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David Rose is born in London, England, UK. He will find success as a songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader, his most famous compositions being The Stripper, Holiday For Strings and Calypso Melody. Using the pseudonym Ray Llewellyn, he will also write music for numerous television series, including It's A Great Life, The Tony Martin Show, Little House on the Prairie, Highway To Heaven, Bonanza, and Highway Patrol.
Edmund William Ross is born in Port Of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean. He will become an internationally successful bandleader, vocalist, songwriter and nightclub entrepreneur after moving to the UK and changing his name to Edmundo Ros.During a visit to New York City, USA, Lovey's Trinidad String Band records Trinidad Passo, Mary Jane, Manuelito and other calypsos for Columbia Records. This is one of the very first calypso recordings to be documented.
Harold George is born in Harlem, New York City. He will find fame as Harry Belafonte, hugely popular US singer/actor, and occasional employer of Bob Dylan's talents as a harmonica player.
Blind Blake records Hookworm Blues, Poker Woman Blues, Doing A Stretch, Fightin' the Jug and Slippery Rag in Richmond, Indiana, USA, for Paramount Records.
Ernest Ranglin is born in Manchester, West Central Jamica, Caribbean. He will find success as an extraordinarily versatile guitarist whose talent embraced the jazz, pop, calypso and mento styles, as well as composing music for films. He is perhaps most well-known as the man who played guitar on and arranged the 1963 international hit My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small.
The Harmony Kings Orchestra records Sunny Grenada, Anything For Love, Don't Touch Me and Jacks' Broth for Decca Records in Port Of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean.
Ralph Fitz-Scott with Charlie Smith And His Demerara Lucky Strike Orchesta records Shout Guiana and Why I Killed Winfred for Decca Records in Port Of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean.
Clarence Profit's Trio and The Calypso Recorders are playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Clarence Profit's Trio and The Calypso Recorders are playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Clarence Profit's Trio and The Calypso Recorders are playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Comedian Morey Amsterdam applies to the U.S. Copyright Office for copyright on the song Rum And Coca Cola, listing himself as the sole author of the words and music. The song was, in fact, written by calypso star Lord Invader. Amsterdam heard it while working in Trinidad some time earlier. The song will become a huge hit for The Andrews Sisters but Lord Invader will have to go to court to win his royalties.
The Andrews Sisters record Rum And Coca Cola for Decca Records in the USA. The song will become a huge hit but its co-composer, calypso star Lord Invader, will have to go to court to win his royalties.
The 20th Century Fox movie musical Carmen Jones is released to cinemas in the USA. The starring roles are played by calypso star Harry Belafonte, popular vocalist Dorothy Dandridge and jazz singer Pearl Bailey.
Legendary calypsonian Lord Kitchener with Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders record The Underground Train and Nora, for Parlophone Records in in Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Calypsonian Lord Beginner with Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders records The Dollar And The Pound and I Will Die A Bachelor, for Parlophone Records in Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Legendary calypsonian Lord Kitchener with Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders record The Underground Train and Nora, for Parlophone Records in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders record Bulldog Don't Bite Me, Zambo, Calypso Man and Give Me One Dollar for for Parlophone Records in Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Jazz trumpeter Cyril Blake's Calypso Band record Man Smart And Woman Smarter, for Parlophone Records in London, UK.
The West Indies solidly defeat England in the second Test Match at Lords Cricket Ground, London, England, UK, Europe. At the end of the game, calypso singer Lord Kitchener leads a group of delighted West Indians in a victory parade around the field. Kitchener will go on to write an account of the match in his popular song Cricket, Lovely Cricket.
The Weavers, including Pete Seeger, record Wreck Of The John B (aka Sloop John B) and The Roving Kind for Decca Records in Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
Guitarist and songwriter Steven Springer is born in Port Of Spain, Trinidad, Caribbean. He will find success as a member of the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band, but will also play with Sir Lancelot Pinard and the band Sanctuary, as will found the musical project Tropicooljazz.
Blind Blake And His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos release a new 2-EP 45rpm set, A Second Album Of Bahamian Songs, on Art Records in the USA.Harry Belafonte records Kalenda Rock [Mourning Song] in RCA Victor's Manhattan Center, New York City, USA. Pianist on the session is Ray Charles.
The Robins, later to find international fame as The Coasters, play the ninth night of two weeks at The Trocadero, Hollywood, California, USA. On the same day, The Robins appear on The Rhythm And Blues Show on KTTV hosted by Jerry Lawrence with Harry Belafonte, and The Oscar McLollie Orchestra.
Harry Belafonte records The
Banana Boat Song for RCA Records in
Webster
Hall, New York City, USA. Although widely regarded as the song
that launched the calypso craze, it is in fact in the Jamaican mento style.
Belafonte by Harry Belafonte reaches No1 in the Billboard US popular albums chart.
Calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is appearing in The Venus De Milo Room, Mongtreal, Quebec, Canada.In New York City, USA, Harry Belafonte has the first of four recording sessions during which he records tracks for his blues-influenced album Belafonte Sings The Blues.
Satirical Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, calypso singer Lord Buckley dies from a stroke aggravated by malnutrition and kidney problems.
The Cashbox magazine mono LP chart published on this day in the USA is as follows :
1. PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY - JOHNNY MATHIS
2. Judy At Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland
3. Something For Everybody - Elvis Presley
4. Great Motion Picture Themes - Various Artists
5. Goin' Places - Kingston Trio
6. Sinatra Swings - Frank Sinatra
7. Yellow Bird - Lawrence Welk
8. Astronaut - Bill Dana
9. Come Swing With Me - Frank Sinatra
10. Jump Up Calypso - Harry Belafonte
11. Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds
12. Four Preps On Campus - Four Preps
13. Never On Sunday - Soundtrack
14. Camelot - Original Cast
15. TV Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller
16. Paul Anka - Sings His Big 15 Volume II
17. Knockers Up - Rusty Warren
18. Stars For A Summer Night - Various Artists
19. Ebb Tide - Earl Grant
20. Your Request Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller
1. PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY - JOHNNY MATHIS
2. Judy At Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland
3. Something For Everybody - Elvis Presley
4. Great Motion Picture Themes - Various Artists
5. Goin' Places - Kingston Trio
6. Sinatra Swings - Frank Sinatra
7. Yellow Bird - Lawrence Welk
8. Astronaut - Bill Dana
9. Come Swing With Me - Frank Sinatra
10. Jump Up Calypso - Harry Belafonte
11. Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds
12. Four Preps On Campus - Four Preps
13. Never On Sunday - Soundtrack
14. Camelot - Original Cast
15. TV Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller
16. Paul Anka - Sings His Big 15 Volume II
17. Knockers Up - Rusty Warren
18. Stars For A Summer Night - Various Artists
19. Ebb Tide - Earl Grant
20. Your Request Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller
Rupert Westmore Grant, better known as calypso star Lord Invader, dies in hospital following a short illness, in Queens, New York, USA, aged 47.
Cy Grant performs a freshly composed news-based calypso on the BBC-tv current affairs magazine show Tonight.
The 
Bud Dashiell And The Kinsmen play at Glendale College, Glendale, California, USA. The show is recorded by Warner Bros and will be released as the live LP Sing Everybody's Hits - Live Concert Extraordinary.
The annual National Association of Record Merchandisers convention begins at The Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA.
Jimmy Soul releases a new single, If You Wanna Be Happy, on SPQR Records in the USA. The song is based on the calypso, Ugly Woman by Roaring Lion.
The album 
As part of the Forest Hills Music Festival, Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba play the second of three nights at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.As part of the Forest Hills Music Festival, Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba play the last of three nights at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.
Harry Belafonte plays the second of five nights at The Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Nana Mouskouri.
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles release a new single, The Tracks Of My Tears, in the USA. Curiously, the song will inspire Rod Argent of The Zombies to write their hit Time Of The Season, after he mis-hears the line 'if you look closer it's easy to trace' as 'it's the time of the season to trace'.
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The Gene Ammons Quartet record Calypso Blues, Nature Boy and other tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Internationally popular calypso band The Merrymen play at The Pepperpot, Barbados, Worthing, Christ Church, Caribbean.Internationally successful bandleader, vocalist, songwriter and nightclub entrepreneur Edmundo Ros is appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Europe.Calypso star Lord Pretender, (born Aldric Farrell) dies in Port Of Spain, Trinidad.
Calypso singer Cy Grant, remembered by millions for his frequent appearances singing topical songs on BBC tv show Tonight in the 50s and 60s, dies aged 90, in London, UK.
Internationally successful bandleader, vocalist, songwriter and nightclub entrepreneur Edmundo Ros dies aged 100 in Javea, Alicante, Spain, Europe.1910 |
2013 |