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Harriet Helen Gould Beck is born in Elkton, Missouri, USA. She will achieve fame as country music fan dancer Sally Rand.

Gil Robbins is born in Spokane, Washington, USA. He will become a singer, guitarist and songwriter with 1960s folk group The Highwaymen, whose recording of the Civil War anti-slavery song Michael [Row the Boat Ashore] will become an unexpected international pop hit in 1962.
Mel Torme and The Dave Lambert Singers record Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered with an orchestra directed by Pete Rugolo, for Capitol Records in the USA.
Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys play at The High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.



Mickey And Sylvia open their own night club, The Blue Morocco in New York City, USA. Headline act on the first night is King Curtis.
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Ray Charles begins a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Maxine Brown plus Don And Juan.

John Lennon of The Beatles reveals in an interview that he was turned on to Rickenbacker guitars by jazz harmonica/guitar virtuoso Toots Thielmanns.
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Dateline Diamonds featuring The Small Faces, Kiki Dee and The Chantelles goes on general release in the UK.
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First generation San Francisco hippy band The Grateful Dead play in the Field House, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA.


The Stranglers play a gig at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park, London, UK, as a protest against the arrest of their singer, Hugh Cornwell, on drug-related charges. Robert Smith of The Cure plays guitar with The Stranglers during this show.
XTC play at The California Theatre, San Diego, California, USA. This proves to be their last live gig ever.
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Chariot play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Split Crow.

Uriah Heep begin a brief Greek tour with a show at The Milos Club, Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe.
Police raid the 1900-acre YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, USA, and remove 183 people - including 137 children who are believed either to have been sexually abused or to be in danger of being sexually abused by a religious cult. The raid will inspire the song The Blind House on the 2009 album The Incident by Porcupine Tree.

A tv marketing campaign to re-launch the fruit drink 5 Alive premieres in the UK using the long-lost album track I'm Alive by one-hit wonder Don Fardon as its soundtrack. The campaign revives 68-year old Fardon's career.
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