck Clayton - Buddy Tate Quintet records Dallas Delight, Blue Ebony and other tracks, for Swingville Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Beatles play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, followed by an evening gig at the Village Hall, Knotty Ash.The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
Funded by local club owner Mike Jeffery, The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Combo [later to become The Animals] record four r'n'b covers in a farm building in the village of Wylam, outside Newcastle, UK.
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Oliver G. Wallace, who composed music for many Disney films, including Dumbo and Peter Pan, dies aged 76 in hospital in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Susan Maughan play in The Great Pop Prom, at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.Rich young Baltimore, Maryland, USA, farmer William Zantzinger is jailed for just six months for the murder of Hattie Carroll, a black barmaid. Zantzinger struck her with a walking cane and she died later the same day. When Bob Dylan reads news reports of the killing, he is so angered that he writes his song The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll.
Dizzy Gillespie And His Quintet play during a season in The Penthouse at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with singer Millicent Brown and Johnny Janis.
The Beatles release a new single, Dizzy Miss Lizzy/Anna (Go To Him) on Odeon Records in Japan, Asia.Green Gables bookshop in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, sends an invoice in the amount of $110.00 to Elvis Presley in respect of Books and materials plus research service. The invoice is sent to Presley c/o Paramount Pictures, Hollywood.
The Byrds record Set You Free This Time in CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
WJRZ becomes the first full-time country music radio station in New York City, USA. It will maintain a country format until 1971, when it will switch to a Top 40 format.
Having broken her arm by tripping over her dog the day before, Judy Garland is hospitalised and cannot complete tonight's engagement at The Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA.Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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Joan Baez, Big Brother And The Holding Company, The Everly Brothers, The Byrds, Country Joe And The Fish, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, The Mothers of Invention, Buffy St. Marie and Wilson Pickett play at The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, USA.
CBS-tv in the USA broadcasts the pre-recorded live concert Barbra Streisand : A Happening in Central Park. The show had been played by Barbra Streisand to 135,000 fans in June of 1967.
At the Civic Center, Augusta, Maine, USA, Bob Dylan commences a marathon concert tour, a series of one-nighters in 62 cities across the USA and Canada.
On their Hide Your Sheep Tour [aka the K.A.T.N. (Kicking Ass and Taking Names tour) Tour], Van Halen play the second of two nights at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA.
Barry Melton, John Cipollina, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden and Will Scarlett play at Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, California, USA.It is announced that Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood has become the fourth best-selling UK single of all time.
INXS make their debut at No5 in Australia's ARIA Singles Chart with What You Need, the lead single from their Listen Like Thieves album.
The Dylan LeBlanc plays at The 100 Club London, UK. The show is part of the promotion for LeBlanc's debut album Pauper's Field.
Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, files a legal suit at the Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, against concert promoters AEG Live, claiming that the company breached its legal duties to treat Michael safely during rehearsals for his proposed run of shows at the O2 Arena in London, UK. She states that, 'AEG, despite its knowledge of Michael Jackson's physical condition, breached those duties by putting its desire for massive profits from the tour over the health and safety of Michael Jackson.'
On their Rock Or Bust tour, AC/DC play at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Vintage Trouble.
Crosby, Stills and Nash play at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.1900 |
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