1899 The world’s first jukebox was installed at San Francisco’s’ Palais Royal Hotel. The word Jook is an old African-American

1904 Coleman Hawkins, jazz tenor saxophonist, is born in Saint Joseph, Missouri. 1907 Buck Ram born born Samuel Ram in

1828 Austrian composer Franz Schubert dies in Vienna, Austria, at age 31. The cause is listed as typhoid fever, though

1916 Herb Abramson, producer, songwriter and co-founder of Atlantic records. Wrote and produced Tommy Tucker’s 1964 hit ‘High Heeled Sneakers.’

1920 Jo Stafford born in Coalinga, California.American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, whose career spanned five decades from

1927 Mose Allison, singer, songwriter, pianist, blues artist, his songs have been covered by The Who John Mayall, Elvis Costello,

1937 Roger McGough born in Litherland, Lancashire, England. UK Poet, Songwriter & Singer with The Scaffold, (1968 UK Christmas No.1

1894 Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone. 1916 Ray Conniff born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. US Orchestra Leader. He died in