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The Alabama
Sacred Harp Singers record Rocky Road and
Present
Joys in Atlanta, Georgia, for Columbia
Records.
Earl Hines And His Orchestra play the first night of a week at The Trianon Ballroom, Southgate, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Singer and actress Juanita Hall appears on the Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA. She is remembered as the first African-American to win a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bloody Mary in the Rogers And Hammerstein musical South Pacific.
John Bentley is born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as an bass guitarist, perhaps best known for his work with the band Squeeze. 
Pee Wee King is playing during a week of shows at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
Ray Pearl And His Musical Gems are playing during four weeks at The Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA.
The Earl Bostic Orchestra is playing during a one-week stint at The Hi Hat, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chuck
Berry records Too Much Monkey Business, Brown Eyed Handsome Man and Drifting Heart for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Three Flames are playing during a five year engagement at The Bon Soir, New York City, USA.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.
Jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery plays live at The Cellar, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Bob Dylan sings his recent composition Blowin' In the Wind, at the Monday night Hoot in Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Elvis Presley has an eighth day of location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
The Miles Davis Quintet records I Fall In Love Too Easily, Baby Won't You Please Come Home and So Near So Far, in Columbia Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
From Me To You, the third single by The Beatles, enters the UK pop singles chart at No6. It will peak at No1 during a seventeen week stay.
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Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest
movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington records Fly Me To The Moon, So Little Time, More and Stranger On The Shore, for Reprise Records in the USA.
Jazz pianist Bud Powell records tracks for the album Tribute To Thelonious 64, at the home of Francis Paudras, in the Rue De Clichy, Paris, France, Europe.
The Beatles release a new single, Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That, on Odeon Records in France, Europe.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, supported by Jefferson Airplane, play at Harmon Gymnasium, University Of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
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Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The RamJam Club, Brixton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
The Steve Miller Band is playing during three nights at The Garrick Theatre, upstairs at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by folk-rock duo Bunky And Jake.
Group Image play at The Action House, Long Island, New York State, USA, supported by The Fallen Angels.
Donovan's double album boxed set, A Gift From A Flower To A Garden is released on Pye Records in the UK.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra perform the Second Sacred Concert at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tony Bennett records Our Love Is Here To Stay and other tracks at CBS Studios, 30th Street, New York City, USA.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play the first of two nights at Jantzen Beach, Portland, Oregon, USA, to an audience of 8,000.
The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.The Band Of Holy Joy play at The Harp Dance club, New Cross, London, England, UK, Europe.
Millie Jackson plays during an extended run at The Dominion Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Iggy Pop performs a lounge-oriented version of The Stooges' classic Search And Destroy on tv series Shannon's Deal, in the USA.
Alexisonfire, Rise Against and The Fullblast play the first of two nights at The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Rob Thomas, singer with Matchbox 20, plays at The Ventura Theater, Ventura, California, USA.
Mark Knopfler plays the second of two nights at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.Alan Jackson gets his star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their World Contamination Tour, My Chemical Romance play at The Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Touring in support of their second LP, Another Eternity, Purity Ring play at Debaser Strand, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.
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