Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 18 1905	James Kern Kyser is born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He will find fame as bandleader Kay Kyser. (1905)
Jun 18 1913	The Cinch Military Band records St Louis Tickle for The Gramophone Company in London, UK. (1913)
Jun 18 1925	Alex Hyde And His Orchestra are undertaking a month-long engagement, playing for an Elite-Abend fashion show at The Luna Palais, Luna Park, Berlin, Germany. (1925)
Jun 18 1926	Jack Hylton And His Orchestra record Say That You Love Me, Somebody's Lonely and So Is Your Old Lady, for HMV Records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK. (1926)
Jun 18 1927	George Osborne And His Orchestra record Brainstorm in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. (1927)
Jun 18 1928	Jimmy Johnson And His Orchestra, featuring James P. Johnson, known as the father of stride piano, record Chicago Blues and Mournful Tho'ts, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. (1928)
Jun 18 1929	The DeBroy Somers Band, records The Wedding Of The Painted Doll, Russian Fantasy and Classical Memories Parts 1 and 2, for Columbia Records in London, UK. (1929)
Jun 18 1936	The Ink Spots record Stompin’ At The Savoy, Old Joe’s Hittin’ The Jug, Christopher Columbus and Keep Away From My Doorstep for Decca Records in New York City. (1936)
Jun 18 1937	Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra record All God's Chillun Got Rhythm, The Lady From Fifth Avenue and Let's Have Another Cigarette, in New York City, USA. (1937)
Jun 18 1938	Glenn Miller And His Orchestra play in The Paradise Restaurant, New York City, USA. (1938)
Jun 18 1939	The Palomar Ballroom sponsors The Swingeroo, also described as The World's Biggest Jitterbug Contest, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, with music supplied by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. Over 1,000 contestants dance in heats starting at 7:00 am and continuing until 6:00 pm on a 12,000 foot dance floor. (1939)
Jun 18 1940	Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, play at the Astor Hotel, New York City, during a fourteen?week engagement. (1940)
Jun 18 1941	Ella Fitzgerald and her Orchestra play in The Cooper Club, Henderson, Texas. (1941)
Jun 18 1943	Buddy Featherstonhaugh and the Radio Rhythm Club Sextet, with Vic Lewis on vocals, record Washboard Blues and Woo Woo for HMV Records in London, UK. (1943)
Jun 18 1944	Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra play at The Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. (1944)
Jun 18 1950	Chuck Foster And His Orchestra play the first of 33 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
Jun 18 1961	The Horace Parlan Quintet records Light Blue, Fugee and other tracks, in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records. (1961)
Jun 18 1962	Tony Bennett releases a new album, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, on Columbia Records in the USA. (1962)
Jun 18 1962	The Don Wilkerson Quintet records Homesick Blues, Pigeon Peas and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note records. (1962)
Jun 18 1965	George Melachrino, aged 56, falls asleep in his bath and drowns at his home in Gordon Place, Kensington, London, UK. An accomplished player of the violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone, he had worked with the the orchestras of Ambrose and Carroll Gibbons before finding success as leader of his own easy-listening orchestra. (1965)
Jun 18 2006	The 2006 Playboy Jazz Festival, a two-day event, concludes at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, with Bill Cosby as master of ceremonies. Artists appearing over the two days of the event have included Elvis Costello, Jamie Cullum, Branford Marsalis, Allen Toussaint and Ozomatli. (2006)
Jun 18 2010	The ten-day long Glasgow Jazz Festival begins in venues across Glasgow, Scotland. the first event, Carol Kidd sings Gershwin takes place at the Royal Concert Hall. (2010)
Jun 18 2010	Natalie Cole plays at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, Wanchai. (2010)