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Felix Headley Bennett is born in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean. He will find success as ska, rocksteady and reggae saxophonist Headley Bennett, who will perform on hundreds of recordings beginning in the 1950s. Nicknamed Deadly Headley, he will play in the Studio One house band and on recordings featuring Bob Marley, Leslie Kong, The Abyssinians, Alton Ellis, and Prince Far I among many others.
Influential Latin music star Billo Frometa And His Orchestra sail from Dominica to Venezuela to accept the residency at the Roof Garden of The Hotel Madrid in Caracas. 
Clarence Profit's Trio and The Calypso Recorders are playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is staying briefly in The Virgin Islands, en route to a show in New York City, USA.
Calypso stars Wilmoth Houdini, Duke Of Iron, Lord Invader, Sir Launcelot, Lord Kitchener, Lady Trinidad, Queen Calypso Hindu Pass Fire King and Human Thunderbolt play in the AFRO-West Indian Shango Carnival And Dance at The Golden Gate Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Woody Herman And His Orchestra record Cuban Holiday, The Glory Of Love, Hollywood Blues and Pass The Bucket for MGM Records at Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) sails on the SS San Mateo from Trinidad, Caribbean, headed for England. Later in the month, they will perform at The South Bank Exhibition, London, UK. This is considered to have been the first exposure of white Britons to steel band music in a live context. By the end of the year, steel band music will have become hugely popular in the UK.
Harry Belafonte, Janet Brace and The Jim Stutz Trio are playing at The Black Orchid, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Carl Barriteau And His Music play at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson dies when the coach taking his band, The Ebony Knights, to a booking at USAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe, collides with a telegraph pole and overturns.
Cy Grant performs a freshly composed news-based calypso on the BBC-tv current affairs magazine show Tonight.Derrick Morgan plays a 'farewell show' at The Palladium Theatre, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Caribbean. Also appearing are Jimmy Cliff and Desmond Dekker.
Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul And Mary are among the musicians appearing at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, USA. Other musicians in attendance (but not performing) include Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr, Judy Garland and Bobby Darin.
Harry Belafonte opens for a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy James And The Vagabonds, Soft Machine, The Equals, Fairport Convention and The Alan Bown, play at the Barn Barbecue Dance, Thurmaston, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
CBS Records begins its Annual Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean. Over the next few days, delegates will be entertained by live performances from Blood, Sweat And Tears, Big Brother And The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), Spirit and The Chambers Brothers.
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono decide to move their proposed Bahamas Bed-In to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to be closer to the border with the USA.Millie Small releases a new single, Mayfair \ Enoch Power on Trojan Records in the UK. The b-side is notable as a powerful protest against Tory politician Enoch Powell's racist stance and statements.
Mongo Santamaria and the Hugh Masekela Band play the last of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Bob Marley, seriously weakened by terminal cancer, is baptized at the Wellington Hotel, New York City, USA.
While Talking Heads are recording in Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean, a baby boy, Robert, is born to band members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones travels to Nassau in the Bahamas, Caribbean, with his wife Jerry Hall, and their children Elizabeth and Jade.
In an unlikely blending of talents, Cliff Richard enters Battery Studios in London, England, UK, Europe, with reggae band Aswad as his producers. They cut one song, Share A Dream, on which Aswad also acts as Cliff's backing band.
Lucky Dube with Moss International and Friends from Grenada play at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez is found floating in an inner tube off the coast of Florida, USA. A small boat in which he had been fleeing Cuba for asylum in the USA had sunk, killing his mother, Elizabeth Broton, and five others. Elian's story will inspire Manic Street Preachers to write their song Baby Elian.
A report from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic party (PAS) declares that 
After playing at the Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe, Rihanna is rushed to the accident and emergency department of Hirslanden private clinic via a blacked-out Mercedes. Her representatives refuse to make any comment.
The fourth day of The 25th Wigan International Jazz Festival features a concert by the Monty Alexander Trio, at The Lowri Beck Celebration Hall, Wigan, UK.
Rihanna, Ke$ha and Travie McCoy play at Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.ITV and Ofcom receive more than 2,000 complaints after Christina Aguilera and Rihanna perform raunchy routines during the finals of tv show X Factor.
Chris Brown announces that he has completed his domestic violence counselling course. The 21-year-old singer was ordered in 2009 to undergo the classes as part of a sentence for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna.
Chris Brown loses his temper and storms out of the studios of tv show Good Morning America after being asked questions about his relationship with Rihanna.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Theatre Royal, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays the second of two nights at The Coliseo De Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, supported by Lunice.Rihanna performs live at the 2016 MusiCares Person Of The Year event honouring Lionel Richie at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ed Sheeran plays at Parque Viva Amphitheater, San Jose, Costa Rica, South America.
On her Never Be The Same tour, Camila Cabello plays at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays the first of two nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays the second of two nights at FedExField, Landover, Maryland, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays the second of three nights at The MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays the second of two nights at The Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays at The NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
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