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The comic opera Merrie England is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 120 performances.
Peter Welin of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, applies for a patent in respect of his invention of an automatic playing attachment for musical instruments.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.Fiddler Neil O'Boyle records The Harvest Home, The Green Mountain and a selection of other jigs and reels for Regal Zonophone in Dublin, Eire.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
Blues saxman and vocalist Big John Greer is playing during a two-week engagement at The Regal, Columbus, Ohio, USA.Jerry Mamberg is born in Israel. He will find success as Jake Hooker, guitarist of 70s rock/pop band Arrows.
Earl Hooker records Blue Guitar in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Age Records. A little over a year later, Muddy Waters will release a new single, You Shook Me, on Chess Records, with a guitar part, chord changes and tempo very much inspired by, in fact near identical to, the Earl Hooker track. (Some say it is in fact the Hooker track with Muddy's vocal overdubbed on top.) Muddy's homage will be brought to a huge audience in 1969 via a version recorded by Led Zeppelin.
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play the last of seven nights at Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Dick Dale And The Deltones release a new single, King Of The Surf Guitar, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Bob Dylan sings live and is interviewed on the Studs Terkel Wax Museum radio show on WFMT in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tom Paxton, Barbara Dane and Phil Ochs play in a Broadside Concert, New York City, USA.The Who confirm, by means of a Western Union telegram, their agreement to appear 'without fee for charity' at the upcoming Monterey International Pop Festival.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience are filmed by ABC-tv while recording Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) at The Record Plant, New York City, USA. In the evening Jimi sits in with Joe Tex at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.
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Kenny Rogers And The First Edition play at William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA.
Maxine Brown is playing during nine days at The Pecan Grove, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Shiva's Head Band play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Blues Image.
Ten Years After finish a North American tour at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.American soul duo Bob And Earl play at The Civic Hall, Winsford, England, UK, Europe.
Bruce Springsteen records more than a dozen demos for A+R man John Hammond of Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The songs include Mary Queen Of Arkansas, It’s Hard to Be A Saint In The City, Growin' Up and Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street, all of which will end up on his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ.On their Destiny Tour, The Jacksons including Michael Jackson, play in the Bayfront Center Arena, St Petersburg, Florida, supported by Foxy.
Empty Glass, a solo album by Pete Townshend of The Who, enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No11.
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Gary Brooker (former vocalist of Procol Harum) releases a new single, Two Fools In Love, on Mercury Records in the UK.
The Boothill Foot-Tappers release a new single, Too Much Time /. How's Jack (Part 1) on Mercury Records in the UK.
Pookiesnackenburger play at Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford, Lopndon, England, UK, Europe.
Poison release their second album, Open Up And Say ... Ahh!, on Enigma Records in the USA. It will be certified 5x platinum in 1991.
On his Having long suffered from congestive heart failure, innovative and controversial jazz/boogie-woogie singer and songwriter Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson shoots himself in the head and dies, aged 74, in Brawley, California, USA.
Singing cowgirl Patsy Montana, who was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart, dies aged 87 in San Jacinto, California, USA.
Michael Jackson pays a visit to Stadelheim prison, Munich, Germany, Europe, to meet with his business associate and friend Marcel Avram, a German music promoter. Avram is being held in prison on charges of tax evasion.
When Peter Gabriel plays at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA, he is unexpectedly joined by Lou Reed for a rendition of Solsbury Hill.Entering at No3, Pesadelo Em Peluche by Mão Morta is the highest new entry on the Top 30 Singles Chart in Portugal, Europe.
Amy Lee of Evanescence is presented with the Luella Bennack Award at United Cerebral Palsy's 11th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon at Cipriani, 42nd Street, Manhattan, new York City, USA.
Prince and 3rd Eye Girl play at Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA.
Touring in support of their second LP, Another Eternity, Purity Ring play at The Anson Rooms, Bristol, UK.
Reverend James Leg plays at The Empire, Belfast, Ireland, UK, Europe, supported by The Bonnevilles.
On their Revolution Radio tour, Green Day play at The Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.1902 |
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