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Philip Jacob Meahl of Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, is granted Patent No. US889029A in respect of his invention of a new type of pneumatic mechanical musical instrument.
The earliest known mention of the Hollywood Sign (originally reading Hollywoodland) in Los Angeles, California, USA, appears in the local newspaper Holly Leaves. The article reports that the soon to be built Mulholland Highway will extend "…from the western end of the (Griffith Park) road, under the electric sign of Hollywoodland, around Lake Hollywood and across the dam." The sign will inspire lyrics in numerous songs including Hollywood Sign by Peter Sarstedt, Feelin' Alive by The Jonas Brothers (2010) and Party In The USA by Miley Cyrus (2009).
Anthony Dominick Benedetto is born in Astoria, Queens, New York, USA. He will find international acclaim as Tony Bennett.Count Basie And His Orchestra, with Billie Holiday on vocals, play the twelfth night of a two-week engagement at the Meadowbrook Lounge, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA.
Tommy Dorsey AndHis Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen-week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Count Basie And His Orchestra come to the end of an engagement at The State Lake Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra play the last of three days at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Count Basie And His Band play the second night in a week of shows at The Earl Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. On this day Basie shatters the venue's Saturday attendance record, which was established four years earlier by Benny Goodman.
Frank Sinatra is heard singing a selection of popular songs on his regular radio show Meet Frank Sinatra in the USA.
The Horace Silver Trio records Ecaroh, Prelude To A Kiss, Quicksilver and Knowledge Box for United Artists Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Popular singer Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott record The Very Thought Of You, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Count Basie And His Big Band play the first of two nights at Club Laurel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brook Benton is playing at The Hurricane Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Frank Sinatra records These Foolish Things, As Time Goes By and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Capitol Records.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at a dance in the terrace Ballroom of the Mosque Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Frank Sinatra is recording the title song for inclusion in the Frank Capra movie Pocketful Of Miracles at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, Califoprnia, USA. Nelson Riddle is the musical arranger on the session.
Jazz trumpet star Dizzy Gillespie is held up at gunpoint in his hotel room in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and robbed of $2,700.
Dionne Warwick scores her first entry in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Don't Make Me Over, which will peak at No21. 
The Red Holloway Sextet record Monkey Sho' Can Talk, Miss Judie May and other tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Soul-jazz organist Freddie Roach records his third album Good Move, for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The George Braith Quartet records Nut City, Sweetville, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey, USA.
The Searchers, The Zombies and The Isley Brothers come to the end of a UK tour at The Odeon, Manchester.
Mieko 'Miko' Hirota, nicknamed the 'Connie Francis of Japan', releases the compilation LP Hit Kit Miko, Vol. 2 on Columbia Records in the USA.
Jeffery Phillip Wiedlandt is born in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He will find fame as Zakk Wylde, lead guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne's band.
Stanley Turrentine records Spooky, Love Is Blue and Elusive Butterfly for Blue Note records in Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Nina Simone plays the second of three nights at Leo's Casino, Euclid Quad Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Entering at No69, the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the USA is I Turned You On by The Isley Brothers.
Nina Simone plays at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, Europe. The show is recorded and will be released as the LP Nina Simone – Live At Ronnie Scott’s.On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play at Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.
On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play the first of two nights at The Memorial Coliseum Complex, Portland, Oregon, USA.
On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play the last of three nights at Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.Overkill, Excel and Vio-lence play at Jezebel's, Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hilary Duff plays at The Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at the Festival des Vielles Charrues, Carhaix, France, Europe.
Clarence Clemons, saxophonist of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, dies aged 69 in a Florida hospital. He had suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery a week earlier.
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the second of two nights at The AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France, Europe.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at Passeio Maritimo de Alges, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, with The Kills, The Courteeners, The Cult and Tiago Bettencourt.
On their This House Is Not For Sale tour, Bon Jovi play at The Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Ray Sawyer, percussionist and occasional vocalist for Dr Hook And The Medicine Show, dies peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness, aged 81, in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.On the European leg of their This House Is Not For Sale tour, Bon Jovi play at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe, supported by Def Leppard.1908 |
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