New York City

Popular American blackface minstrelsy group The Christy Minstrels begin a residency at the Mechanics Hall, New York City, which will run for six years.

Fiddle De Dee and Burlesque Of Arizona is playing at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA.

Musical comedy The Girl From Up There plays at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 96 performances.

Sousa And His Band play at Manhattan Beach, New York City, USA.

The Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, aka The Blue Follies, is playing at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.

American industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire. The Rockefeller name will pass into popular culture as an icon of fabulous wealth and will provide inspiration for countless songwriters. One early example is I Will Turn Your Money Green [1928] by bluesman Furry Lewis, and Puttin' On The Ritz by Irving Berlin followed a year later. More recent songs including Rockefeller Square [1971] by Jimmy Buffett [1971], Mr. Rockefeller by Bette Midler [1976] and I'm No Rockefeller [2003] by Modern Talking have continued to build on the Rockefeller legend.

Fats Waller records Birmingham Blues in New York City, USA, for Okeh Records.

The Concert Jazz Ensemble, an offshoot of The Eastman Theatre Orchestra, begins a week of performances in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York State, USA.

The orchestras of Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson and others take part in a battle of the bands, billed as Jazzwar, at the Savoy Ballroom, New York City, USA.

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra begin a residency at The Cotton Club, Harlem, New York City, USA, which will last for almost a year.

Fats Waller And His Rhythm record The Joint Is Jumpin’, A Hopeless Love Affair and other tracks in New York City for Victor Records.

Floyd Ray And His Hollywood Californians begin a week at The Apollo Thater, Harlem, 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.

Upcoming songwriter-performer Neil Sedaka is signed to RCA Records in the USA by A+R man Steve Sholes, who had previously signed Elvis Presley.

The Royal Teens play the second of five days at Dick Lee's Musical Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The group includes Al Kooper, who will go on to found Blood, Sweat And Tears, and become one of Bob Dylan's best-known sidemen.

Birth of Janie Hendrix Wright, adopted sister of Jimi Hendrix. She will eventually take over control of Experience Hendrix, the estate running Jimi's affairs after his death.

Anita Bryant, Dick Roman and Roger Williams are the musical guests on tonight's edition of tv's Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.

Dion opens at The Casino Royal, Washington DC, USA.

Bassist Billy Cox hears the guitar-playing of Army private James Marshall Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] from outside Service Club in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA. They form a group, The King Kasuals, and are soon to be found playing at The Pink Poodle Club, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.

The Johnny Lytle Trio plus Ray Barretto records the album Moon Child for Jazzland Records in New York City, USA.

Charles Mingus plays at The Five Spot Cafe, New York City, USA.

The New Stan Getz Quartet with Astrud Gilberto plays during a month of dates at The Caf

Cal Tjader records Monkey Beams (Over Easy) and Ming, at A And R Recording Studios, New York City, USA.

Bob Dylan plays at the College Gym, San Mateo, California, USA.

The Zombies, The Shangri-Las, The Nashville Teens, The Shirelles and others play the sixth of ten days of shows at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.

Country music guitarist Doc Watson and The Danny Kalb Quartet [later known as The Blues Project] play the fifth of fifteen nights at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Barbra Streisand is featured on the cover of the new York News Sunday magazine. The feature inside the magazine states, "Today, at 23, Barbra is the focal point of a show biz cult of fervid fans who applaud her in every medium."

Curtis Knight and Jimi Hendrix record How Would You Feel in Studio "76", New York City, USA. Hendrix will achieve much greater success as a solo artist after moving to London, England, UK, Europe.

UK music biz manager Kenneth Pitt meets with Mike Pruskin, manager of Marc Bolan, to decide whether or not to buy his contract. He decides instead to take on another aspiring pop star, David Bowie.

Al Green is playing during a week of shows at The Pine Grill, Buffalo, New York State, USA.

Bill Haley And The Comets play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Duane Eddy. After the show, the audience refuses to leave the hall, causing problems for the hall's managers.

Ben E. King plays at The Beachcomber, Nottingham, UK, Europe.

The Fantastics play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, UK.

Jan And Dean play at The Dr. Pepper Music Festival, Central Park, New York City, USA.

On her Fun tour, Cyndi Lauper plays at The Metro, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Bob Dylan's album Knocked Out Loaded enters the UK pop albums chart where it will peak at No35 during a five-week run.

The Joe Ely Band plays at The Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA.

The movie My Own Love Song, whose soundtrack includes music written by Bob Dylan [including Life is Hard from his 2009 album Together Through Life] premieres in France, Europe. A road movie, it stars Renee Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte.

Leo Kottke plays at The Seneca Niagara Casino Bear's Den, Niagara Falls, New York State, USA.

Gogol Bordello and P.I.L. play at The Festival Of Peace, Kazan, Russia, Europe. Gogol Bordello's performance is stopped by the arrival of a platoon of machine-gun bearing soldiers, who then bring the Russian premier, Dmitry Medvedev, on stage. He thanks the band, then goes down to the front of the stage and ejoys the show.

Dustbowl Revival play at Irvington Folk Festival, Irvington, New York State, USA.

Rihanna posts the question, "Why aren't we talking about this?!" via Twitter to draw attention to violent clashes between police and farmers in India, Asia. The farmers had been protesting contoversial new agriculture laws approved in September. After the clashes, India cut off internet access around New Delhi. Other celebrities including Greta Thunberg and Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma subsequently joined in Rihanna's action.