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Stevie Wonder releases a new single, Up Tight (Everything's Alright), on Tamla Motown Records in the UK.
The Beatles single Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.


TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features The Beau Brummels performing Good Time Music and Don't Talk to Strangers. On the same show, Bobby Freeman performs the latest dance-craze song, The Swim.
Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys enters the Billboard Hoy 100 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2. The song was first a hit in 1961 for The Regents.

Chris Farlowe releases a new single, Think, in the UK, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.


Jazz guitarist Tony Mottola performs Brasilia and Sabor A Mi on tonight's edition of The Sammy Davis Jr Show on NBC-tv in the USA.
Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims, Ruby Braff and others play in the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, War Memorial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Chantels record You're Welcome To My Heart and Soul Of A Soldier in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, just in time for the release of his new single, Can't Help Thinking About Me.
Aspiring British rock musician David Jones changes his name to



Billy Vaughan releases a new single, Michelle, on Warner Brothers Records in the UK. The song is composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
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The Lovin' Spoonful release a new single, You Didn't Have To Be So Nice, on Pye International in the UK.




The Hank Crawford Octet records Lonely Avenue, The Turfer and Junction for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Barry McGuire releases a new single, This Precious Time, on RCA Records in the UK, Europe. Back up vocals on the song are provided by The Mamas And Papas.
Lee Dorsey appears on UK tv pop show Ready, Steady, Go. He also makes live appearances at The In Place, Marylebone, London, England, UK, Europe, at The Roaring 20s Club, London, and at The Flamingo, Soho, London.
BBC tv acquires the British exhibition rights for the film of The Beatles At Shea Stadium.
