Food

The official opening of Scott Joplin’s first opera, A Guest of Honor, is aborted because the score and costumes have been confiscated. Joplin's manager, Frank W. Meiser, had absconded with funds needed to pay a boarding house bill. The opera, with a cast of thirty, is believed to have been about Booker T. Washington’s dinner at Theodore Roosevelt’s White House, and was scheduled to be performed in fifteen towns and cities.

Al Bowlly, accompanied by The Ray Noble Orchestra, records Snowball, Experiment [written by Cole Porter] and Dinner At Eight, in London, UK, for HMV Records.

Al Bowlly, accompanied by Ray Noble and his Orchestra, records Snowball, Experiment (written by Cole Porter) and Dinner At Eight, in London for HMV.

Trumpeter Wingy Manone And His Orchestra record Dinner For The Duchess, When I Get You Alone Tonight and Ain't It A Shame About Mame for Bluebird Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Tommy Sands plays live at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Cris Kirkwood, bassist of The Meat Puppets, is born in Amarillo, Texas, USA.

The movie Breakfast At Tiffany's, starring Audrey Hepburn, is released to cinemas in the USA. The film will inspire the 1995 hit song Breakfast At Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something.

Johnny Cash is playing at The Cave Supper Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

George Hamilton IV records Jimmy Brown The Newsboy, The Little Lunch Box, Come On Home Boy, The Everglades and You Are My Sunshine, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Streer, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Producer of the session is Chet Atkins, and Pete Drake plays steel guitar.

Bobby Rydell plays the sixth of ten nights at The Montecello Supper Club, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.

Booker T And The MGs record Aw' Mercy and Jellybread for Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

The Beatles play at The Corn Exchange, Bedford, UK.

The Preachers, a band from Bromley in Kent, England, UK, whose fifteen year old guitarist is named Peter Frampton, play at The Chinese R'n'B Jazz Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol, England, UK.

Herbie Mann And His Big Band record Soul Montuno, Spanish Grits, Esta Bien and Soul Guajira for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.

The Swinging Blue Jeans record Promise You'll Tell Her, Tutti Frutti and It's So Right at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.

Ken Curtis records Phooey On You Little Darlin', Cornbread And Buttermilk and Golly Bill, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Dee Dee Sharp performing Mashed Potato Time and Ray Peterson performing The Wonder of You.

Jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan records the album Cornbread for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Jimmy Dean visits a hog farm in Plainview, Texas, USA. Soon after he buys half of the farm. This will eventually lead to him owning his own sausage manufacturing company.

The Yardbirds play at The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, England, UK, Europe.

Bobby Darin is the first performer to appear at a new supper club, Mr. D's, in San Francisco, California, USA. During the evening, Darin learns that Robert F. Kennedy has been shot.

The Lemon Pipers release a new single, Jelly Jungle Of Orange Marm alade, in the UK, Europe.

Savoy Brown play at The Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

Russ Solomon, President of Tower Records is honoured with a testimonial dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.

On his Midnight At The Lost And Found Tour, Meat Loaf plays in Berlin, Germany, Europe.

Z.Z. Top release a new single, TV Dinners, on Warner Bros in the UK.

The Temptations play at The Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.

Garbage release their eponymous debut album in the UK. On the same day, Paul McCartney flies to America with his wife Linda, to promote her new book, Linda's Kitchen.

It is reported that UK chart-topping pop vocalist Tony Christie, known for his cheesy style, has secured a £50,000 contract to appear in advertisements for Stilton cheese.

Willie Nelson opens his own 850 seat theatre, Willie's Place, at Carl's Corner Truck Stop near Abbott, Texas, USA.

Rick Wakeman plays in a 'grand piano concert' at The Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

Lily Allen dines on seafood with Damien Hirst at Scott's, London, England, UK, Europe.

Taylor Swift is honoured at a private dinner in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where her 6x Platinum album, Fearless, is officially recognized as the Most Awarded Album in the History of Country Music. Fearless is the only album to have won the all-genre Album of The Year Grammy, plus Country Album of the Year Awards from the Grammys, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the American Music Awards.

Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Beyonce and Michelle Williams dine together at Cecconi's restaurant, Mayfair, London, England, UK, Europe.

Karen Deal, keyboardist for the band The Mod Squad dies at age 57 having been in a coma for a month after choking on some food. Deal was the wife of Jefferson Airplane singer and co-founder Marty Balin.

Music business manager Steve Popovich dies at his home, aged 68, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He had a history of heart troubles, and was suffering stress as a result of royalty litigation against Sony Music. He found success as a manager notable for launching and/or guiding the careers of many artists through his work with the CBS label, including Meat Loaf, The Jacksons, Cheap Trick, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes and Bob Dylan.

UK newspaper the Daily Mail reports that Madonna's brother, Anthony Ciccone, lives under a bridge in Traverse City, Michigan, USA, and depends on a local soup kitchen for food.

A launch party for a new Eminem mix-tape release, ShadyXV, is held at the Mikey Likes It Ice Cream parlour in New York City, USA. Specially for the occasion, the parlour creates a limited edition Eminem Ice Cream including Detroit-related ingredients such as Michigan cherries, Sanders hot fudge and Vernors ginger ale.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson performs a spoken version of Jessie J's Bang Bang live on the Capital Breakfast show in London, England, UK, Europe, to promote the New Year's Eve 2014 fireworks display in central London.

The Word release their second LP, Soul Food, on Vanguard Records in the USA. (The band, whose debut LP was released fourteen years earlier, includes members of the North Mississippi Allstars)

Miley Cyrus and actor Liam Hemsworth are photographed in public together for the first time since they called off their engagement in September 2013. The couple attend a Hemsworth family dinner at organic Mexican restaurant Gracias Madre in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Erasure play at The Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.