1964

The Swinging Blue Jeans play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, supported by Clive Shane and Ricky Lewis and The Avengers.

Cliff Richard is in the Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, continuing with the filming of his next movie, Wonderful Life.

Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual TV series in the USA features jazz trumpeter Art Farmer and guitarist Jim Hall.

Otis Redding records Security for Volt Records of Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

The Squires, featuring lead guitarist Neil Young, play at Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, Canada.

The Ramsey Lewis Trio record tracks for the album Bach To The Blues at Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Argo Records.

The current No1 single in the UK pop charts is Needles And Pins by The Searchers.

Sonny Boy Williamson II plays at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK, backed by The Animals.

Shirley Scott and Kenny Burrell record the LP Travelin' Light at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

The Pathfinders play at The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by The Pilgrims and Vic And The TT's.

Sonny Stitt records Shangri-La, Mama Don't Allow It, Soul Food, My New Baby, The Eternal One, Misty, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone and 42639 for Prestige Records in New York City, USA.

The Wynton Kelly Quintet record Moving Up, Escapade and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.

Swing jazz pianist Joe Bushkin plays at The Town Hall, New York City, USA. The show is recorded and will be released by Reprise Records as the LP Joe Bushkin In Concert - Town Hall.

Dean Martin has his handprint recorded in cement in the Forecourt of the Stars at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, USA.

The Kingston Trio play the fifth night of a two-week season at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.

Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.

Tony Bennett joins a Stan Getz recording session for Columbia Records, and they record the traditional Irish song Danny Boy. Herbie Hancock is the pianist on this session.

Nino Tempo And April Stevens perform Tea For Two and I'm Confessin' on weekly tv pop show American Bandstand in the USA.

Scott Lawrence Mulvehill is born in Manhasset, New York State, USA. He will find success as guitarist Scotti Hill of Skid Row

UK tv show Top Of The Pops features live performances by Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Frankie Vaughan.

Booker T. And The MG's record Soul Dressing and MG's Party for Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

The Beach Boys play at an unknown venue in Amarillo, Texas, USA.

The Rapiers play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The 007s.

After a funeral service in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, the body of country singing star Jim Reeves is returned to Panola County just before dusk, to be buried in a site that will become his memorial.

Sam Cooke has a recording session at RCA Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the song Cousin Of Mine.

The Beatles album Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Paul, John, George Y Ringo! (A Hard Day's Night) is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.

American music trade magazine Billboard reports that Hite B. Morgan's Guild Music is suing Capitol Records for copyright infringement in respect of three Beach Boys songs, Surfin', Surfer Girl and Surfin' Safari.

Vaughn Meader, and folk group The Au Go Go Singers (featuring two future Buffalo Springfield members, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay), play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Tony Bennett plays the second of five nights at The Oakdale Music Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.

The Beach Boys play at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York State, USA

The Animals, Jan And Dean, Chuck Berry and Del Shannon play the last of ten nights at The Paramount Theater, New York City, USA.

Dionne Warwick arrives in the UK for a promotional visit, including live dates and tv appearances.

Marty Robbins releases a new album, R.F.D. on Columbia Records in the USA.

The Kinks begin a six date tour of Scotland, beginning at Barrowlands, Glasgow.

The Bachelors, Marianne Faithfull, Lorne Gibson, Bern Elliott And The Klan, The Bo Street Runners, Elaine And Derrick, Tom Jones, Lorraine Child and Them play at Central Hall, London, UK.

The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, UK.

Baby Love by The Supremes reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.

Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits and Dave Berry play at The Odeon, Exeter, UK.

The Rolling Stones, Pretty Things, The Animals, Gene Vincent, Long John Baldry And The Hoochie Coochie Men, and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers play at The Glad Rag Ball, Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK.

Jazz vibraphonist McCoy Tyner records the tracks Clay's Blues, Lazy Melody and That's In for his Limelight Records album In A New Setting in New York City, USA.

The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The King B Four.

The Rolling Stones release a new single, Heart Of Stone, on London Records in the USA.

The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Sneekers.

The Paul Bley Quintet and The Jazz Composers' Guild Orchestra play during the Four Days In December concert series staged by The Jazz Composers' Guild at Judson Hall, 165 West 57th Street, New York City, USA. During this show, The Jazz Composers Orchestra records the album Communication. The orchestra includes such jazz notables as pianist Paul Bley, saxophonist Steve Lacy and trumpet player Mike Mantler.