Drink

Will Glahe is born in Elberfeld, Germany, Europe. A popular accordion band leader, he will score a major hit in the USA in 1939 with Beer Barrel Polka.

The Wine, Women And Song Extravaganza is presented at The Dewey Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Johnny Mercer is born in Savannah, Georgia, USA. As one of America's greatest songwriters, he will win four Academy Awards, for On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe, In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening, Moon River and Days Of Wine And Roses. In total, he will write the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs. Mercer will also be a co-founder of Capitol Records.

The Mayfair Orchestra records The Rum Tum Tiddle Dance for The Gramophone Company in London, UK.

The Columbia Stellar Quartette (aka The Peerless Quartet and The Columbia Male Quartet) records Onward, Christian Soldiers and The Heidelberg Stein Song for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The Peerless Quartet was, arguably, the most successful vocal group of the period.

Prohibition begins in the USA with the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Taking effect one year later, Prohibition will make it illegal to sell, produce or transport alcohol, and will also inspire numerous songs about how unfair this new law is. Among the most memorable are Alcoholic Blues by Billy Murray, Prohibition Blues by Nora Bayes and Bootlegger's Blues by Jim Jackson.

The Morning Star newspaper of Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, reports that the city has outlawed "dance creations of questionable nature" such as the Shimmy Shivers, the Tank Tango and the Prohibition Jag. Dancers performing such immoral dances are to be ejected from the dance floor. This is part of an ongoing national attempt to ban dances considered improper, and usually performed to the accompaniment of ragtime or jazz music.

Memphis Slim records Beer Drinking Woman in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Sonny Boy Williamson 1st records Blues That Made Me Drunk in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is accompanied on guitar by Big Bill Broonzy.

Lord Invader performs his composition Rum And Coca Cola for the first time in front of a paying audience in the Victory Calypso Tent [an informal music venue set up for the carnival season] in Port of Spain, Trindidad, West Indies. Six months later, visiting US radio comedian Morey Amsterdam will hear the song, take it back to the USA, sanitise its saucy lyric and copyright it in his own name. Rum And Coca Cola will be a huge hit for The Andrews Sisters but Lord Invader will have to go to court to win his royalties.

The Flame Nightclub, owned by Harry Green, in St. Paul, Missouri, USA, has its licence revoked as a result of a recent municipal court conviction for selling liquor to minors.

Hank Williams, hoping to restore some credibility to his drink and drugs damaged career, begins the first of a weekly series of Saturday night tv appearances on the Louisiana Hayride, recorded at the Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, Louisiana, earning $250 a show.

Walter 'Duke' Leonard buys The Tradewinds Lounge in St Augustine, Florida, USA. Under his ownership, it will become the city's leading music venue, featuring acts including Jimmy Buffett, The Coasters, The Platters and The Byrds.

Popular singer Dick Williams spends the day in Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania, USA, promoting his new Capitol Records LP Two Sides Of Love. In the evening he is treated to a cocktail party at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel.

Jimmy Witherspoon records Mean Old Frisco, One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Prestige Records.

Bill Justis, working with producer Shelby Singleton, records Gotta Travel On, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Lorne Greene records Cool Water, Whoopee Ti Yi Yo and Tumbling Tumbleweeds in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.

The Gentrys are playing at The Whisky A-GoGo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane play the second of fifteen nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.

Gladys Knight And The Pips play the fifth of eleven nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Claude Gray, with Owen Bradley as producer, record Crazy Arms, Little Ole Wine Drinker Me and Just Between Us Tears at Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.

The Youngbloods and October Country play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Eric Burdon And The Animals plus Eire Apparent play the third of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Tim Buckley and the Illinois Speed Press play the third of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Steve Miller Band plays the second of five days at the Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Chicago Transit Authority.

The Herbie Hancock Nonet records Firewater and Promise Of The Sun in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records.

Albert Collins plays the fourth of seven nights at The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Charlie Musselwhite.

John Lee Hooker spends the first of ten days recording his album Free Beer And Chicken for ABC Records in the USA. On this day he records One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, Homework, 713 Blues and 714 Blues,

Jon Jones is born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He will find success as bass player and founding member of The Eli Young Band, whose memorable hits include Crazy Girl (2011), Even If It Breaks Your Heart (2012) and Drunk Last Night (2013).

Ahmad Jamal plays a live gig in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

Amy Jade Winehouse is born in Southgate, London, England, UK, Europe. She will find success as singer Amy Winehouse in 2003, quickly followed by much controversy about her abuse of drugs and alcohol.

The Clash’s Joe Strummer is banned for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Popular Japanese rock musician Yutaka Ozaki is found naked, drunk and unconscious in an alleyway in Tokyo, Japan, Asia. He is taken to hospital by ambulance but is dismissed soon after. He dies several hours later, at just 26 years old. The cause of death is reported as pulmonary edema but many alternative theories have arisen, including homicide.

Jerry Lee Lewis starts selling bottled water from a lake on his Memphis, Tennessee, USA, estate, to pay off his tax bills.

Singer, guitarist and songwriter Ernie Graham, best known as a member of Eire Apparent, dies in London, UK. It is said that his "strong alcohol dependence" contributed to his demise.

When Creed play at The Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois, USA, frontman Scott Stapp, evidently drunk or on drugs, leaves the stage on several occasions mid-song. He is also seen rolling on the stage in apparent pain or distress and appears to pass out at one point during the performance.

Keith Grant, known for his work as a recording engineer at Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, on tracks by The Beatles, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker and others, is found dead on his boat at Sunbury-on-Thames, UK, with a beer in his hand. Grant was not only an engineer, he co-designed and co-owned Olympic.

Shawn Colvin plays the second of two nights at The City Winery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Ciara attends Veuve Clicquot Hosts The Second Annual Clicquot Carnaval at Museum Park, Miami, Florida, USA.

Meat Loaf collapses onstage during a performance of I'd Do Anything For Love at The Northern Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is taken by ambulance to a local hospital and diagnosed with 'severe dehydration'. He had cancelled two previous performances earlier in the week, saying he was unwell.

It is announced that Robbie Williams has been appointed as the first patron of the charity Music Support which provides help for those suffering with alcoholism, addiction or any form of mental or emotional health issue.