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Blues-inspired guitarist, composer and recording artist Chris Jones is born in Reno, Nevada, USA.
At King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Hank Ballard And The Midniters record a single, Teardrops On Your Letter, whose b-side is a virtually ignored dance tune called The Twist. Two years later, re-recorded by Chubby Checker, it will spark the biggest dance craze of the sixties.The Platters continue their lengthy season at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
R'n'b vocal group The Robins record It's Never Too Late, A Little Bird Told Me, Talk, Talk, Talk and Sufferin', for Knight Records, a subsidiary of Imperial Records in the USA.
At King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Hank Ballard And The Midniters record a single, Teardrops On Your Letter, whose b-side is a virtually ignored dance tune called The Twist. Two years later, re-recorded by Chubby Checker, it will spark the biggest dance craze of the sixties.