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A funeral train carrying the body of assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln leaves Washington DC, USA. It will travel 1,654 miles to Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetary. The train will inspire the song Lincoln's Funeral Train by Greg Graffin on his 2017 LP Millport.
A new railway station is opened at Ditton, near Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK, Europe. It was at this station in 1965, after performing in Widnes, that Paul Simon was inspired to begin writing his song Homeward Bound, which would become the first major hit for Simon And Garfunkel.
Train driver John Luther 'Casey' Jones is killed when his train, The Cannonball Express, crashes into a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi, USA. By his quick action, Jones had managed to reduce the speed of the train from 75 to 35 miles per hour, which undoubtedly saved the lives of his passengers. His heroic action will inspire The Ballad Of Casey Jones, written soon after by Eddie Newton, Wallace Saunders and T. Lawrence Seibert. The song will become a folk and country music standard, recorded in at least forty different versions including the theme song from the tv series Casey Jones. Among the most popular other versions, are the renditions by Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger.
Put Me Off At Buffalo, billed as a "hilarious musical comedy success", is playing at The Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA.The Orange Blossom Special passenger train begins running on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and connecting railroads between New York City and Miami, Florida, USA. Famed for its speed and luxurious accomodation, the train will inspire Ervin T. Rouse to write his song Orange Blossom Special in 1939, which will earn the nickname the fiddle player's national anthem.
Celebrated country violinist Fiddlin' John Carson records I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte, for OKeh Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Ronnie Biggs is born in Lambeth, London, UK. He will find notoriety in 1963 as a member of the infamous Great Train Robbery gang, and will later record tracks with The Sex Pistols, Die Toten Hosen and others.
Uncle Dave Macon records Thank God For Everything, When The Train Comes Along, The Train Done Left Me And Gone, You've Been A Friend To Me, There's Just One Way To The Pearly Gates and The Grey Cat for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana, USA.
Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys record Cora Is Gone, Pain In My Heart, Take Me In A Lifeboat, Doin' My Time, Farewell Blues, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, I'll Just Pretend, Pike Country Breakdown and Salty Dog Blues at Radio WDAE Studio, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Roy Hogsed records Free Samples, I Wish I Wuz, I'm Gonna Get Along Without You and Orange Blossom Special in Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Gil Melle Quintet record Life Begins At Midnight, Night Train To Wildwood and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
Mrs Avis Connor and her son, Ingram Cecil Connor III, later to find fame as Gram Parsons, board a train in Waycross, Georgia, USA, en route to Winter Haven, Florida, for the holiday season.
Elvis Presley begins a two-day train journey from Memphis, Tennessee, USA, to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, where he is to begin filming G.I. Blues.
During a two-day train journey from Memphis, Tennessee, USA, to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, where he is to begin filming G.I. Blues, Elvis Presley's train is mobbed by fans in El Paso, Texas, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Teddy Edwards records Scrapple From The Apple, Take The 'A' Train and other tracks for Contemporary Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mick Jagger bumps into an old acquaintance, Keith Richards, in Dartford Railway Station, Dartford, England, UK, Europe. Together, they will go on to join a group formed by guitarist Brian Jones - The Rolling Stones.
Vocalist Eddie Jefferson records I Cover The Waterfront, Take The A Train and Night In Tunisia, in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Johnny Cash records Peace In The Valley, Waiting For A Train and Casey Jones for Columbia Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Loco-Motion by Little Eva reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz band record The Harem and Train Song for Columbia Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
UK r'n'b vocalist Long John Baldry meets Rod Stewart for the first time in Twickenham Railway Station, London, UK.
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At Paddington Station, London, UK, The Beatles set off for the West Country to begin filming their first, as yet untitled, movie.
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The Who, billed as 'The High Numbers (Re The Who)' play at The Railway Hotel, Harrow And Wealdstone, London, UK, where they are seen by Kit Lambert, later to become their co-manager.
The Graham Bond Organisation plays at Klooks Kleek Club, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Merle Haggard begins recording sessions for his album Same Train, A Different Time - The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers, at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jimi Hendrix's guitar is stolen from his Corvette while he is in a clothes store on East 9th Street, New York City, USA. At the Record Plant, Hendrix records Valleys Of Neptune and Hear My Train A'comin'.Grand Funk Railroad play the second of two nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, supported by Humble Pie.
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The Sex Pistols play at The Screen On the Green, Islington, London, England, UK, Europe, in an event billed as The Midnight Special. Other bands include The Clash and Buzzcocks, and in the audience are future Banshees Siouxsie Sioux and Severin, plus Billy Idol.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco.On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the fourth of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the fifth of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, California, USA.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour Bob Dylan plays the twelfth of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of four nights at the Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the last of four nights at The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Gammage Theatre, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
On his Slow Train Coming tour, Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at The Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Double-Grammy-winning Chicago-born singer-songwriter Steve Goodman dies of leukemia at University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA. Goodman's best-known composition is perhaps The City Of New Orleans.The Second Annual Soul Train Music Awards take place at the Civic Center, Santa Monica, California. Whitney Houston wins Album Of The Year (female). Michael Jackson gets Best Single (male) and Album Of The Year (male). Janet Jackson has to content herself with Best New Video.
Using the pseudonym The Krush Brothers, Duran Duran play a ‘secret’ gig at La Locomotive, Paris, France, Europe.
The Rolling Stones arrive in Grand Central Station, New York City, USA, aboard a caboose used in the film The Cotton Club, to hold a press conference announcing their first tour in eight years – Steel Wheels.
Alison Krauss And Union Station, Dar Williams, David Grisman, Geoff Muldaur, Old School Freight Train, Ollabelle
Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson are among the artists playing at The Passim Folk Music And Cultural Center Living Legends Concert 2005 in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
It is reported that The Electric Ballroom, in Camden Town, London, England, UK, scheduled for demolition to make way for expansion of the local underground railway, has been spared following a public inquiry in which Bob Geldof, Nick Cave and other rockers spoke out for the venue.
The 15th Annual High Sierra Music festival, a two-day event, comes to an end in Quincy, California, USA. Over the course of the two days, artists appearing have included Gov't Mule, Chuck Prophet, The Yonder Mountain String Band, Grace Potter And The Nocturnals, Leo Kottke And Mike Gordon, Bill Frisell, Michael Franti And Spearhead and Railroad Earth.
Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, I Am The Avalanche, Socratic and Houston Calls play in the Drive-Thru Records Showcase at The Avalon, New York City, USA.Blur play their first comeback gig at the East Anglian Railway Museum, Colchester, UK. The venue was chosen because it was also the site of their first public performance in 1988.
Former teen pop idol Leif Garrett is arrested at the Metrolink railway station in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, having been found in possession of heroin.A blue plaque is unveiled at Dartford railway station in Kent, UK, to mark the October 1961 encounter between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards which led to the formation of The Rolling Stones.1865 |
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