11th December

The musical farce Star And Garter plays at The Victoria Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 22 performances.

Vocalist David Bispham, assisted by The Morning Choral Club, gives a song recital at The Odeon Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.

The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.

Victor Records Group The Minstrels record Ethiopian Carnival Of Melody in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.

Philip Brown's Dance Band record The Last Round-Up, Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?, Shadow Waltz, Pettin' In The Park, Let's Call It A Day, Look What I've Got, Why? and I Found My Love, for Panachord Records in London, UK.

David Gates, later to form the successful 70's AOR band Bread, is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Sonny Deckelman of Harrisburg, Arkansas, USA, joins the US Air Force for a four-year stretch. On his return to civilian life he will become a rockabilly singer and recording artist with his own band The Bop Kings.

The Delta Rhythm Boys are playing during two weeks at The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Andy Partridge is born in Mtarfa Royal Naval Hospital, in Malta. In due course he will move to Swindon and found the band XTC.

The Maddox Brothers And Rose, Hank Locklin, Floyd Tillman, Dotti Jones, Bill Potter, Bill Nukum and Willie Jones play in The Texas Jamboree, in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

Bobby Darin plays the fifth night of two weeks at The Latin Casino, Merchantville, New Jersey, USA.

Black Nativity, subtitled 'A gospel song-play' opens at The 41st Street Theater, New York City, USA, starring gospel vocalists Professor Alex Bradford, Marion Williams and The Stars Of Faith. The show is is a retelling of the classic Nativity story with an entirely black cast, traditional Christmas carols sung in gospel style, plus a few songs created specifically for the show.

The Drifters play the first of six nights at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Dennis Lotis, Johnny Douglas and his Orchestra with Ronnie Price at the piano, Judd Proctor And The Plainsmen and The Ivor Raymonde Singers are heard performing live in the BBC Light Programme radio show Swingsong in London, England, UK, Europe.

The Top Ten Singles played on WMCA Radio in New York City, USA, for this week are as follows :

1. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen (Wand)

2. DOMINIQUE - The Singing Nun (Philips)

3. THERE! I'VE SAID IT AGAIN - Bobby Vinton (Epic)

4. IT'S ALL RIGHT - The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)

5. I'M LEAVING IT UP TO YOU - Dale And Grace (Montel)

6. CAN I GET A WITNESS - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)

7. YOU'RE ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS - Brook Benton (Mercury)

8. QUICKSAND - Martha And The Vandellas (Gordy)

9. WIVES AND LOVERS - Jack Jones (Kapp)

10. I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT - Barry And The Tamerlanes (Valiant)

UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! includes appearances by Gerry And The Pacemakers, Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames and Tony Jackson And The Vibrations.

Decca Records present Brenda Lee with a red Mustang convertible during a 21st birthday party at The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. In attendance are future Country Music Hall of Famers Red Foley, Owen Bradley and Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.

The musical Anya closes at The Ziegfield Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, after just two weeks.

The Grateful Dead play at The Big Beat, Palo Alto, California, USA.

A Trans-World airlines jetliner carrying Capitol Records' famed singing cowboy Tex Ritter is hijacked and forced to fly to Cuba.

The Allman Brothers Band plays the last of three nights at Ungano's, New York City, USA.

Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crows play at The Guildhall, Southampton, UK.

Elton John is interviewed on UK tv news in his capacity as chairman of Watford Football Club.

Bob Seger releases a new single, Night Moves, in the USA.

Andy Fairweather Low plays at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, UK.

Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.

Heavy metal band A II Z play at Brady's, Liverpool, UK.

On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, Texas, USA.

No Jacket Required by Phil Collins is awarded a 4x platinum disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.

Pete Townshend of The Who and Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones are guests on tv show Good Morning Britain in the UK.

The Piranhas play The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Yeah Jazz.

Lindsay Crosby, actor, singer and the son of Bing Crosby, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head in a Las Virgenes apartment, in Calabasas, California, USA.

Carol Kidd and Georgie Fame play at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.

The Rockstar Taste Of Chaos tour, featuring Disturbed, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and Halestorm plays at The SECC, Glasgow, Scotland.

Justin Timberlake attends the premiere of his new film, Yogi Bear, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Status Quo play at Wembley Arena, London, UK.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play at Brixton Academy, London, UK.

Rammstein play at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.

Beck releases his eleventh album, Beck Hansen's Song Reader, as a book of sheet music for twenty newly-composed songs with more than 100 pages of accompanying art work. There is no recorded version of the material and Beck invites his fans to make the music themselves by using the sheet music.

Status Quo play at Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, UK, supported by Chas And Dave.

On his Jeb's Teetotal Pub Crawl tour, Jeb Loy Nichols plays at West Norwood Book And Music Bar, London, England, UK.

Coco Rosie release their sixth LP, Heartache City, on Lost Girl Records in the UK.

On their The Getaway World Tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the second of two nights at Genting Arena, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.