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Musical quartet The Triangle Entertainers play live in the Economist Studio, at WBCN Radio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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American In Paris, a tone poem for orchestra by George Gershwin, premieres at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, performed by the New York Symphony Society Orchestra, conducted by Walter Damrosch.
Daddy by Sammy Kaye, reaches No1 in the Billboard magazine Best Sellers chart in the USA. It will remain at No1 for seven weeks.
Chuck Berry plays the third night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
When America's most famous tv show host Ed Sullivan is rushed into hospital with a bleeding ulcer, Jackie Gleason agrees to step in at the last moment and emcee the show.
My Old Man's A Dustman by Lonnie Donegan reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Ray Charles' son finds his father suffering arterial bleeding from his left hand. For the next few weeks, Charles will play piano with only his right hand.
For the second day running, Elvis Presley is scheduled to begin recording soundtrack material for his next movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style, at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, but he fails to turn up, claiming to be ill.Pink Floyd play at Hastings Pier, Hastings, England, UK, Europe. This is believed to have been the last gig at which Syd Barrett played with the group.
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Country and rockabilly singer-songwriter Bob Luman dies aged 41 of pneumonia in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.Mathurin Campbell is born in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, UK. She will find success in the late 90s as singer Shola Ama.
Former Grateful Dead pianist Keith Godchaux dies from injuries sustained in a car crash two days earlier in Marin County, California, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Cat Anderson, who worked with Duke Ellington, Lucky Millinder, The Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, Sabby Lewis's Orchestra, Lionel Hampton and others, dies aged 64 of cancer in Norwalk,California, USA. 
Pop and rock'n'roll vocalist Ral Donner dies of lung cancer in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Donner was best-known for his ability to sound like Elvis Presely.
Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy collapses at his home in Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe. He is taken to East Knoyle Clinic near Salisbury, Wiltshire, and later admitted to Salisbury Infirmary.
Noted Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer Trevor Lucas dies aged 45 of a heart attack in his sleep in Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Big band jazz vocalist June Christy dies of kidney failure, aged 64 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.In New York City, in the middle of a tour of the USA, Ozzy Osbourne is diagnosed with bronchitis which means, among other things, that he cannot sing. Several upcoming dates, including Chicago and Detroit, have to be re-scheduled.
Ozzy Osbourne injures his back when landing badly from "one of my famous frog leaps" at The Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield, California, USA. He is x-rayed after the show at hospital before flying on to Seattle. His injury will require treatment including acupuncture.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of three nights at the Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Holland.
Singer, composer, and actress Mireille dies of pneumonia, aged 90, in Paris, France, Europe. In her long and auspicious career, Mireille Hartuch composed over six hundred songs and was twice decorated by the French government for her contributions to French national culture.
Roger Troutman, best-known as vocalist for pioneering funk band Zapp is found shot and critically wounded outside his northwest Dayton, Ohio, USA, recording studio around 7 a.m. He dies soon after during surgery at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center. The precise circumstances of his death are never established.
Cornell Zachary of Los Angeles, California, USA, files a lawsuit against Duran Duran claiming that, because his phone number was mistakenly given out as their contact number, he has been flooded with calls, resulting in invasion of privacy and emotional distress. More specifically, Zachary claims to have suffered "life-threatening high blood-pressure episodes" and developed a sleeping disorder.
The Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, coroner's report on the death of The Who's bass guitarist John Entwistle, states that he died of "cocaine intoxication and hypertensive cardiovascular disease."
Much-admired rock journalist Greg Shaw dies of a diabetes-related heart attack, aged 55, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Among many significant achievements, Shaw founded the magazines Mojo Navigator, Who Put The Bomp and The Phonograph Record Magazine, as well as coining the terms power pop and garage rock.Pat Ballard, composer of the US No1 hit Mr Sandman by The Chordettes, dies in the Medical Arts Center Hospital in New York City, USA, following a heart attack.
Singer and songwriter Edwyn Collins undergoes an emergency operation in a London, England, UK, Europe, hospital, following his second brain haemorrhage.
Eddie Barclay, the French jazz pianist who founded the influential Barclay Records, is admitted to Ambroise-Pare Hospital, Paris, France, Europe, suffering from a pulmonary infection following recent heart surgery. He will die a few days later.
Ash narrowly escape serious injury when their tour bus catches fire en route from a gig at The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, California, USA, to one at the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco.
Revered German jazz trombonist and composer Albert Mangelsdorff dies in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe, aged 76, after a long illness.
Blind blues guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey, dies aged 41, of cancer at St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rock and pop drummer Bobby Graham dies aged 69, of stomach cancer in The Isabel Hospice, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Highly respected, he worked for many years with Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, but also drummed on sessions for The Kinks, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker and Marianne Faithfull.
Suffering from severe stomach pains, Bret Michaels, former singer of Poison is forced to cancel tonight's gig at Sea World, San Antonio, Texas, USA. The next day, he will undergo an emergency appendectomy.
Derf Scratch, bassist of the Los Angeles-based punk rock band Fear dies aged 58 from liver disease in Camarillo, California, USA.
Pop singer-songwriter Lily Allen is admitted to hospital in London, England, UK, Europe, with blood poisoning just days after suffering her second miscarriage.
Revered blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin dies aged 80 of heart failure in Wayne, New Jersey, USA. A longtime collaborator with Howlin' Wolf, Sumlin's playing on songs including Wang Dang Doodle, Spoonful and Back Door Man influenced generations of guitarists.Clive Shakespeare, the original guitarist for internationally-successful Australian band Sherbet, dies from cancer, aged 62, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Harley Flanagan, former bassist and founder member of Cro-Mags, is arrested after allegedly attacking three members of the band's current line-up in the VIP room at Webster Hall, New York City, USA, before a gig during the first CGBG Festival. Flanagan is reported to have appeared brandishing a knife, before stabbing his replacement Mike "The Gook" Couls. He then allegedly bit two other members, who were taken to a nearby hospital.
Multiple-Grammy-winning producer Phil Ramone dies aged 72, at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, USA, of a brain aneurysm.
Former Bikini Kill and Le Tigre singer, Kathleen Hanna, currently playing with The Julie Ruin, announces via Facebook that she must cancel the remainder of her 2014 tour to pursue immediate treatment for Lyme disease.
Via a Facebook posting, Mike Dirnt, bass-player of Green Day, confirms that his wife Brittney was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is receiving treatment.
During their Mechanical Bull Tour, Kings Of Leon play at The Xfinity Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA. As their bus leaves the venue, a pedestrian steps in front of the bus causing the driver to hit the brakes. Drummer Nathan Followill falls and breaks two ribs, requiring immediate medlical treatment.
While in Comodoro Arturo Marino Benitez Airport in Santiago, Chile, South America, during their Book Of Souls World Tour, Iron's Maiden's 747 jet, known as Ed Force One, is damaged in a collision with a ground tug, which also injures two tug drivers. Alternative travel arrangements are quickly put in place and the band manages to play the next night in Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina, South America.
The Tragically Hip announce via their website that their founder/leader, vocalist and songwriter Gord Downie, has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.1926 |
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