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Lita Roza appears in an
acting role on the BBC tv sitcom Sheep's Clothing, in the UK.
After a performance at the Wide Awake Ballroom, Newark, New Jersey, USA, Solomon Burke becomes convinced that his manager, Kae Williams, is cheating him out of most of his performance fees. After a confrontation, Burke shoots Williams, who gets his revenge by having Burke's Apollo Records contract terminated and having the singer 'blackballed' from the music business, so that he cannot perform live. [guns, violence]
The Walt Disney ainimated musical feature Peter Pan is released to cinemas in South Korea, Asia. The film includes such Sammy Cahn-composed songs as The Second Star To The Right, You Can Fly and A Pirate's Life.
B.B. King plays the last night of a week at the Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.