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Jim Kelleher's Piccadilly Hotel Dance Band records Pagan Love Song and Fairy On The Clock in London, UK, for Victory Records.
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra play at The Hotel Driskill, Austin, Texas, USA.
Benny Goodman And His Band play in The Manhattan Room at The Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, USA.
Billie Holiday and the Count Basie Orchestra make a live radio broadcast from The Hotel Ritz-Carlton, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Benny Goodman Trio records Remember Me, during a live radio broadcast from The Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Reller's Popular Hungarian band plays for a Special Dinner Dance at The Sea View Hotel, Singapore, Malaysia, Asia.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen-week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, plays in The Roof Garden of The Hotel Astor, New York City, USA. Songs performed on this evening include I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else, Fools Rush In, Swing High and Alice Blue Gown.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
Comedy country music duo Homer And Jethro play at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Elliot Lawrence Band is playing at The Hotel Statler, New York City, USA.
Founded by Kemmons Wilson, the first Holiday Inn is opened as as "Holiday Inn Hotel Courts" at 4925 Summer Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. By 1956 there will be 23 Holiday Inns, and by 2016, there will be 1,145 all over the world. The chain will inspire the 1971 song Holiday Inn by Elton John.
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs record Dim Lights Thick Smoke And Loud Loud Music, Flint Hill Special and Reunion In Heaven for Columbia Records in Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Burl Ives records Close The Door Richard, I'm Gonna Sing Your Boat and Left My Gal In The Mountain, at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Vic Lewis And His Band play at The Royal Star Hotel, Maidstone, England, UK, Europe.
Liberace and Elvis Presley perform together on guitar and piano in The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Ten thousand teenage rock'n'roll fans bring traffic to a standstill in Johannesburg, South Africa, as they besiege The Carlton Hotel, Eloss Street, in which visiting British pop idol Cliff Richard is staying.
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Paul Anka begins a week-long engagement at The Manor Hotel, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Paul Anka comes to the end of a week-long engagement at The Manor Hotel, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Jimmie Rodgers (aka Jimmy Rodgers) plays the third night in a week of shows at The Coronado Hotel, San Diego, California, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the thirteenth night of a pre-Christmas season in The Congo Room of The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Louis Armstrong and Marlene Dietrich come to the end of one month of performing together at The Riviera Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Rolling Stones play at Studio 51, Soho, London, England, Europe, and also at The Station Hotel, Richmond, UK, Europe
The Beatles touch down in Darwin, Australia, then fly on to Sydney where they hold a press conference in the Sheridan Hotel. Meanwhile, in London, UK, their drummer Ringo Starr is discharged from University College Hospital and will shortly re-join the group.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play the second of five nights at The Lugano Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland, Europe.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London, UK.
The Soul Agents play the second of two nights at The Waterfront Club, Cliff Hotel, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
At the seventh annual Grammy Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, The Beatles win Best New Artist of 1964 while A Hard Day's Night is the Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Other awards include :

Record of the Year – Girl From Ipanema by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto.

Album of the Year – Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and Jaoa Gilberto.

Song of The Year – Hello Dolly! By Jerry Herman.

Best Rock And Roll Recording – Downtown by Petula Clark.

Wynder K. Frog plays at The Stoney Lea hotel, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
Zoot Money plays at the Star Hotel, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Judy Garland celebrates her 45th birthday by having dinner with Tom Green in the Pump Room of the Ambassador East Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Russ Morgan And His Orchestra play at The Top O'The Strip in The Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Who, The Small Faces and Paul Jones play at The Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand, Oceania. Their reputation for violence at live shows has resulted in a formidable police presence, despite which mayhem erupts at the band's hotel.
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While Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, he is visited by Elvis Presley.
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Traffic, Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA. A young Billy Joel, of local band The Hassles, visits Traffic in their hotel room.
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Elvis Presley flies from Memphis, Tennessee, USA, to Las Vegas, Nevada, to view progress on the construction of a new showroom at The International Hotel, where he will shortly be performing live.
It is announced that The Doors have become the first American rock group to achieve five consecutive gold albums in the USA, with their latest, Morrison Hotel, having gone gold just three days after release. On this day, the album enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA were it will peak at No4.
The Cure play at Macy's Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Kate Bush flies back to the UK after a promotional visit to Germany, Europe.
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Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin ruptures his spleen in an accident while swimming in a Miami, Florida, USA, swimming pool.
The Cure, during their The Top tour, play at the Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France, Europe. In the hotel after the show, drummer Andy Anderson is arrested after a misunderstanding with security staff and the local mayor’s daughter.
Bob Dylan is a celebrity guest at the Art For Aids III event, in the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort And Spa, Laguna Beach, California, USA.
The Go! Team play at The Corner Hotel, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania.
Loretta Lynn is inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, USA. At the same event, Anne Murray receives the Hitmaker Award.
Rumours hit the internet claiming that 80s pop singer Rick Astley, made famous by his hit Never Gonna Give You Up, has been found dead in his hotel room in Berlin, Germany, Europe. Since the death of Michael Jackson, similar rumours have claimed the deaths of Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears.
Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas plays at the LAX club in the Luxor Hotel And Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Her fee for the night is reported as being $700,000 (?437,500).
Guns N'Roses play the second night of a 12-show residency at The Joint Inside Hard Rock Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Guns N'Roses play the last night of a twelve-show residency at The Joint Inside Hard Rock Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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