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Novelty musical Comedians The Frederick Brothers And Jessie Burns plus trick violinist John Geiger are among the artists appearing at The Orpheum Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
Appearing during a week at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA, are Mme. Celina Bobe (Parisian xylophone and violin virtuoso), The Messenger Boys Trio (harmony singers) and La Belle Estellita (Spanish singer).Blues-oriented guitarist, organist, flute player and vocalist Johnny Heartsman is born in San Fernando, California, USA. He will become a distinguished contributor to the San Francisco Bay Area Blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ruth Brown And The Delta Rhythm Boys record [I'll Come Back] Someday, Why Am I Treated So Bad?, Sentimental Journey and It's All In Your Mind, for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Benny Strong And His Orchestra are at The Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA. During the band's stay at the luxury hotel, they record eight tracks for Capitol Records, including a version of If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake.
Tune Towne Tunes register copyright on the song Happy Pay Off Day in the USA. The song will later be adapted by singer Jack Holmes and given a new name, The Blacksmith Blues. When songwriter Mildred Becker Schultz of San Francisco, California, USA, hears this song being played on television, she believes it has been plagiarised from her 1941 composition Good Old Army, and will sue Tune Towne Tunes.
Roy Hamilton, The Clovers, Dion And The Belmonts and Bobby Freeman play at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and His Comets, Larry Williams, Frankie Avalon, The Kalin Twins, Jimmy Clanton, The Danleers and The Elegants, The Olympics, Bobby Freeman and King Curtis are among the acts appearing in Alan Freed's Big Beat Show at The Fox Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Michael Wilton, guitarist of Queensryche, is born in San Francisco, California, USA.
One Fine Day by The Chiffons is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the US, entering at No71. The song is composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Courtney Michelle Menely is born in San Francisco, California, USA. She will court international notoriety as Courtney Love, wife of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, and as the singer in her own band, Hole.
The Squires, including Neil Young on lead guitar, play the fifth of thirteen nights at The Flamingo Club, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
The Warlocks, later to find fame as The Grateful Dead, play at Magoo's Pizza Parlour, Menlo Park, California, USA.
The Byrds, Bo Diddley, Paul Revere And The Raiders and We Five, play as part of the Dick Clark Cara van at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA, for an audience of 5,300.The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, supported by Jefferson Airplane, play at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy and Merry Go Round play in Birmingham Stadium, Van Nuys, California, USA.
San Francisco band Moby Grape record Skip's Song, which is not released until 1969, when it appears on the album Moby Grape 69, as Seeing.
The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of two nights at The Crystal Ball, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of six nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
Moby Grape play the second of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA. Love make their New York City debut at the same venue on this night.
The three-day long Sky River Rock Festival And Lighter Than Air Fair opens in fields near Sultan, Washington, USA. Tickets cost $6.00 for all three days, and the event is a fund-raiser for "American Indians and Black People". Acts playing over the next three days include Santana, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Country Joe And The Fish, H.P. Lovecraft, Rambin' Jack Elliott, Allmen Joy, Buffy St. Marie, Flamin' Groovies, Richard Pryor, Dino Valenti, Byron Pope, It's a Beautiful Day, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Alice Stuart Thomas, The Youngbloods, New Lost City Ramblers, Sons Of Champlin, Kaleidoscope and local groups such as Juggernaut and Easy Chair. On the last day, The Grateful Dead arrive unscheduled.Country Joe And The Fish, Procol Harum and Ten Years After play the first of two nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Neil Young plays the fifth of seven nights of acoustic gigs at Le Hibou, Ottawa, Canada.In UK music weekly Melody Maker's Pop Poll, Bob Dylan is voted Top Male Singer in the International Section, while his album Nashville Skyline wins in the Best Album category. Other winners include The Beatles (Group), Eric Clapton (Musician), Janis Joplin (Girl Singer), Blind Faith (Brightest Hope), Simon And Garfunkel's The Boxer (Single) and Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline (Album).
Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ten Years After play at The Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Spirit play the third of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, supported by Poco and Gypsy.
Hank and Sandy Bradley play at the Freight And Salvage Coffee House, 1827 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Residents play the first of two nights at The Kabuki Nightclub, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rockabilly guitarist Jerry Sikorski and The Swinging Possums play at Mabuhay Gardens [aka The Fab Mab], San Francisco, California, USA.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the first of three shows at The Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.Former junkie Hillel Slovak, guitarist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, calls his brother, and tells him he is considering using heroin again. His brother tries to dissuade him, but Slovak will be dead by the next day.
Jimmy Cliff And The Carribean All Stars play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
Thrash-metal band The three-day long jam-orientated Bonnaroo Festival begins in Manchester, Tennessee, with acts including The Grateful Dead bassman Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio, Ben Harper, Jurassic 5, Bela Fleck, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ween, Norah Jones, Del McCoury, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Disco Biscuits and others. On the same day, Pulp play at Roseisle Forest, Elgin, Scotland.
Guitarist Barry Melton denies a groundswell of rumours that the original line-up of Country Joe And The Fish is to re-unite for a 40th Anniversary tour.
In Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Gibson Guitars announce the launch of a new signature model, the Les Paul model Sammy Hagar Red Rocker.Bruno Mars and Ellie Goulding play at The Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, California, USA.
On their The Getaway World Tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at the Rock On The Range Festival, Columbus, Ohio, USA.On their The Getaway World Tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at Lollapalooza, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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