Jazz

German immigrant Emile Berliner applies for a patent in Washington, D.C., USA, for his new sound-reproduction apparatus, the gramophone.

Hit-making trumpeter Eddie Calvert is born in Preston, Lancashire, UK. His biggest success will be a No1 UK hit with Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White in 1955.

American bandleader Sam Wooding's Orchestra begins an engagement at the Admirals-Palast, Berlin, Germany, Europe. Sixteen-year-old Berliner Alfred Lion attends the show and is inspired, years later, to start Blue Note Records, one of the most respected jazz record labels in the world.

Harry Reser and his Orchestra, under the name The Night Club Orchestra, record Thanks For The Buggy Ride and Blinky Moon Bay for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA. At the same session, under the name of The Jazz Pilots they record You Ought To See What's Waiting For Me (Down Home In Tennessee) for OKeh Records in America and Parlophone in The UK.

Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds, featuring James P. Johnson, known as the father of stride piano, record Original Bugle Blues and What's The Use Of Being Alone?, for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA.

Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley record C.C. And O. Blues for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

The Palomar Supper Club opens at 713 Burrard Street at Alberni in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It will become the place in town for big-name entertainers, including The Ink Spots, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

Chick Webb and his Orchestra, with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals, play the ninth night of a lengthy engagement at the Flamingo Room in Levaggi's Restaurant, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Playing in the restaurant's basement are The Ink Spots.

The musical comedy Hellzapoppin', starring Olsen and Johnson is performed at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a total run of 1404 performances at three different theatres.

Ted Lewis is playing at Chez Paree, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Oscar Rabin And His Band play at The Empire Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.

10,000 music fans block traffic in New York City, USA, while trying to get into the Brooklyn Paramount Theater to hear Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Don't Do Something To Someone Else, Sitting By The Window, Sorry and Where Or When, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.

Jazz-rock virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Earl Bostic begins a tour of thirty one-nighters with a show in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.

Jazz clarinettist Tony Scott plays his first gig as a group leader at Minton's Playhouse, Harlem, New York City, USA. The show is recorded and will be released on Brunswick Records as the LP Music After Midnight.

Noel Coward begins a four-week engagement at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, accompanied by Carlton Hayes And His Orchestra and pianist/arranger Peter Matz.

The successful Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens for its first night at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, UK. The show stars Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins. It will run for 2,281 performances. Stars attending the first night include Ingrid Bergman, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Rattigan and John Strachey.

Jazz clarinetist, composer and bandleader Jimmy Grier dies in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Clyde McPhatter plays the fifth night in a one-week season at The Town Hall, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Acker Bilk's Jazz Band plays at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashton, England, UK, Europe.

The Montgomery Brothers, one of whom is virtuoso jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, record their debut album, Groove Yard, at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records. )

Stan Kenton And His Band are playing at Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Ray Charles, The Coasters and Betty Carter play the last night of a week of shows at The Regal, Chicago Illinois, USA.

Bill Doggett plays at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Alma Cogan, Mark Wynter and The Raindrops appear on the radio show Seaside Night, presented from Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe, by Ken Dodd, on the BBC Light Programme in the UK.

Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band play live on the BBC Light Programme radio show Jazz Club, in London, England, UK, Europe.

George Hamilton IV records Jimmy Brown The Newsboy, The Little Lunch Box, Come On Home Boy, The Everglades and You Are My Sunshine, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Streer, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Producer of the session is Chet Atkins, and Pete Drake plays steel guitar.

The George Russell Sextet records You Are My Sunshine, Zig-Zag and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.

A knife fight erupts during a gig by Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames in The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, UK, between Johnny Edgecombe and Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon. Both men are lovers of Christine Keeler, and the fight is caused by their rivalry for her affections. Gordon's face is badly slashed and he vows revenge on Keeler for his injury.

Teresa Brewer, with the Shep Fields Orchestra, is playing during a two-week engagement at The Intertnational Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

The Bobby Timmons Trio record tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

The Modern Jazz Quartet, with guitarist Laurindo Almeida, record One Note Samba, Concierto de Aranjuez and other tracks in Webster Hall, New York City, USA, for Atlantic Records.

The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51, Soho, London, UK.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers begin a season at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the third night of a week-long engagement at Le Jazz Hot, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, USA.

Principal photography on the next Elvis Presley movie, Frankie And Johnny, continues at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jazz trumpet virtuoso Ben Webster records Stardust, Autumn Leaves and other tracks at Metronome Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, for Black Lion Records.

At a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, between record business executives and State Representative Edwin G. Mullinax, it is decided to 'tone down' a state bill which sought to require lyrics to be printed on the cover of record sleeves.

Derek And The Dominos, with Eric Clapton on guitar, record Keep On Growing at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, USA.

It is announced that the famous Village Pump Folk Club in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK, is to reopen and present live music events again. In the 70s the venue, which inspired the annual Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, hosted some of the greatest names in folk, blues, comedy and jazz, including legendary French violinist Stephane Grappelli, The Tannahill Weavers, Long John Baldry and Fred Wedlock.

Monsters of Folk play at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Nick Oliveri, former bassist of Queens Of The Stone Age, is arrested on charges of domestic violence in Hollywood, California, USA, after a gun is found at his home following reports of a disturbance in the house.

Figures released by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reveal that digital music revenues rose by 8% in 2011 to US$5.2bn, but the sales overall have declined from US$16.7bn in 2010 to US$16.2bn.

Prince plays a two-hour long 'secret' gig at Bennett's Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.