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Will You Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the top singles in the USA. The song is composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
When Bob Dylan attends a Civil Rights Voters' registration rally on Silas McGee's farm in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA, he performs a previously unheard song, Only A Pawn In Their Game. Pete Seeger and Theodore Bikel also perform at this event. This event will inspire Dylan to write his song Maggie's Farm, its title being a playful reference to Silas McGee's Farm.
A package tour featuring Freddie And The Dreamers, The Hollies, Marianne Faithfull and The Four Pennies opens at The Adelphi, Slough, UK.
The Serendipity Singers play at The US Merchant Marine Academy, King's Point, New York State, USA.The Four Seasons, Gale Garnett, Peter and Gordon, Jay And The Americans, Charlie Rich, Travis Wammack and others play in the WVOK Shower Of Stars show in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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Bob Dylan records the first version of his song Visions Of Johanna in New York City, USA. (He will record it again in Nashville, during February 1966)
US tv rock show Where The Action Is features The Wonder Who (actually The Four Seasons) performing Don't Think Twice It's Alright and Ben E. King singing Stand By Me.
When The Grateful Dead play at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA, they perform the song Me And My Uncle live for the first time ever.
Joan Baez, John Denver, Eric Andersen, Doc and Merle Watson, Len and Nancy Chandler, Tom Paxton, Norman Kennedy, Carolyn Hester, Rosalie Sorrels, Jessie Fuller, Chris Smither, Bob Davenport and others play at the 1967 Philadelphia, Folk Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The hit single Mrs. Robinson by Simon And Garfunkel is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The 1968 Newport Folk Festival opens for business in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, featuring Taj Mahal, Tim Buckley, Janis Ian, Arlo Guthrie, B.B. King and Judy Collins.James Taylor plays at The Troubadour, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tyrannosaurus Rex release their fourth album, A Beard Of Stars, in the UK on Regal Zonophone Records. This will be their final album before changing the band’s name to T.Rex.Critically-lauded UK singer-songwriter Nick D rake dies at home in his sleep, after an overdose of Tryptizol.
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During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, mixing the songs Heart Of Mine and The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar.
Robert Plant plays the third date on his first solo tour of the USA, at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The drummer with Plant's band for this tour is Phil Collins. On the same evening, Collins and Plant go to an exclusive Chicago restaurant, The Pump Room, but are refused admission because Collins is not wearing a jacket. The incident inspires the title of Collins' next album, No Jacket Required.
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Billy Connolly plays at The Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.The Proclaimers enter the UK singles chart for the first time with Letter From America, which will peak at No3.
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The 60s Golden Greats nostalgia tour, featuring Bobby Vee, The Searchers and Chris Montez, comes to an end at The Wimbledon Theatre, London, UK.
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The film North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is released in Israel and Argentina. The movie features several Bob Dylan songs, including the newly-recorded Tell 'Ol Bill.The film North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is released in Belgium and The Phillippines. The movie features several Bob Dylan songs, including the newly-recorded Tell 'Ol Bill.
A jazz-oriented tribute album entitled Trouble : The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan is released in the USA on Tzadik Records.
UK singer-songwriter Adele releases a new single, her cover version of Bob Dylan's Make You Feel My Love, which will peak at No26 in the UK singles chart.
It is reported on the ISIS website that Bob Dylan recorded an album of Christmas songs in May, 2009, at Jackson Browne`s Groove Masters studio in Santa Monica, California, USA. It is, however, not known if it will be released.
The End Of The Road Festival, a three-day event, comes to an end at Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal, Dorset, UK. Headliners on this, the final day, are Wilco.
Jorma Kaukonen plays at Boulton Center for the Arts, Bayshore, New York State, USA.
On a tour in support of his third album, Gilded, Blair Dunlop plays at The Jericho Tavern, Oxford, England, UK.
Ed Sheeran plays the second of two nights at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Mount Song (led by Jacob Johansson) release a new LP, Mount Song, on Suncave Recordings.1940 |
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