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Friedrich Adolf Richter of Rudolstadt, Germany, Europe, is granted Patent No. US740925A for his invention of an improved type of star-wheel for music-boxes.Ernest Krenek's opera Johnny Strikes Up The Band [Jonny Spielt Auf] has its premiere at The Stadttheater, Leipzig, Germany, Europe. It will outrage Germany's emerging Nazi right wing because the central character, Johnny, is an American negro jazz fiddler who emerges as the winner in a combat between traditional and modern music.
Jazz guitarist Marty Grosz is born in Berlin, Germany, Europe. After his family moves to the USA to escape Nazi persecution, he will settle in Chicago and make a name for himself working with Bob Wilber's Soprano Summit, The Classic Jazz Quartet, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd.
Carl-Dieter Heckscher is born in Flensburg, Germany, Europe. He will find succes as a singer, actor and tv presenter under the name Dieter Thomas Heck.
The movie musical An American In Paris, starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant and Charles Guetary, opens at cinemas in West Germany, Europe.
Stefan Schneider, bassist of 90s German electronica band To Rococo Rot, is born in Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
Teen movie Summer Holiday, starring Cliff Richard And The Shadows, is released to cinemas in West Germany, Europe.
The Beatles release a new single, Tell Me Why, in Germany, Europe, on Odeon Records.
Marlene Dietrich comes to the end of a series of shows at The Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The first edition of a new tv show Beat! Beat! Beat!, is broadcast from Frankfurt, Germany, Europe, and features tracks by The Kinks, The Koobas and Kenny Lynch.
Solomon King flies to Paris, France, to begin a round of promotional appearances for his hit She Wears My Ring, in France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at Konzert Saal, Technishe Universität, West Berlin, West Germany, Europe.
The first of two days of the Big Gig Festival, Hamburg, Germany, Europe. Over the two days, bands including Santana, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant, Family, Rare Bird and Colosseum will play live. 
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John Lennon spends the fourth of five days in Record Plant East Studios, New York City, USA, recording tracks for his album Rock'n'Roll, which had been abandoned when producer Phil Spector unexpectedly quit the project. The band on these sessions includes guitarists Jesse Ed Davis and Eddie Mottau, pianist Ken Ascher, bassist Klaus Voormann, drummer Jim Keltner and percussionist Arthur Jenkins. 
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Nico, former Velvet Underground chanteuse, falls from her bicycle while on her way to buy marijuana in Ibiza, Europe, and will die the following day from the resulting brain haemorrhage.
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Prince performs Peach at MTV's inaugural European Music Awards, at the Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
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On her Still Parade releases its debut single, Actors, on Earmilk Records in Germany, Europe.
The two-day long Berlin Festival 2013 ends at Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, Europe. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Ellie Goulding, Blur, Justice, Bj
Between gigs during a European tour, Ellie Goulding and her band travel from Munich, Germany, to Zurich, Switzerland.
On their Rock Or Bust tour, AC/DC play at Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Europe, supported by Vintage Trouble.
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On their During the European leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play the first of two nights at London Stadium, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Kills and Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
Holger Czukay, a guiding force in the influential German experimental 70s rock group Can, dies aged 79 at his home studio in Weilerswist, Germany, Europe.On the European leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play the first of two nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Kvelertak.
On their Heathen Crusade tour, Primordial play at Matrix, Bochum, Germany, Europe, supported by Moonsorrow and Der Weg Einer Freiheit.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, supported by Judas Priest.
Powerwolf play at Armager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, supported by Gloryhammer.
Touring in support of his LP Aloha, Son Little plays at Rock Cafe St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.1903 |
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