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The Platters release a new single, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, on Mercury Records in the USA.
UK weekly pop paper the New Musical Express [NME] reports that teen idol Tommy Steele is soon to part from his backing group, The Steelemen.
Eddie Cochran makes his UK singles chart debut with Summertime Blues, which will peak at No18.
The Crests release a new single, Sixteen Candles, in the USA on Co-Ed Records.
The Platters release a new single, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, on Mercury Records in the USA.
The Coleman Hawkins Quintet records Soul Blues, Groovin' and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
The Thelonious Monk Quartet and The Bob Brookmeyer Quintet are playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Billboard magazine reviewer Jack Maher describes the gig as "Perhaps the year's best jazz nightclub show."
Eddie Cochran makes his UK singles chart debut with Summertime Blues, which will peak at No18.
Eddie Cochran makes his UK singles chart debut with Summertime Blues, which will peak at No18. German-born rock'n'roll artist Heinz will be inspired to record the tribute song Just Like Eddie (1964), which opens on a bass lick very similar to the riff used in Summertime Blues.
The Coleman Hawkins Quintet records Soul Blues, Groovin' and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
LaVern Baker releases a new single, I Cried A Tear, on Atlantic Records in the USA.
The Buddy Rich Quintet is recorded during performances of Four and In A Prescribed Manner, at Birdland, New York City, USA.