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22-year-old Frankie Baker shoots her lover, Allen Britt [aka Albert Britt] in an apartment at 212 Targee Street, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, for cheating on her with another woman, Nellie Bly [aka Alice Pryor]. Britt will die four days later and the incident will become the basis of the song Frankie And Johnny, which has been recorded in over 250 versions by artists including Jimmie Rodgers (The Singing Brakeman), Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, Mississippi John Hurt, Charlie Patton, Taj Mahal, Sam Cooke, Lena Horne, Lonnie Donegan, Bob Dylan, Brook Benton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Fats Waller, Van Morrison, Brook Benton, Lindsay Lohan, Jack Johnson and Stevie Wonder.
Suzie Quatrocchio is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She will find success as Suzi Quatro.
Seventeen year old Eugene Craddock joins the US Navy. After leaving the service he will find fame as rock'n'roller Gene Vincent.
Gene Vincent begins the year in hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA, undergoing treatment for a shin-bone injury sustained when he was hit by a motor-cyclist in a hit-and-run incident a year earlier in Norfolk, Virginia. Vincent recently had to drop out of an engagement at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, because of the pain he was suffering. He is expected to remain in hospital for three months.
Little Richard, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent And his Blue Caps play the last of three nights in Melbourne, Australia.
Gene Vincent releases a new single, Be Bop Boogie Boy, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Gene Vincent, supported by Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, plays at the Granada, Kettering, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play at The Gaumont, Worcester, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the fifth of six nights at The Gaumont, Sheffield, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play at The Globe, Stockton On Tees, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the second of six nights at The Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK.
Gene Vincent and Eddie
Cochran play the fourth night of a brief season at The Hippodrome, Bristol, UK.
Gene Vincent releases a new single, Pistol Packin' Mama/Anna Annabelle on
Capitol
Records in the USA.
Gene Vincent releases a new single, If You Want My
Lovin'/Mr Lonliness, on Capitol Records, in
the USA.
Having played numerous live dates in the UK, Gene Vincent flies back to the USA to take care of some personal business.
The Beatles' college friend Bill Harry publishes the first edition of a new Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, pop newspaper, Mersey Beat, with a front cover story featuring Gene Vincent.
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Adam Faith plays at the The Gaumont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, with Gene Vincent, The Roulettes, Peter Gordeno, Chance Gordon, Johnny Wiltshire And The Trebletones and Dave Reid.
Gene Vincent flies to France, Europe, where he will begin a tour the following day.
John Leyton, Gene Vincent and Jet Harris and Tony Meehan play at King George's Hall, Blackburn, England, UK, Europe
Gene Vincent plays in the Theatre des Celestins, Lyon, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.
Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Gary 'US' Bonds, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at The Odeon, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
A blue Aston Martin DB5, reg.no 64MAC, is delivered to Paul McCartney of The Beatles in London, UK. The specially personalised vehicle is fitted with a black leather interior, chrome wire wheels, a Motorola radio and a Philips Auto-Mignon record player.
The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at The Odeon, Romford, England, UK, Europe.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
After suffering from a bleeding ulcer for months, Gene Vincent dies of a seizure in Newhall, California, USA. English rock artist Ian Dury, a lifelong Gene Vincent fan will, in due course, be inspired to write the song Sweet Gene Vincent (1979) about his life and death.
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