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Popular songwriter Richard A. Whiting is born in Peoria, Illinois, USA. His best-known songs will include Hooray for Hollywood, Ain't We Got Fun? and On the Good Ship Lollipop.
J.W. Myers records The Bell Buoy, I'll Wed My Willie When His Ship Comes In and In The Golden Field Of Grain for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The 48-mile long Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is opened, in Panama, Central America. It will become a key conduit for the international maritime trade. The canal will inspire references in numerous songs (by J Church, Tempest, Redman, Rakim, Ookla The Mok, Bishop Allen and others) but perhaps the most memorable is The Panama Canal by Animaniacs.
Dan Kildare and a small group of Clef Club musicians from New York City, USA, arrive in Liverpool, England, UK, aboard the S.S. Megantic. They will make their way to London where they will serve as the house band at Ciro's Club, unfortunately billed as Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra.
Vocal duo Billy Burton and Herbert Stuart record Soldier Boy for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
During a successful UK tour, most of the members of The Southern Syncopated Orchestra, a jazz ensemble from the USA, are sailing on the SS Rowan from Glasgow, Scotland, to Derry, Ireland. Eight members of the band are killed when the ship is struck by two others in a collision. Survivors include Sidney Bechet, Evelyn Dove and Cyril Blake.
Having spent two days aboard the S.S. Berengaria in Southampton, UK, American bandleader Paul Specht and his band are given permission to disembark. They had been refused work permits, but US Secretary of State, Charles Hughes, who had travelled on the same ship, used his influence with the British Government to gain them entry.
Vincent George Forbes is born in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean. After travelling in 1954 as a stowaway on a banana boat from Kingston, he will become a pioneer of Jamiacan-style sound systems in London, England, UK, Europe, under the name Duke Vin, and will play a vital role in popularising ska music in Britain.
Harry Reser and His Orchestra, record Where Did You Get That Name? and Here Comes The Show Boat [as Harry Reser's Syncopaters] in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Harry Reser and His Orchestra, record Where Did You Get That Name? and Here Comes The Show Boat [as Harry Reser's Syncopaters] in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Harry Reser and His Orchestra, record Where Did You Get That Name? and Here Comes The Show Boat [as Harry Reser's Syncopaters] in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians record Roamin' In The
Gloamin' and Then We Canoe-dle-oodle Along for Columbia
Records in New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington arrives at Southampton, England, UK, Europe, on the S.S. Olympia, tol begin a series of live performances in the UK.Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra record Me Myself And I, A Sailboat In The Moonlight, Born To Love and Without Your Love for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA.
The USS Reuben James, a four-funnel Clemson-class destroyer, is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Erich Topp, near Iceland, Europe. Of the 159-man crew, only 44 survive. Reuben James thus becomes the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in World War II. Woody Guthrie will write his song The Sinking Of The Reuben James in memory of this incident. The song will also be recorded by The Kingston Trio.
Harbor Lights by The Sammy Kaye Orchestra on Columbia Records enters the Billboard Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 during a run of 25 weeks on the chart.
MGM's movie remake of the Kern-Hammerstein musical play Show Boat, starring Howard Keel, Ava Gardner and Kathryn Grayson, is released to cinemas in West Germany, Europe.Jane Froman sings I'm Sittin' On Top of the World, Take A Trip in a Rocket Ship, Destination Moon, If I Loved You A Mountain, Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better and Black Magic, on the CBS-tv show USA Canteen, in the USA.
Bill Haley And The Comets arrive in the UK on board the liner Queen Elizabeth II at Southampton. A chartered train takes the band to Waterloo Station, London, where they are mobbed by fans for twenty minutes.
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Jimmy Giuffre And His Music Men record It's You, Ship Ahoy! [Shipoopi] and Wells Fargo Wagon for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
The Beatles play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, followed by another Riverboat Shuffle, sailing down The Mersey.
Bobby Darin is the musical guest on CBS-tv's Judy Garland Show in the USA. Darin performs Michael Row The Boat Ashore and Canaan. He also duets with Garland on a selection of railroad songs.
Ferry Cross The Mersey by Gerry and the Pacemakers enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No8.
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Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys oversees recording of instrumental tracks for Sloop John B, at Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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New releases reviewed in today's edition of UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] include Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out by The Beatles, Take Me For What I'm Worth by The Searchers, Till The End Of The Day by The Kinks, Fever by The McCoys, My Ship Is Coming In by The Walker Brothers and Thunderball by Tom Jones.
The Tornados release a new single, Is That A Ship I Hear?, in the UK. It will be their last single with Joe Meek as producer.
By trading live performances aboard ship for tickets, Australian pop group The 
The Penny Peeps play at Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Copperhead, Clover, Redlegs, The Flying Circus, Contraband and Bermuda Palms play a benefit gig for Houseboat Legal Defence in San Rafael, California, USA.
The Marmalade play on a 'beat cruise', setting sail from Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
John Lennon writes a letter to Eric Clapton proposing that the guitarist should get involved with a project tentatively titled 'The John And Yoko Mobile Political Plastic Ono Band Fun Show. The plan is to rent a cruise ship and sail it around the world playing concerts in various ports. In the event, nothing comes of the proposal.
Dennis Wilson, drummer of The Beach Boys, drowns while swimming near his boat moored at Marina Del Rey, California, USA.
George Melly And The Feetwarmers play on the Portsmouth Festival Jazzboat, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The re-united original line-up of Kiss begin their comeback by holding a press conference aboard the decomissioned WW2 aircraft carrier USS Intrepid in New York City, USA.
Mark Knopfler's second solo album, Sailing To Philadelphia is awarded a Gold Disc by the BPI in the UK.
An oldies nostalgia cruise sets off from Tampa, Florida, USA, to Cozumel, Mexico, Central America. Live entertainment is provided during the five days of the voyage by Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, The Drifters, The Platters, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Lesley Gore and Lou Christie.The heavy metal cruise known as the 70,000 Tons Of Metal Festival, comes to an end in Miami, Florida, USA. Artists appearing aboard the ship, The Majesty Of The Seas, over the past five days have included Amorphis, Exciter, Cannibal Corpse, Atheist, Stratovarius, Venom, Children Of Bodom, Crowbar, Nightwish and Hammerfall.
Sting's $15m musical The Last Ship opens at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA. Celebrities attending the opening include Liam Neeson, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Debbie Harry, Edie Falco, Patti Scialfa and director Barry Levinson.
Baraka, Focus, Glass Hammer, Haken, Heavy Mellow, Moon Safari, Sons of Apollo, Steve Hackett, Stick Men and Thank You Scientist play in the Cruise To The Edge aboard MS Brilliance of the Seas, Tampa, Florida, USA.
On their Before The Flood tour, 
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