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Stranger In Paradise by Four Aces enters the UK popular singles chart at No16. It will peak at No6 during a run of fifteen weeks on the chart.
Unchained Melody reaches No1 in the Cash Box best Selling Singles Chart in the USA. The position is achieved by amalgamating sales of versions of the song by Les Baxter And His Orchestra, Al Hibbler and Roy Hamilton.
Johnny Cash's first single, Hey, Porter, is released in the USA on Sun Records. It is, however, the b-side, Cry! Cry! Cry!, that will provide Cash with his first hit, peaking at No14 in the Billboard Country Music Singles Chart in the USA. Thus, Cry! Cry! Cry is regarded as the song which kicked off Cash's career.
At Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Chuck Berry records his first Chess Records single, Maybellene, a re-written version of a country fiddle tune called Ida Red.
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Chuck Berry records Wee Wee Hours for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. This is the first track to be recorded for Berry's debut album, After School Session.