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The Cliquot Club Eskimos, a banjo orchestra under the leadership of Harry Reser, records Marianne and There Must Be Somebody Waiting For Me (In Loveland), for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Jan Garber And His Orchestra record Whispering, My Wonderful One, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Kiss Me Again, When You're Away, A Kiss In The Dark, The Siren's Song, Your Eyes Have Told Me So and Where The Mountains Meet The Sea for Decca Records in the USA.
Clive Palmer is born in Edmonton, North London, UK. He will find success as a member of The Incredible String Band, and will later pursue a solo career.
Bruce Findlay is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe. He will make his mark by establishing a chain of hip record stores, Bruce's Records, before starting his own label, Zoom Records, and then managing artists including Simple Minds, China Crisis, The Silencers, Cafe Jaques and Aberfeldy.
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Lonnie Donegan records The House Of the Rising Sun, Take This Hammer, John Hardy and other tracks in London, UK, for his album Lonnie Rides Again.The first of two Royal Variety Performances for this year is held at The Alhambra, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, featuring Connie Francis, The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield) and Acker Bilk.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at The Spa Royal Hotel, Bridlington, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant and Tony Marsh.
A World
Without Love by Peter
And Gordon enters the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA, where it will peak at
No1.
Although he has not yet signed a recording contract, Donovan plays live on this night's edition of UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go!.
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Steam Packet play at Il Rondo, Leicester, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
Long John Baldry And The Hoochie Coochie Men play at The Marquee, London, England, UK, supported by Rod Stewart.Herman's Hermits begin a tour of the USA with The Animals, Jerry Lee Lewis and Lou Christie, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Jimi Hendrix flies to Los Angeles, California, USA, where he books into the Beverly Rodeo Hotel and attends at party for Donovan at The Factory.
Black Sabbath, Freedom and Curved Air play at the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver play at Alsager College, Stoke, England, UK, Europe.Black Sabbath begin a UK tour at Green’s Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland, supported by Badger and Necromandus.
The Smiths' British tour plays at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, Europe, where their set is disrupted by drunks.
The first airlift of emergency supplies paid for by Band Aid leaves the UK headed for Addis Ababa. Midge Ure helps load the plane with medicines, food, milk, Land Rovers, tents and water tanks, then flies off to help supervise distribution in Africa.
Barbara Dickson plays at The Princess Theatre, Torquay, England, UK, Europe.
Dire Straits play the second of three nights at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, with guests including Van Morrison, Dave Edmunds, Dave Davies (Kinks), Brian May (Queen), John Lodge (Moody Blues) and Stuart Adamson (Big Country).
Johnny Cymbal who had found fame in 1963 with his own composition Mr Bass Man, dies unexpectedly of a heart attack in his sleep, aged 48, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA..
The Rezillos, Gold Blade and The Spitfires play at Astoria 2, London, England, UK.
It is announced that bassist and founding member Mark McClelland has left Snow Patrol.
First day of the Guilfest at Stoke Park, Guildford, UK, features The Pogues, Alabama 3, The Proclaimers, Hothouse Flowers and more.
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Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars is revealed as the song that has been most-broadcast on UK radio over the past four years, in figures released by PRS for Music.
Tired Pony [Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Peter Buck of R.E.M.] release their debut album The Place We Ran From in the USA in compact disc and MP3 formats.
On their Ending On A High Note Tour, A-ha play at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland.
On their Bon Jovi Live 2011 tour, Bon Jovi play at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe.
Newly published research statistics from the British Government estimate that the value of the UK music copyright industry to the national economy in 2009 was £5.1bn - £3.2bn more than existing official data previously recorded in UK national accounts.The Battlefield Band plays live on Garrison Keillor's weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, live from The Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
On her Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour, Mariah Carey plays at The First Direct Arena, Leeds, England, UK.KT Tunstall plays a sold out gig at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Powerwolf play at The Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania, Europe, supported by Gloryhammer.1929 |
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