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B.B. King plays the third night of a week at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Tommy Edwards records his second version of It's All In the Game at Metropolitan Studios, New York City, USA. At the same session he records Please Love Me Forever and Love Is All We Need.
Paul Anka plays the seventh of ten nights at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New York State, USA.

The Silver Beetles, later to become The Beatles, play at The Neston Institute, Wirral, UK.
Jan And Dean release a new single, Heart And Soul, on Challenge Records (owned by singing cowboy Gene Autry] in the USA.
On a record-breaking night at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, The Beatles play to 900 ecstatic fans.
Neil Sedaka plays the fourth night of a week of shows at The International Club, New York City, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the sixth of what is planned as fourteen nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA. She will, however, dislocate her neck on the 12th, necessitating cancellation of the remaining dates.


The Steve Miller Blues Band plays the first of two nights at the California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by The Sparrow, who will go on to find fame as Steppenwolf.



Love play the last of three nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Chicago Slim Blues Band.

After being open for just sixteen days, Alexandra Palace, London, UK, is destroyed by fire and has to be closed to the public.
On his Natty Dread Tour, Bob Marley plays the first of two nights at The Quiet Knight Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.


Twenty five songs, including My Generation by The Who and At
Last by Etta James, are added to the National Recording Registry of
the Library of Congress, in order to preserve them for posterity.

Foo Fighters play at The Greenfield Festival, Flugplatz, Interlaken, Switzerland, Europe.





The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at Bonnaroo Music Festival, Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, USA.
On their 51-date

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