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The Kingston Trio record Road To Freedom, written by Trio member John Stewart, for Capitol Records in the USA.
Billy Fury and Matt Monro appear on the BBC radio show Parade Of The Pops in London, England, UK, Europe.
Louise Bennett and Ranny Williams, with the Sonny Bradshaw Orchestra, appear in The Lou And Ranny Show at The Carib Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Vocalist Alice Babs, with Duke Ellington on piano, records Azure, Satin Doll and Untitled Lullaby at Studio Hoche, Paris, France, Europe, for the Reprise Records album Serenade To Sweden.
Songwriter, pianist and big band leader Harry Akst dies aged 69 at home in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Lennon of The Beatles pre-records an appearance for UK tv show Juke Box Jury in London, then flies by helicopter to join the group for a show in The Town Hall, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, Europe, supported by local band The Fabulous Fortunes.
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And The Americans release a new single, Only In America, on
United
Artists Records in the USA. The track is written and produced
by Jerry
Leiber and Mike Stoller.
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Ferlin Husky opens for six nights at The Flame Room, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Beatles record All My Loving, Please Mr Postman, Roll Over Beethoven, Money, Til There Was You and It Won't Be Long at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a two-week season at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for a fee reported to be $9,500 per week.
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.
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.Wayne Fontana and the Minderbenders play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Merseybeats.
Nina Simone is playing during six nights at The Minor Key, Detroit, Michigan, USA.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.
Wham! by Lonnie Mack enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No24.
Jay Perez is born in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He will find success as a Tejano singer-songwriter, known for his mixing of rhythm and blues with traditional Tejano music.
Mahalia Jackson records Deep River, Song For My Brother and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Columbia Records.
Comedian/pianist Victor Borge appears on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC-tv in the USA.
Folk trio The Phoenix Singers are playing at The Shadows, Georgetown, Washington DC, USA.
Bob Dylan makes a guest appearance at a Joan Baez concert in the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Detours play at The Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after changing its name to The Who. The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe.
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Producer George Martin completes work on The Beatles cover version of the Barrett Strong song Money by adding piano chords to it in EMI's Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The track will appear on the album With The Beatles.
Dee Dee Sharp, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Big Three, Heinz And The Saints play a show in The Baths, Leyton, England, UK, Europe.
British Conservative MP Sir Charles Taylor asks the Home Secretary, via a Parliamentary question, whether he would give instructions "that The Beatles should no longer receive police protection in the London area from their admirers." The Home Secretary replies that this is a matter for the Commissioner of Police to decide.
FBI agents pay a $240,000 ransom for the release of the recently kidnapped Frank Sinatra Jr, leaving the money between two parked school busses in Sepulveda, California, USA. Sinatra Jr. is found later wandering the streets of Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The New Strangers, including Danny Kalb and Sam Charters, play at Club 47, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Horst Wende Orchestra records Drina-marsch and Guapa-Bossa Nova for Decca Records in Germany, Europe.
Geoff Muldaur plays at Club 47, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with Lisa Kindred.
Michael Christopher Reilly is born in Naval Station Great Lakes, Libertyville, Illinois, USA. He will find success as singer and songwriter Ike Reilly, frontman and founder of rock band the Ike Reilly Assassination.
Rockabilly pioneer Billy Adams records Got My Mojo Workin', Betty And Dupree, I'm Like Poison Ivy, Big M, Raining In My Heart, Just Plain Hurt and other songs for Sun Records in Sam Phillips Recording Studio, 639 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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