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Los Angeles-based doo-wop combo The Penguins play at the Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Elvis Presley plays in Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock, Texas, USA. Support acts for the show are Jimmie And Johnnie, and Billy Walker. Buddy Holly is in the audience.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, popular singer Guy Mitchell collapses from food poisoning.
Brian Thomas Ray is born in California, USA. He will find success as session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer-songwriter and musical director, Brian Ray, best known for his work as guitarist and bassist with Paul McCartney, although he will work with many others and pursue his own solo career.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins records (She Put The) Wammee (On Me), In My Front Room, What That Is and This Is All for Mercury Records in New York City.
Faron Young records Live Fast Love Hard Die Young for Capitol Records in Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Lavern Baker, sax-playing bandleader Illinois Jacquet, singer Jan Strickland, and vocal group The Rivileers begin a week at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley records I Got A Woman at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and also plays live on KWKH Radio's Louisiana Hayride show in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
Charlie Louvin of country vocal duo The Louvin Brothers is inducted into the The Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The DeJohn Sisters' only hit single [My Baby Don't Love Me] No More, peaks at No6 in the USA.
Gracie Cole, and her All-Girls Orchestra plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
Softly Softly by Ruby Murray reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
A 60-day long package tour,The Top 10 R'n'B Show, featuring The Clovers, Faye Adams, The Charms, Joe Turner, The Moonglows, Lowell Fulson, the Paul Williams Orchestra, the Bill Doggett Trio, and the Spence Twins, comes to an end in Buffalo, New York State.
Stranger In Paradise by Eddie Calvert enters the UK popular singles chartat No19. It will peak at No14 during a run of four weeks on the chart.
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard is born in Strijen, Netherlands, Europe. He will find massive international acclaim as Anton Corbijn, the long-term creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2. Corbijn's unique style has also graced works by Coldplay, Nirvana, Bryan Adams and others.
Stranger In Paradise by Four Aces enters the UK popular singles chart at No16. It will peak at No6 during a run of fifteen weeks on the chart.
In Meridian, Mississippi, Elvis Presley pulls his new Cadillac into a paint store, buys a tin of paint and paints his name boldly along both sides of the vehicle.
It is reported that more than 18m copies of the song The Ballad Of Davy Crockett, in versions recorded by several artists including Fess Parker, Bill Hayes and Tennessee Ernie Ford, have been bought in the past eighteen months, making it America's most popular song.
Unchained Melody reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. The position is achieved by amalgamating sales of versions of the song by Jimmy Young, Al Hibbler and Liberace.
Teddy Foster And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Platters release a new single, Only You on Mercury Records in the USA.
The Harry James Orchestra has a recording session in Los Angeles, at which the tracks Jalousie, You Made Me Love You and others are recorded.
Chuck Berry releases Maybelline as his first single, in the USA on Chess Records. On the same day, Howie Epstein, bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
As a supporting act on the last day of a brief Webb Pierce Package tour, Elvis Presley plays in Overton Park Shell, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Also on the bill are Johnny Cash and Wanda Jackson.
Frank Sinatra records Love And Marriage for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Maybelle releases a new single, Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin' On, on Okeh Records in the USA.
Blues guitarist and singer Frank Stokes dies in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Fats Domino records Poor Me at J + M studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The parents of London, UK, youngster Marc Feld, buy him a drumkit for his eighth birthday. He will grow up to be Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
A travelling r'n'b show entitled Lou Krefetz's Top Ten Review arrives in the Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. The stars of the show are The Clovers, Big Joe Turner, Bill Doggett, The Charms, Bo Diddley, Etta James and Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams.
Sonny Til and The Orioles cut their last four tracks - Angel, Don't Cry, Sure Fire and Danger - for Jubilee Records of New York City.
Gale Storm releases her cover version of Smiley Lewis's r'n'b hit I Hear You Knockin' on Dot Records, in the USA. On the same day, Don't Start Me Talkin' by Sonny Boy Williamson enters the Billboard US R'n'B singles chart.
Harry Belafonte records The Banana Boat Song for RCA Records in Webster Hall, New York City, USA. Although widely regarded as the song that launched the calypso craze, it is in fact in the Jamaican mento style.
Blue Star [The Medic Theme] by The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra peaks at No2 in the Popular Singles Chart in the UK, during a run of twelve weeks on the chart.
Little Willie John, Champion Jack Dupree, Little George Smith and Otis Williams play at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. This is the opening night of a three-month long tour.
Little Richard's single, Tutti Frutti, is reviewed by Billboard magazine as a "cleverly styled novelty with nonsense words, rapid fire delivery."
Blue Star [The Medic Theme] by The Ron Goodwin Orchestra enter the Popular Singles Chart in the UK at No20 but will rise no higher.
In a package tour called the Lucky Seven Blues Show, Little Willie John, Champion Jack Dupree, Little George Smith and Otis Williams play in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Clifford Brown / Max Roach Quintet plays at the Bee Hive, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In a package tour called the Lucky Seven Blues Show, Little Willie John, Champion Jack Dupree, Little George Smith and Otis Williams play the first of two nights in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jack Parnell And His Orchestra play at the The Gaumont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, with Gene Williams and Irene Miller; Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson; Jeffrey Lenner.
In a package tour called the Lucky Seven Blues Show, Little Willie John, Champion Jack Dupree, Little George Smith and Otis Williams play in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Chuck Berry plays the sixth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Bill Haley and His Comets, Johnnie Ray and LaVern Baker play the second night in a five-day run at The Paramount, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The Sonny Rollins Quartet records There's No Business Like Show Business, It's All Right With Me, and other material for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
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