james ray

James Ray performs If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

James Ray releases a new single, If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, on Caprice Records in the USA.

Jackie Wilson, Chris Kenner, Jerry Butler, Huey Smith, The Five Satins, Harvey of The Moonglows, The Skyliners, Shep And The Limelites, The Spinners, The Jive Five, Robert And Johnny, Tommy Hunt, The Belmonts, James Ray, The Shells and Little Caesar And The Romans play in the "Groove Spectacular" at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Top Five singles in the 1260 KYA Radio Swingin' 60 Survey on this day are :

1.Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

2. When I Fall In Love - The Lettermen

3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

4. The Twist - Chubby Checker

5. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - James Ray

Freddie And The Dreamers record their first single, If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with producer John Burgess. The song is a cover of a 1961 US hit by James Ray

James Blunt scoops two honours, Most Performed Work and International Hit Of The Year, for his song You're Beautiful, at the 51st annual Ivor Novello Awards in London, UK. (2006)

The full list of 2006 Ivor Novello winners is as below :

Best Song Musically And Lyrically: KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

Most Performed Work: James Blunt - You're Beautiful

Best Television Soundtrack: Rob Lane - Elizabeth I

Outstanding Song Collection: New Order

Best Selling UK Single: Shayne Ward - That's My Goal

Best Album: The Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

The Ivors Classical Music Award: Sir Harrison Birtwistle

International Hit of The Year: James Blunt - You're Beautiful

Best Original Film Score: Evil

Best Contemporary Song: Athlete - Wires

International Achievement: Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)

Songwriters of the Year: Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz)

PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Ray Davies

The Academy Fellowship: Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb (Posthumous), Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees).

Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Angie Stone and others perform in a tribute concert to the late Ray Charles, hosted by Bill Cosby, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA. Proceeds of the event are donated to raise money for causes which were dear to Ray.

Samuel Smith is born. He will find success as jazz and R'n'B session drummer Samie 'Sticks' Evans, playing with Ornette Coleman, Ray Charles, James Brown and many others.

The Clovers, Big Joe Turner, The 5 Keys, Bo Diddley, The Charms, Gene And Eunice, Etta James And The Peaches , Charlie And Ray, and The Paul Williams Orchestra play at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, as part of the Top Ten Revue package tour.