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Ferdinand Joseph Lemott (Lamothe) is baptized in St. Joseph's Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will grow up to become jazz piano legend Jelly Roll Morton.
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
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.25. Karl Farr, guitarist of popular country music group the Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Rochelle, Texas, USA.
The Modernaires and Paula Kelly play at The Casino Atlantico, Rio De Janiero, Brazil, South America.
Tex Beneke And His Orchestra (with musical arrangements by Henry Mancini) records Diga Diga Doo, The Day Isn't Long Enough, The Chesapeake And Ohio and Cock-A-Doodle-E-Do, for MGM Records in RCA Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Alex Zuker is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. He will find success as a bass guitarist and composer, working with Pedro y Pablo, Mahatma, Edgar Winter, Steve Katz and many others.
Willie
Nix records Prison Bound Blues, Truckin' Little Woman, Just One
Mistake, Take A Little Walk With Me, Ridin' In The Moonlight and
Mighty Showers Of Rain at Sun
Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Three Flames are playing during a five year engagement at The Bon Soir, New York City, USA.A package tour featuring Johnny Preston, Conway Twitty and Freddy Cannon plays at The Empire, Leeds, UK.
Helen O'Connell is playing during a three week booking at Mr. Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Barbara Gilbert.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.Gary U.S. Bonds, Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Mark Wynter and The Fleerekkers play at The Gaumont, Doncaster, UK.
Dusty Springfield of UK singing trio The Springfields, goes into hospital in London for an operation to remove her tonsils. The group cancels all live shows for six weeks.
UK jazz band leader Bob Wallis leaves hospital after an operation to remove one of his eyes.
Paul Anka plays the third of seven nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
The Sonny Rollins Septet record If Ever I Would Leave You and Don't Stop The Carnival, for RCA Victor Records in New York City, USA.
Paul Revere And The Raiders record their version of Louie Louie in Northwestern Recording Studio, Portland, Oregon, USA. The song will subsequently provide a massive international hit for The Kingsmen, who recorded it two weeks earlier.
Unit 4+2 play at The Agincourt, Camberley, England, UK.
The Rolling Stones play at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with The Paupers, Jon And Lee and The Checkmates and others.
The Barry Goldberg Reunion, supported by Pacific Gas And Electric, plays the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.Blues pianist Otis Spann dies, aged 40, in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA. On the same day, ABC by the Jackson Five reaches No1 on the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Osceola and The Robert Savage Group play the second of two nights at the Family Dog, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jerry Garcia Band plays the first of two nights at The Keystone, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Phil Woods Quartet plays the last of three nights at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California, USA.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of three nights at The Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas.
On their 
On their Presto Tour, Rush play at Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Brooks And Dunn begin their third annual Neon Circus And Wild West Show tour in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, supported by Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, Aaron Lines and Jeff Bates.
The annual Sunday Times Rich List reveals that Warner Music Group chairman Edgar Bronfman has leapt to the top of the 2010 Sunday Times British Music Millionaires list, making him the 25th richest person in Britain. U2, the world's highest earning act last year, and their manager Paul McGuinness head the Irish Music Millionaires Rich List with a combined wealth of £429m. Charlotte Church is the UK's most successful young singer of the past year with earnings of £11m.Jason Trawick, the fiance of Britney Spears is given approval by Judge Reva Goetz in Los Angeles, California, USA, to help manage the singer's personal affairs by being added to her court-ordered conservatorship. The conservatorship was put in place following Spears' 2008 meltdown, to ensure that her personal and professional decisions would be overseen by her father Jamie and others.
When a scheduled gig is cancelled, jazz singer Michael Buble performs a free a
cappella show, backed by Naturally 7, in the subway station at
Lincoln Center/West 66th Street, New York City, USA.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at The Pavillion at the Irving Music Factory, Irving, Dallas, Texas, USA.
A business partner of 
Former One Direction member Niall Horan plays at The Amway Center, Orlando, Florida, USA, supported by Lewis Capaldi and Fletcher.1891 |
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