Music Events:

• 1895 - Little Alabama Coon recorded by Len Spencer begins a run of 5 weeks at #1 on the US charts.


• 1941 - Ernesto Bonino debuts on Italian radio


• 1957 - Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba.


• 1959 - Trumpeter Blue Mitchell records Out of the Blue with Art Blakey, Wynton Kelly, Benny Goldson and Sam Jones.


• 1959 - The first sessions for Ella Fitzgerald's George and Ira Gershwin Songbook are held.


• 1975 - The Wiz, a new version of the classic The Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City