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Lawrence Duh? is born in La Place, Louisiana, USA. He will find success as a jazz clarinetist and bandleader working with the New Orleans Creole Orchestra, Kid Ory and others.
Manuel Manetta is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will find success as a jazz multi-instrumentalist working with The Eagle Brass Band, The Tuxedo Brass Band, Kid Ory and Papa Celestin.
Jazz trombonist Wilbur De Paris is born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. He will work and record with Louis Armstrong, Armand J Piron, Noble Sissle and Sidney Bechet.
Samuel Ram is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Under the name Buck Ram, he will find success as a songwriter, producer and arranger, working with Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald and many others, but is perhaps best-remembered for his long association with The Platters.
Several mines owned by the Fairmount Coal Company in Monagah, West Virginia, USA, explode, killing hundreds of miners. The incident will inspire songs by Blind Alfred Reed (Explosion In The Fairmount Mines), Vernon Dalhart and others.
George Melachrino is born in Albany Street, London, UK. An accomplished player of the violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone, he will work with the the orchestras of Ambrose and Carroll Gibbons before finding success as leader of his own easy-listening orchestra.
Jazz pianist Gene Rodgers is born in New York City. During a long and successful career, he will work with Coleman Hawkins, King Oliver, Chick Webb and many others.
Leonard Caston is born in Mississippi, USA. He will find success as blues pianist/guitarist Baby Doo Caston, often working with Willie Dixon.
Guitarist Billy Byrd is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. After working with Little Jimmy Dickens and George Morgan, he will back Ernest Tubb from 1949-1959, then return for two more stints with The Texas Troubadours.
Mitchell Herbert Ellis is born in Farmersville, Texas, USA. He will find success as jazz guitarist Herb Ellis, acclaimed for his work as a member of The Oscar Peterson Trio.
American bandleader Paul Specht and his band arrive at Southampton, UK aboard the S.S. Berengaria, to discover that they have been refused work permits and cannot disembark. It will take two more days to be given permission to come ashore.
Manny Levin is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. he will find a measure of success as ballad singer Bob Manning, working with Tommy Dorsey and recording for Capitol Records.
Charles Mather is born in Whitley Bay, UK. He will become a powerful theatrical agent and manager, working with stars including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Liberace, Tom Jones, Mel Torme and Shirley Bassey. He is said to have been responsible for arranging The Beatles' work permits when they played in Las Vegas.
Keith Moore Mitchell is born in New York City, USA. He will find fame as jazz bassist Red Mitchell working with Charlie Ventura, Woody Herman, The Red Norvo Trio, The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Andre Previn, Hampton Hawes and Billie Holiday to name but a few.
Carey Bell is born in Mason, Mississippi, USA. As a blues harmonica player, he will work with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and many others, as well as enjoying a solo career as a recording artist.
Blues guitarist James Wheeler is born in Albany, Georgia, USA. He will work with Otis Clay, The Impressions, Otis Rush and others, as well as making albums in his own name.
Peter McCann is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Working as a singer-songwriter, he will enjoy a Top 10 hit in the USA in 1977 with Do You Wanna Make Love.
David Foster is born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He will secure 15 Grammies as a songwriter-producer-pianist, working with Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and others.
The Walt Disney animated film Cinderella, including the songs A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, So This is Love, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Work Song, and Cinderella, is released to cinemas in Argentina.
The euphemistically-titled Work With Me Annie by Hank Ballard And The Midniters enters the Billboard R + B Singles chart in the USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson II records Don't Start Me To Talkin', Work With Me, All My Love In Vain and You Killing Me for Chess Records, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Billie Holiday has a recording session at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA, during which she records It Had To Be You, Nice Work If You Can Get It and other tracks.
Blues pioneer Tommy Johnson dies of a heart attack after working at a local house party in Warm Springs, Mississippi, USA. Born in 1896, he had worked with Charlie Patton and Willie Brown.
A future member of The Beatles, John Lennon is dismissed from his holiday job at Barton's Water Works, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK, on the grounds that he is 'unsuitable?.
Tennessee Ernie Ford releases a new single, Dark As A Dungeon on Capitol Records in the USA. Unusually, the disc is released in two formats - a 'compact 33' and standard 45rpm release.
After receiving death-threats, revered Nashville session guitarist Hank Garland is seriously injured when he crashes his 1959 Chevy Nomad station wagon on Route 41 near Springfield, Tennessee, USA. Two local residents claim to have heard gunfire immediately before the crash, and bullet-like holes were later seen on the vehicle. The man whose guitar can be heard on hits by Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers and Patsy Cline, will never work again.
Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfa, with Antonio Carlos Jobim on guitar, record Sambalero, How Insentive and Um Abraco No Getz for Verve Records in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
The Beach Boys have a recording session at Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on All Summer Long.
Johnny Bond records Johnny Overload, Hi Way Man, Ridge Route and other tracks in Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The administration for The Roundhouse and Centre 42, in Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, moves into the building and begins the work of conversion from a former railway building to an arts venue.Starting around midnight, The Beatles work until the early hours of the morning in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, UK, mixing I Am The Walrus. They also do further work on Your Mother Should Know. Both tracks will appear on their EP, Magical Mystery Tour, and in its accompanying tv special.
Bob Dylan is in Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, working on the songs Lay, Lady, Lay, I Threw It All Away, To Be Alone With You, No Light Will Shine On Me and One More Night.
The Beach Boys are working on the tracks Carnival and I Just Got My Pay for the album Sunflower in leader Brian Wilson's home studio in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan is in Studio C, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, USA, working on Sammy's Song with David Bromberg.
Bob Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as co-producer. Knopfler also plays guitar on the album, along with former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor. On this day, Dylan works on the songs Foot Of Pride and Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart.
Gary Glitter plays at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by JoBoxers and Beltane Fire.Bob Dylan is working on the album Oh Mercy at Soniat Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with producer Daniel Lanois.
After taking a brief break, Bob Dylan has resumed work on the album Oh Mercy at Soniat Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with producer Daniel Lanois.
Ashim Kemson is born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Asia. He will find success as a musician, songwriter and singer in the Sufi, rock and folk styles.
John Lee Hooker spends the third of four days working working with producer/composer Jack Nitzsche on the soundtrack to the movie The Hot Spot in Hollywood, California, USA.
Simon Neil, guitarist, singer and songwriter of Biffy Clyro, marries his girlfriend Francesca Pieroni, an English teacher at Cumnock Academy, at St Columba Church, Ayr, Scotland, UK, Europe. There is no live music at the wedding, because Neil - being a band member - feels he has faced enough live music over the years as part of his job.
Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis dies of Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 88. Ellis is perhaps best-remembered for his work as a member of The Oscar Peterson Trio.Slash starts work on his second album, Apocalyptic Love, at Barefoot Recording Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lady Gaga pays tribute to saxophonist Clarence Clemons when he is posthumously awarded the title of Big Man of The Year at a special Little Kids Rock charity ceremony in the Edison Ballroom, New York City, USA. Also in attendance are Steven and Maureen Van Zandt, Evan Harrison, Billy Squier, Matt White and Jake Clemons, musician and nephew of the revered saxophonist who was best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band.
A new book, Electrified by Robert Shaw, is published in the UK. The book
provides a history of the guitar through an examination of the work
of 125 master guitar-makers from 15 countries, some of whom have
custom-built instruments for the likes of Keith
Richards, Eric
Clapton, Steve Miller, George
Benson and Stevie
Ray Vaughan.
Yoko Ono speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, India, at an art show which pays homage to Indian women. The show also includes an archive of her music, movies and other work with her late husband, John Lennon.
Celebrated British recording engineer and producer Andy Johns dies aged 62, after a short stay in hospital being treated for complications from a stomach ulcer in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was best-known for his work with The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. 1887 |
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