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Billboard magazine publishes its first edition from its offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It will go on to become the bible of the recorded music business in the USA.
Aletha Mae Dickerson is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. As a recording manager for Paramount Records, she will supervise sessions by Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Will Ezell, The Pace Jubilee Singers, Blind Blake, Meade Lux Lewis and others. She is regarded as being an influential individual in the early development of "race music".
A Traxler of Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA, publishes his own ragtime piano composition, Yiddish Rag.
The Gramophone Company acquires the assets of the International Zonophone Company, retaining the dark green labels for recordings made from Zonophone parts, such as metal stampers.
The American Federation Of Musicians lifts its recording ban, which has been in place since January.Capitol Records releases its first singles at the newly-introduced speed of 45rpm.
A meeting is held at the then Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk radio network in Germany, Europe, in connection with a tape-recorded late-night programme about electronic music broadcast on the evening of the same day. Informed via a report on this meeting, the General Manager of the station, Hanns Hartmann, gives the green light for establishment of the Studio for Electronic Music. It is the first of its kind in the world, and its history will reflect the development of electronic music in the second half of the twentieth century.
The Controversial deejay and music business entrepreneur Alan Freed and eight others are charged by a US Federal Grand Jury with being the recipients of commercial bribery, better known as payola. Trial is set for 19 September.
Billboard magazine in the USA reports that Ike Turner has formed his own record label, Sonja Records, and has already made recordings for the label with Tina Turner and The Ikettes.The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein and American tv mogul Ed Sullivan make an agreement in New York City, USA, that Sullivan will book The Beatles for the Ed Sullivan Show.
The first edition of Gerry And The Pacemakers fan magazine is published in the UK.
Variety magazine reports that worldwide sales of records by The Beatles now exceed one hundred million.Laura B. Whitmore, singer/songwriter, event producer and founder of the Women's International Music Network, is born in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
Les Cousins opens as a folk club at 49 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, Bert Jansch releases his self-titled debut LP on Transatlantic Records.
At Eltham Baths, Eltham Hill, South London, England, UK, Europe, The Who play a gig with Viv Prince of The Pretty Things standing in for Keith Moon, who has fallen ill with whooping cough. Keith will not return to the band until the 17th.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones throws a party at his house just off Baker Street, London, England, UK, Europe, which is attended by John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles.
The Rolling Stones are awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A, in the USA for sales of their album December's Children (And Everybody's).
Trojan Records is launched by Island Records as a showcase for the productions of Jamaican Duke Reid. The new label's name is derived from the seven ton Leyland 'Trojan' trucks used to transport the producer's huge sound system around Jamaica, with the slogan 'Duke Reid, The Trojan King Of Sounds' emblazoned on their sides.
A memorial service is held for The Beatles' recently deceased manager, Brian Epstein, at the New London Synagogue, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
USA music trade bible Billboard reports that Liberty Records has sent letters to all its distributors and retailers calling for all mono albums to be returned and exchanged for stereo products.American music trade magazine Billboard stops the practice of listing both sides of singles on its singles chart.
The San Francisco Examiner reveals that hippie cult leader and murderer Charles Manson is planning to pay for the costs of his trial by recording an album of his own songs.
Using the pseudonym Billy Martin, Paul McCartney of The Beatles secretly switches work on his first solo album to EMI's Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Acts on the second day of The Great British Music Festival at Olympia, London, UK, are Bad Company, Nazareth, Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance, Pretty Things and Be Bop Deluxe. Tickets are £3.50.
By the time Neil Young's Trans tour reaches The Keystone Club, Palo Alto, California, USA, bassist Bruce Palmer has been fired because of his drink problems, and is replaced by Bob Mosley.
Five thousand fans mob Duran Duran during an appearance at a video store in New York City, USA.A 19-year-old is arrested by the FBI in New York City, USA, and charged with selling bootleg videocassettes of The Jacksons' Victory tour.
Albert Grossman, manager of Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul And Mary, and many others, dies of a heart attack on board a plane flying him to Cannes, France, Europe, where he was to attend the annual Midem music biz bash.
Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown is certified as a four-times platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is certified as a platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.A new jazz club, Smoke, opens for business in New York City, USA, on the site of the club formerly known as Augie's Jazz Bar. Co-owners Paul Stache and Frank Christopher carry on a proud three-decade tradition of jazz at this location.
Matt Sage plays an in-store gig at Borders, Oxford, England, UK.
In a feature in The Guardian newspaper, Bob Geldof accuses the BBC World Service of a "total collapse of standards and systems". The international broadcasting network had recently claimed that 95% of the $100m raised by the Geldof-inspired 1985 Live Aid concert to fight famine in Ethipoia was diverted by rebels and spent on weapons.
Australian pop singer Vanessa Amorosi is launched to the UK media with a lunchtime showcase for her debut British single, This Is Who I Am, at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK.
Mary J. Blige launches her own brand of perfume, My Life, and within six hours it sells a record-breaking 60,000 bottles on the Home Shopping Network tv channel.Britney Spears accepts a proposal of marriage by long-time boyfriend Jason Trawick, a music business agent, during a romantic dinner in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Ferdy Unger Hamilton, President of Polydor Records, refutes claims that Lana Del Rey is a manufactured artist. In a Q magazine interview, he insists, "She likes to control every aspect of her career. Often we come across someone who is really good at writing songs or singing them, but Lana is that rare thing
Tinie Tempah launches
his own clothing line, Disturbing London, with a party on Selfridges roof top, London, UK. Well-dressed guests include Tinchy Stryder, Jessie J, JLS and Ellie Goulding.
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss, with author Ken Sharp, sign copies of their new book "Nothin' To Lose" at Barnes And Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Universal Music Group announces that Def Jam, Island and Motown Records, formerly all part of one group, will in future function as standalone labels.
The Amazing Snakeheads announce via their Facebook page that the band's drummer and bassist have quit, leaving only frontman Dale Barclay from the line-up that released the band's debut album in April.
Music business organisation PRS For Music presents Spandau Ballet with a Heritage Award at the site of their first gig, The Blitz Club, Great Queen Street, London, England, UK.
The Tina Turner Museum opens at Flagg Grove School, Brownsville, Tennessee, USA. Tina Turner attended the one-room school as a child.
Lana Del Rey is among the guests attending the P+E Wing Event honouring producer Rick Rubin at The Village Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
En route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses are detained at the Canadian border, where a gun is found on board their tour bus. It is later revealed that the weapon did not belong to any of band members.
Bandcamp publishes (among other intriguing statistics) a list of the most common names for new bands making use of their services in 2016, showing the top three favourite names to have been Orion, Void and Soma.
Mary Epworth plays an in-store show at Rough Trade East in London, England, UK, Europe.
Shakira cancels the opening show of her El Dorado tour because of vocal cord strain. She has been ordered by her doctors to rest.1894 |
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