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The Platters are playing during a nine-day booking at The Twin Coaches Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets play at The Granada, Walthamstowe, London, UK, supported by The Montanas, The Tanner Sisters, Gary Miller and Ronnie Keene And his Orchestra. Des O'Connor is the compere.
UK pop weekly the New Musical Express reports that Johnnie Ray will tour the UK later in the spring.
Jonathan Norton [also known as Butch Norton] is born in Inglewood, California, USA. He will find success as the drummer from 1996 to 2003 with The Eels.
Paul Anka plays at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, UK. Also on the bill are Lorrae Desmond, The Ken-Tones, the Peter Groves Trio and Roy Stevens.
Stanley Dale's Skiffle Show Of 1958 plays the last of five nights at The Gaumont, Bradford, UK, featuring Jim Dale, Wally Whyton And The Vipers, Susan And Valerie Pardoe, Stan Van, Campbell And Rogerson and Betty Fox's Eight Dancing Teenagers.
Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys play the second of two nights at Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
The Garrard record turntables factory in Newcastle Street, Swindon, is
all but destroyed in one of the worst fires ever seen in the town.
The Garrard 301 is considered 'an icon of design and performance'
by hi-fi buffs - but it also produced a range of lower quality
models for the mass rock'n'roll and pop market.