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William Robert Emerson is born in Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA. He will find success as blues singer, songwriter and piano player, William 'Billy The Kid' Emerson.
Robert Lee Burnside is born in Harmontown, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA. He will find success as blues singer, guitarist and recording artist R.L. Burnside.Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, using the pseudonym of Joe Turner and his Memphis Men record Freeze And Melt, I Must Have That Man and Mississippi Moan for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Hank Snow And His Rainbow Ranch Boys play at The Municipal Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with Webb Pierce And His Soputhern Valley Boys
Elvis Presley shocks his audience by simulating sex with a stuffed dog called Nipper when he plays the first of two nights at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. After the show, local police caution Elvis about his on-stage behaviour. The following day, local press run headlines saying Elvis would have to clean up his act, and that night the Los Angeles Vice Squad films his entire concert, to study his performance.
Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No1 during a 27-week run.
Concerned that Elvis Presley seems reluctant to record new material, Bill Bullock of RCA Records writes to the star offering to build a recording studio for him at his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Furry Lewis records Frankie And Johnny, Goin' To Kansas City and other tracks for Bluesville Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with studio-based filming for the movie Blue Hawaii, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aretha Franklin plays the ninth night in a three week season at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Black And His Combo are playing during a three-week engagement at The Roundtable, New York City, USA. They are joined by rockabilly artist Jumping Gene Simmons as an extra vocalist.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
In RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Elvis Presley continues recording vocals for his next movie, Kissin' Cousins. His band includes guitarists Scotty Moore, Harold Bradley and Grady Martin, backing vocalists The Jordanaires, drummers D.J. Fontana and Buddy Harman, bassist Bob Moore, saxophonists Boots Randolph and Bill Justis, pianist Floyd Cramer and fiddler Cecil Brower.
Film producer Hal Wallis sends a letter to Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, pointing out that Presley's physique has taken a turn for the worse, and suggesting that that this should be remedied before filming for his next movie, Roustabout, begins.Blues singer and guitarist Earl Bell records Dust My Broom, Take A Little Walk With Me, Rocky Mountain, 209 Central, Travellin' Man, Terraplane Blues and Memphis Boogie for a Swedish Radio Broadcast in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
The Beatles play at City Park Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Support acts on this date include Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, The Righteous Brothers, The Exciters, Jackie De Shannon and the Bill Black Combo. Immediately berfore the show, The Beatles meet with one of their rock'n'roll heroes, Fats Domino, in a trailer behind the stadium.
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The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent,The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at The Granada, Kingston, UK.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues location filming for his 21st movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Elvis Presley is filming his next movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Having driven from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, after completing work on the movie Paradise Hawaiian Style, Elvis Presley arrives home at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Elvis reaches Graceland at 11.00 p.m., driving his Dodge Motor Home, followed by five accompanying cars.
While driving home from The Memphian Cinema in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Elvis Presley is stopped by police and given a speeding ticket.
Jim Kweskin And The Jug Band and Memphis Slim play the first of ten nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley lodges a complaint with RCA Records about the poor mastering of his latest single, Guitar Man.
Johnny Cash, June Carter, The Tennessee Two, The Statler Brothers and Carl Perkins hold their second day of rehearsals in the Banquetting Room of El Rancho Motel, Sacramento, California, USA, for their upcoming live show at the nearby Folsom Prison. During this day's rehearsal, California governor Ronald Reagan, who is at the hotel for an after-dinner speech, visits the band and offers his encouragement. A major part of the rehearsal is spent learning Greystone Chapel, a song written by Folsom Prison inmate Glen Sherley.When black rights crusader Martin Luther King is assassinated, - killed by a sniper's bullet while standing on the balcony in front of his room at The Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, - riots erupt across America. James Brown goes on national tv to try to calm things down. King's life and work will be comemorated in such songs as Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder, MLK by U2, Abraham Martin And John by Dion, Save The Country by Laura Nyro and Begin The Begin by R.E.M.
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The Elvis Presley movie Speedway, co-starring Nancy Sinatra, premieres in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Elvis Presley has a dress rehearsal for his NBC-tv comeback special, Elvis, in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Who play the second of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by James Cotton and Magic Sam.
Elvis Presley plays the first of three nights at the Annual Texas Livestock Show in the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA.
Elvis Presley plays the last of three nights at the Annual Texas Livestock Show in the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA.Elvis Presley flies from Los Angeles, California, USA, back to Memphis, Tennessee, arriving in the early hours of the next morning. During his brief return to Memphis he will obtain a gun permit for his father.
Elvis Presley is spending the week at home in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, watching movies every night either at The Memphian or The Crosstown.
Elvis Presley's former manager, Col. Tom Parker, files a lawsuit in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, challenging the Presley Estate for control of the deceased singer's assets. 
When electric guitar pioneer Les Paul plays a concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, USA, his guest performers include Rita Coolidge, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Jan Hammer, Waylon Jennings, Stanley Jordan, B.B. King, Steve Miller, The Les Paul Trio, Carly Simon, The Stray Cats, and Eddie Van Halen.
On their B.B. King Day is declared in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, to honour the great blues guitarist.
On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.1925 |
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