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Blues pianist and recording artist Cripple Clarence Lofton dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is often cited as an influence on Meade Lux Lewis and John Mayall.
Harry Belafonte stars in the Bell Telephone Hour's American Festival show on NBC-tv in the USA.
The Winter Dance Party Tour, featuring Dion plays at Sioux City, Iowa. The tour is joined by the Bobby Vee group, to replace Buddy Holly who had died just days earlier. Vee’s band includes the then unknown Dylan on piano.
The Big Bopper [Jiles Perry Richardson], who died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly three days earlier, is buried in Beaumont, Texas, USA.
Ritchie Valens funeral takes place at Mission Cemetary, San Fernando, California, USA.
While on leave from the US Army in Paris, France, Elvis Presley visits The Lido and does an impromptu stage performance.
Duane Eddy is among the stars performing on Alan Freed's Easter Show at the Fabian-Fox Theater in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The Chris Barber Band's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson play at St. George's Hall, Bradford, UK.
The Isley Brothers, produced by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, record Turn To Me, Not One Minute More and I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door, for RCA Records in New York City.
Bobby Darin is playing during a two-week season at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.The future Bob Dylan, Bob Zimmerman, leaves Hibbing High School, Hibbing, Minnesota, noting in the yearbook that he intends 'to follow Little Richard?.
Johnny Horton records Sal's Got A Sugar Lip, Johnny Reb and Words, at Bradley Film And Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ray Peterson performs The Wonder Of You on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
US teen idol Fabian begins filming for his first movie, Hound Dog Man, in Hollywood, California, USA.
Chuck Berry, Bobby Rydell and Skip And Flip appear on tv's Dick Clark Show, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin enters the Billboard magazine singles chart in the USA, en route to No1.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet records Art Laboe after watching his girlfriend struggle with a stack of 45s and an unco-operative record changer.
Dick Charlesworth And His City Gents play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashton, England, UK, Europe.Morten Harket, heart-throb singer of Scandinavian 80s popsters a-ha, is born in Kongsberg, Norway.
Ray Charles begins a week of shows at the Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. On the same day, Sam Cooke begins a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Terry Wayne And The Dukes play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashton, England, UK, Europe, supported by "Glamourous singing duo" The Valentines.
A package tour featuring Brook Benton, Ruth Brown and The Falcons sets off from Richmond, Virginia, USA.
R'n'b keyboardist Bill Doggett plays the third night in a week of gigs at the Flame Show Bar in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
A busy day for Connie Francis when she appears as the Cinderella Queen in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, USA, then spends the evening playing the fourth gig in a week of shows at the Faisan Bleu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
At the second Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California, USA, Bobby Darin collects two Grammies. One is for Best New Artist of the Year and the other is Record of the Year with Mack The Knife.
Clyde McPhatter plays the fourth night in a one week season at The Town Hall, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Steven Batt is born in Beckenham, Kent, UK. He will find success as Steve Jansen of 80s rock band Japan.
While performing at The Chase Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, The
Kingston Trio meet Dr Tom
Dooley, a philanthropist often mistakenly assumed to be the subject of their hit Hang Down Your Head Tom
Dooley.
The Viscounts releases a new single, Harlem Nocturne in the USA on Madison Records.
The Viscounts release a new single, Harlem Nocturne in the USA on Madison Records.
For the first time, The Everly Brothers record outside of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, when they tape Let It Be Me at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, USA.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers play the third of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Harlem Nocturne by The Viscounts enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA. it will remained on the chart for four months, peaking at No52.
The Bill Evans Trio records Come Rain Or Come Shine, Autumn Leaves and other tracks at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, rehearses at home in Seattle, Washington, USA, playing guitar with his friend James Williams.
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