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Emil C Reutlinger and Richard Schaller of West Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, file US patent No.7I2,595 in respect of their invention of a "Mechanical singing bird."
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Ruth Brown is playing during a week at Weeke's Cafe, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, with Willis Jackson And His band.
During a tour of Germany, Europe, under the auspices of the German Jazz Federation Dizzy Gillespie plays in Frankfurt.In a show taped at The Sportspalast, West Berlin, Germany, Europe, The Ed Sullivan Show on tv in the USA features Louis Armstrong, Connie Francis and Maureen O'Hara.
Dionne Warwick scores her first entry in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Don't Make Me Over, which will peak at No21.
Jazz pianist Horace Silver records Let's Get To The Nitty Gritty, The Dragon Lady and Sweet Sweetie Dee in Van Gelder Studios, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey for Blue Note Records.
Connie Francis plays the fifth night of a week of shows at Freedomland Amusement Park, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin record The Oldest Established and Fugue For Tinhorns in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
The Bobby Timmons Trio record tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The John Coltrane Quartet records Chim Chim Cheree, Brasilia and Song Of Praise at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse! Records.
Johnny Mathis plays the first of two nights in The Marine Ballroom, The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr appear in a predictable (and pre-recorded) pie-throwing episode of The Soupy Sales Show on tv in the USA.Nelson Riddle conducts orchestral tracks for the Frank Sinatra recordings of Moment To Moment and Love And Marriage, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Sinatra will overdub his vocals a month or so later.
Porter Wagoner records Skid Row Joe for RCA Victor Records in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Frank Sinatra celebrates his fiftieth birthday with a party at the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Count Basie, Tom Jones and Gladys Knight And The Pips play at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.The Ivan ‘Boogaloo Joe’ Jones Quintet records No Way!, Georgia On My Mind and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, for Prestige Records.
Nina Simone plays at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, Europe. The show is recorded and will be released as the LP Nina Simone – Live At Ronnie Scott’s.
When The Del Fuegos play at the Rhinoceros Club, Greensborough, North Carolina, USA, they are joined by Bruce Springsteen for a guest appearance.
Guitarist Gary Moore (Skid Row, Thin Lizzy etc) marries Kerry Booth in St. Helens, England, UK, Europe.
David Cassidy plays the first of two nights at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
On their 
On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play the second of two nights at The Memorial Coliseum Complex, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Bon Jovi, Dio, Metallica, Anthrax, W.A.S.P and Cinderella play at the Monsters Of Rock festival, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, UK, Europe.On their Slippery When Wet tour, Bon Jovi play the first of five nights at The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Whitney Houston is awarded a multi-platinum certificate, recognising nine million sales of her debut album, equalling Boston's record for best-selling debut album ever.Elected to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on this day are Jimi Hendrix, Booker T And The MGs, The Isley Brothers, Johnny Cash, Sam And Dave, The Yardbirds and Bobby "Blue" Bland.
Vocalist Nancy Overton dies of cancer, aged 83, in Blairstown, New Jersey, USA. In a long and varied career, she formed the singing group, Tommy Tucker's Two Timers, and also worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Teddy Charles, The Heathertones and The Chordettes, recording only occasionally.
Mary Chapin Carpenter releases a new album, The Age Of Miracles, in the USA. On the same day, she is awarded the 'Spirit of Americana' Free Speech in Music Award at The Newseum, Washington DC, USA.
Jackson Browne plays the second of two nights at the Borgata Spa And Resort Event Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Folk, blues, gospel and pop singer Phoebe Snow dies aged 60 in Edison, New Jersey, USA, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage which left her in a coma from which she never recovered.
On their 
On their Bon Jovi Live 2011 tour, Bon Jovi play at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe.
Former teen pop idol and tv star David Cassidy, is arrested (again) for drunken driving in Los Angeles, California, USA, after he makes an illegal right turn against a red light. He is held overnight in jail, and will be ordered to go to in-patient rehabilitation and put on probation for five years.
On her 
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastian, Spain, Europe.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.Reggie Young, lead guitarist for the American Sound Studio house band, dies of heart failure in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, USA. In his career, he played on recordings by Elvis Presley, Merrilee Rush, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, Herbie Mann, J.J. Cale, Dionne Warwick, Roy Hamilton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Box Tops, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Joey Tempest, George Strait, and The Highwaymen.
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