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A US patent is granted to a German citizen, Alfred Keller, in respect of his invention of an operating mechanism for automatic musical instruments. The object of Keller's invention is to provide a simple, durable and reliable construction by means of which the tune sheet or disk of an automatic musical instrument may be driven.
Jazz trombonist Kid Ory registers his best-known composition, Muskrat Ramble, for copyright purposes, with copyright registration number E637451. The melody will inspire Country Joe And The Fish who will appropriate it as the tune of their 1960s anti-Vietnam war hit Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die.
Alex Ford, aka Aleck 'Rice' Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson II marries Mattie Gordon, who will remain his wife until he dies. The marriage takes place a little over a year after the death of the original Sonny Boy Williamson, but the wedding certificate shows Ford's name as Sonny Boy Williamson.Songwriter Alan Jay Lerner marries the third of his eight wives, the actress Nancy Olsen in the bride's home in West Los Angeles, California, USA. They will divorce seven years later.
Popular singer Pearl Bailey marries jazz drummer Louie Bellson in London, England, UK.A news item in the Hollywood reoprter states that actress and singer Mitzi Gaynor has ended her contract with 20th Century Fox at her own request, in order to pursue a nightclub and Broadway career.
Miles Davis has his first recording session for Columbia Records - while he is still under contract to Prestige Records.
Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, sells Elvis Presley's recording contract to a partnership consisting of 'Colonel' Tom Parker plus Hill and Range Song Publishers.
Buddy Holly receives a new recording contract from Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee, but he does not sign it. He is keen to break free from the company.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the second of four nights in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Dion marries model Susan Butterfield in New York City, USA. After the wedding, the pair fly off to honeymoon in Acapulco, Mexico, Central America.
Teen pop idol Fabian is stopped for speeding by Patrolmen Wilbur Lartz, Harold Schaab and Leonard Garrison of the Rock Island (Illinois) Police Department, as he drives a rented white Cadillac automobile at 46 mph in a 30 mph zone on 6th Avenue in Rock Island on his way from Quad-City Airport to the Dick Clark Summer Caravan of Stars show in Davenport, Iowa, USA. The show features The Dixie Cups, The Crystals, Gene Pitney, Major Lance and Fabian.
It is reported that Nina Simone is suing Premier Records, R.H.Macy and others in the State Supreme Court, New York City, USA, over sales of an unauthorised album, Starring Nina Simone, in the USA.
The Sir Douglas Quintet is arrested for marijuana possession in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. When the group appears in court sporting newly shortened hair and wearing suits, they will get probation. "I'm glad you cut your hair," the judge tells them. "I saw your pictures in the paper when you were arrested and I don’t go for that stuff."
Bobby Darin copyrights his compositions Everywhere I Go, I'm Gonna Love You, Long Time Movin' and Prison of Your Love.
Jimi Hendrix's legal suit against Capitol Records - an attempt to prevent the selling of the LP Get That Feeling - has been thrown out by District Court Judge Charles M. Metzner in Los Angeles, California, USA. The LP consists of tracks Hendrix recorded as a sideman with Curtis Knight before he found solo success. The judge does, however, agree that the LP cover could be confusing for consumers and asks the record company to re-design it before manufacturing any further copies.UK pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, is towed away by a Dutch salvage company, Wijsmuller Transport, from its mooring to Amsterdam, to secure unpaid bills for servicing.
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Police in London, England, UK, Europe, raid the Open Space theatre, to seize copies of the Andy Warhol movie Flesh.
Convicted murderer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose case has been championed by 
Reba McEntire marries Charlie Battles at the First Baptist Church in Stringtown, Oklahoma, USA. 
Police are called in when three hundred ZZ Top fans go on the rampage in San Francisco, California, USA, because they cannot get tickets for the band's upcoming show.Police are called in to calm an angry crowd when The Clash are confronted at the Belfast Europe Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland, because the group's gig at the Ulster Hall has been called off at the last minute because insurance documents have not been secured.
Paul McCartney is spending the seventh of nine days in jail In Tokyo, Japan, Asia, on a marijuana possession charge.Twenty eight year old Texan Joseph Riviera, pulls out a gun in the New York offices of Elektra/Asylum Records, and demands to see either Jackson Browne or The Eagles, because he wants them to finance his trucking business. He is over-powered by police.
Jerry Lee Lewis is indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, on charges of tax evasion.
Bruce Springsteen marries his first wife, model and actress Julianne Phillips, in a secret midnight ceremony at Our Lady Of The Lake Catholic Church, Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA. Little Richard officiates and Percy Sledge sings When A Man Loves A Woman for the happy couple - who will divorce in 1989.Sir Bob Geldof marries Paula Yates in the UK. Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran is best man. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics are witnesses.
Nine police officers are injured and nine people are arrested when officers are pelted with bottles while trying to calm down an impromptu late-night street concert at West Fourth Street and The Avenue Of The Americas in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. The injured officers, having suffered minor cuts and bruises, are all treated at St. Vincent's Hospital nearby and then released. Harry O. Eastus II, President of the Police Officers Association, writes to the promoters of an upcoming show in San Diego, California, USA, headlined by Guns N'Roses and Metallica, protesting against the late addition of Ice-T and his band, Body Count, to the concert. Eastus claims to be concerned that if Ice-T sings his song Cop Killer, riots will ensue.
It is announced that the wives of two men who were killed along with blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a 1990 helicopter crash are to receive more than $2m in a legal settlement. The helicopter's owner, Omniflight Helicopters Inc. of Dallas, will pay the women lifetime annual incomes at least equal to the incomes their husbands earned at the time of their death.
Denim jeans manufacturers Levi's take a full page advertisement in 
Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs of Oasis is jailed for being drunk and disorderly outside a new Tommy Hilfiger store in London, England, UK, Europe, but is later released with no charges made.
Claiming that his right to free speech has been trampled, rapper Dr. Dre begins $25m worth of legal actions against the City Of Detroit, Michigan, USA, two police officers and the town mayor's secretary. Dre's action relates to a ban on him showing an eight-minute video during his concert at the city's Joe Louis Arena.
In the High Court in London, UK, it is alleged by Mark Hapgood QC, that Elton John once spent £30m in just under two years - an average of £1.5m a month. Mr Hapgood suggests that Sir Elton went "spending mad" following a £42m deal with recording company Polygram in February 1996. The claims are made during a court case in which the singer is suing Andrew Haydon [former MD of management company John Reid Enterprises] for negligence. Sir Elton also accuses City accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers of negligence in managing his affairs.
James Lowe and Mark Tulin of 60s psychedelic band The Electric Prunes, sue their former label and publishing company for over $1m in unpaid royalties.
UK pop entrepreneur Jonathan King is released from Maidstone Prison, having served half of a seven-year sentence for sexual offences against minors.
The Lemonheads' founder Evan Dando takes General Motors to court in Los Angeles, California, USA. Dando claims that GM has breached his copyright on The Lemonheads song It's a Shame About Ray by copying it for a 2008 TV campaign for Chevrolets and Buicks.
It is reported that the hit internet video Newport State of Mind, which spoofed the Alicia Keys/Jaz-Z collaboration New York State of Mind, has been removed from YouTube after EMI Music took action over copyright transgression. Newport State Of Mind, performed by rapper Alex Warren and singer Terema Wainwright, racked up 2m hits in two weeks.
Lady Gaga urges the US military to repeal its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, at a rally organized by the Legal Defense Network Members of the Armed Forces in Deering Oaks Park, Portland, Maine, USA.
In a Court of Appeal in London, UK, Europe, Pink Floyd win the right to preserve the integrity of their albums as part of a legal battle with its label, EMI. the dispute is about whether individual Pink Floyd tracks, as opposed to complete albums, can be sold as downloads.
A 17-year-old teenager appears in the Children's Court in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, charged with throwing eggs at Justin Bieber during the pop singer's recent show at Sydney's Acer Arena.
Country star Garth Brooks spends almost seven hours on the witness stand in a court in Oklahoma. Brooks is in court because of a dispute over a $500,000 donation he made in 2005 in his mother's name to Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon, Oklahoma, USA.
In an exclusive joint statement to People magazine, Seal and his supermodel wife of seven years, Heidi Klum, announce that they are separating. The couple have four children, Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou.Juelz Santana of hip hop band The Diplomats is sentenced to two years probation for threatening to kill a neighbour who intervened and called the police when he heard Juelz assaulting his girlfriend.
Shannon Leto, drummer of 30 Seconds To Mars, is arrested on a charge of driving under the influence on Fairfax Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nontra Records, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, files a $150,000 copyright infringement lawsuit against Jamie Foxx, over alleged misuse of a J Rand track on the new Foxx single Party Ain't A Party.
Rapper Tyga is arrested after being seen driving a Rolls Royce "in a reckless fashion" in South Central Los Angeles, California, USA, during a video shoot.
New evidence is discussed in a status hearing relating to the case in which Kesha is taking legal action against her Kemosabe label boss, Dr. Luke.
Yoko Ono wins a legal action to get a bar in Hamburg, Germany, Europe, to change its name from Yoko Mono to simply Mono. The regional court has ruled that the name 'Yoko Mono' is so similar to Yoko Ono "that it was sufficiently likely that an observer would surmise some kind of link between Miss Ono and the bar".1905 |
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