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Orville Gibson founds the Gibson Mandolin Manufacturing Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. After his death the company will increasingly make guitars, the pinnacle of which is generally considered to be the Gibson Les Paul.
Hugh Mendl is born in London, England, UK, Europe. He will become a celebrated record producer with Decca Records, responsible for Lonnie Donegan's first recordings, which launched the skiffle craze and led to the birth of British rock'n'roll. In the 1960s, he will be instrumental in bringing David Bowie and Genesis to Decca and will produce The Moody Blues' album Days of Future Passed.
The Arkansas Travellers record the Hoagy Carmichael song Washboard Blues for Velvet Tone Records in New York City, USA. (1927)
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra records Washboard Blues, composed by Hoagy Carmichael, for Victor Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Blues-jazz vocalist Margaret Webster records You've Got To Give Me Some, for Okeh Records in New York City, USA, with Charlie Green on trumpet, Clarence Williams on piano and Floyd Casey on washboard.
Sonny Boy Williamson 1st records Groundhog Blues, Black Panther Blues and other tracks in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is accompanied on the session by Washboard Sam on washboard.
Sonny Boy Williamson records Groundhog Blues, Black Panther Blues and other tracks in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is accompanied on the session by Washboard Sam on washboard.
Britain's 'King Of skiffle', Lonnie Donegan plays at the Stoll Theatre, Kingsway, London, UK, supported by Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen, The Al Fairweather Quartet, The Dill Jones Trio and Yolanda.
Britain's 'King Of skiffle', Lonnie Donegan plays at the Stoll Theatre, Kingsway, London, supported by Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen, the Al Fairweather Quartet, the Dill Jones Trio and Yolanda.
Purist British skiffle fans are horrified to discover that Skiffle King Lonnie Donegan has dropped the washboard from his new group line-up. "We haven't incorporated a washboard in the new group," he explains, "for the very simple reason that I don't like them."
When British skiffle king Lonnie Donegan plays at The Empire, Liverpool, local teenager Paul McCartney (later of The Beatles) is in the audience, and is inspired to learn to play the guitar.
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group play at
The Alhambra, Bradford, UK, with Billy Baxter and Mundy And
Earle.
British tv show Sunday Night At The London Palladium features The
Daily Mirror Disc Festival with artists including Ruby
Murray, Lonnie Donegan and Ronnie Hilton, all of them chosen by
Daily Mirror readers in a nation-wide poll. Each artist receives a
Daily Mirror disc-oscar, a symbolic statuette incorporating a
silver record.
The Platters and Lonnie Donegan play the thirteenth night in a two-week season at the Palladium, London, UK.
The Platters and Lonnie Donegan play the last night in a two-week season at the Palladium, London, UK.
Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers play at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK, supported by The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Nancy Whiskey, The Terry Lightfoot Jazzmen and Billie Anthony.
An "All Star Skiffle Contest" is held at the Town Hall, Kensington, London, UK, with additional live music from Harry Walton's Ragtime Band and The Rhythm Kings.
Lonnie Donegan stars in the Skiffle Sensation of 1957 Show at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. Also on the bill are Chas McDevitt with Nancy Whiskey, The Avon Cities Jazz Band, Bob Cort, and the Cy Laurie Jazz Band.
Amateur skiffle group The Quarrymen perform from the back of a lorry in Roseberry St, Liverpool, UK. Their guitarist is John Lennon, later to form The Beatles.
Skiffle star Lonnie Donegan reaches No1 in the UK singles chart with
Gamblin' Man/Putting on the Style.
BBC TV rock show The Six Five Special expands into a live touring show, and plays its very first concert in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Tonight's cast includes Wee Willie Harris; Don Lang and The Frantic Five; Rosemary Squires; Jimmy Jackson; Carl Barriteau; Kenny Baker and his Half Dozen; The Blue Star Skiffle Group; Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson.
Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the first of six nights at The Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the third of six nights at the Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the fourth of six nights at The Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
To reflect changes in popular music tastes, the BBC radio show Saturday Skiffle Club, in the UK changes its name to Saturday Club. Guests on the first of the new-style shows are Terry Dene And The Aces, Johnny Duncan And His Blue Grass Boys and, in the 'Jazz Cellar' section, Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band.
Wally Whyton And The Vipers, Terry Burton, The Bachelors (Not the Irish singing trio) and Rory Blackwell And The Blackjacks, play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, England, UK, Europe.
The Quarrymen, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison play at the wedding reception of Harrison's older brother, Harry, in the Harrison family home at 25 Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison will all go on to form The Beatles.UK music weekly the Melody Maker reports that a copyright dispute about Lonnie Donegan's hit My Old Man's A Dustman has been resolved with Donegan's publishing company Tyler Music [a subsidiary of Essex Music] agreeing to pay fees to Lawrence Wright.
My Old Man's A Dustman by Lonnie Donegan reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
The
Avon Cities Jazz Band play at the Swindon Jubilee Carnival
Dance in McIlroy's Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, supported by Daryl Grand & The Descants and Don Jones & His
Music.
Adam Faith, Bert Weedon, Wally Whyton, Lorie Mann, The Trebletones and Tommy Sanderson are the musical guests appearing live on the BBC Light Programme show Easy Beat, hosted by Brian Matthew, and recorded in The Playhouse Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Swinging Blue Genes, later to find success as The Swinging Blue Jeans, play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. 
Bob Wallis's Storyville Jazzmen play at the Trad Jazz Club, Walcot Common Room, Walcot, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Swinging Blue Genes, who will later change their name to The Swinging Blue Jeans, play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Jackson's Washboard Wanderers record Wolverine Blues, The Sheik Of Araby and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Swingville Records.
Tommy Sanderson with Judd Proctor, Craig Douglas, Kenny Ball's Jazzmen, Valerie Masters and Johnny Duncan And His Blue Grass Boys appear on the radio show Easy Beat, presented by Brian Matthew, on the BBC Light Programme in the UK.
The Second National Jazz Festival opens in Richmond, London, UK, with featured acts including Chris Barber, Humphrey Lyttleton, Alex Welsh, Bruce Turner, Bob Wallis, Wally Fawkes, and Gerry Brown.
The Beatles play at The ABC, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by Chas McDevitt And Shirley Douglas, The Sons Of The Piltdown Men, Jack Douglas, Patti Brooks, Terry Young, Colin Day and Gary And Lee.
Alexis Korner plays at The Six Bells Jazz Club, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe.A tv special, Go Tell It On The Mountain, is broadcast by Granada TV in the UK. The show, produced by Johnnie Hamp, is hosted by Peter, Paul And Mary, but also features The Yardbirds (including Eric Clapton), Johnny Duncan And The Blue Grass Boys and Pete Sayers.
The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51, Soho, London, UK.
The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51, Soho, London, UK.
In a concert billed as "Honest-To-Goodness-String-Music-Of-The-Hills", The New Lost City Ramblers and Elizabeth Cotten play at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.
Johnny Duncan records I'm The One and Solo Soul in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Lonnie Donegan, instigator of Britain's skiffle music craze and an influence on many rock'n'rollers including The Beatles, Elton John, Phil Spector and Van Morrison, dies aged 71 in Peterborough, UK.
Vince Eager plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.1902 |
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