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Billy Ward And His Dominoes play the sixth night of a week at Zardi's Jazzland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chart-topping UK clarinettist Acker Bilk has a recording session in London, at which his drummer is Ginger Baker, later to play with Eric Clapton in The Cream.
Guitar Slim plays the sixth night of a week at The Palms Club, Hallendale, Florida, USA.
In The Still Of The Night by legendary doo-wop r'n'b band The Five Satins enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No24. Nevertheless, it will go on to become a genre classic, and eventually achieve multi-platinum sales.
Roy Milton plays the second night of a week at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
More by Jimmy Young enters the Singles Chart in the UK at No26. It will peak at No4 during a seventeen-week run on the chart.
More by Jimmy Young enters the Singles Chart in the UK at No26. It will peak at No4 during a seventeen-week run on the chart.
The Maddox Brothers And Rose release a new single, The Death Of Rock And Roll in the USA, on Columbia Records.
In The Still Of The Night by US doo-wop R'n'B band The Five Satins enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart, where it will peak at No24. Nevertheless, it will go on to become a genre classic, and eventually achieve multi-platinum sales.
Ken Mackintosh And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.Bill Haley And His Comets, Chuck Berry, The Platters, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Shirley And Lee, The Flairs, Shirley Gunter And The Queens and The Buddy Johnson Orchestra play in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chart-topping UK clarinettist Acker Bilk has a recording session in London, at which his drummer is Ginger Baker, later to play with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton in The Cream.
The Maddox Brothers and Rose release a new single, the Death Of Rock And Roll in the USA, on Columbia Records.
In The Still Of The Night by legendary doo-wop R'n'B band The Five Satins enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No24. Nevertheless, it will go on to become a genre classic, and eventually achieve multi-platinum sales.
An article in Billboard magazine in the USA predicts that the recently-initiated merchandising campaign based on Elvis Presley-endorsed products will "eclipse sales of $20,000,000 before the end of the year."
The Miles Davis Quintet, including John Coltrane, plays at Café Bohemia, New York City.
Chart-topping clarinettist Acker Bilk has a recording session in London, UK, at which his drummer is Ginger Baker, later to play with Eric Clapton in The Cream.