60s Beat

Dale Roberts And The Jaywalkers play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, along with The Four Jays [who will later find success as The Fourmost].

The Beatles continue their 92 day residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.

Recently appointed as manager of The Beatles, Liverpool-based record shop manager Brian Epstein has begun sending copies of their German single My Bonnie, to record labels in the UK, seeking a deal for the band.

The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield], perform on BBC Radio show Saturday Club in London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the show are Shane Fenton and Brian Poole.

The Rolling Stones play at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, England, UK, Europe.

A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the EP Twist And Shout by The Beatles.

The Rolling Stones play at King's Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, Europe.

Roy Orbison plays at The Empire, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Searchers, Bob Luman, Freddie And The Dreamers, and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.

The last of fiteen editions of the BBC radio series Pop Go The Beatles (starring The Beatles), recorded in No2 Studio, Aeolian Hall, London, England, is broadcast in the UK.

The Top Ten Singles on Radio Station 4BCT in Brisbane, Australia, Oceania, on this date are as follows :

1. DANCE ON - KATHY KIRBY

2. Washington Square - The Village Stompers

3. Maria Elena - Los Indios Tabajaras

4. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs

5. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison

6. Hangin' Five - The Delltones

7. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

8. Flipped Over You - Paul And Paula

9. It's All In The Game - Cliff Richard

10. She Loves You - The Beatles

The Merseybeats play at Westry Barn, March, Cambridgeshire, UK.

The Merseybeats play at The Attic, Hounslow, UK.

The Merseybeats and The Langleys appear on Rediffusion tv show The Five O'Clock Club in the UK.

The Beatles release a new single, Tell Me Why, in Germany, Europe, on Odeon Records.

P.J. Proby releases a new single in the UK, That Means A Lot, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

Davie Jones and The Manish Boys play at The Tower Ballroom, Lee-On-Solent, UK. Davie Jones will find greater fame after a name change to David Bowie.

The Merseybeats play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.

Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits and Dave Berry play at The Odeon, Southend, UK.

The Last Time by The Rolling Stones enters the Billboard Top Ten Singles chart in the USA.

Gerry And The Pacemakers and Gene Vincent play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.

The Kinks release a new single, See My Friends, in the UK on Pye Records.

Unit 4 + 2 play at The Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Brian Poole And The Tremeloes play at The Drill Hall, Bournemouth, England, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The New Brighton Tower, Wallasey, Cheshire, UK.

The Grand Steam Package Show tour, featuring Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity plays at The Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales, UK, Europe, supported by The Raynes.

Ian Whitcomb plays at It's Boss (formerly Ciro's), Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Small Faces play in The Civic Hall, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.

When The Rolling Stones' road-manager/pianist Ian Stewart marries his girlfriend Cynthia, at St Andrews Church, Cheam, Surrey, England, UK, the guests include Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful.

The Tremeloes appear on ATV's The Morecambe And Wise Show in the UK.

The Spencer Davis Group asppears on the BBC tv show All Systems Freeman, hosted by Alan Freeman, in the UK.

The Who play in Baldwin Gymnasium, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA.

Procol Harum play at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Paul Bigsby, co-inventor with Merle Travis of one of the first solid-bodied electric guitars, dies aged 69 of cancer in Downey, California, USA. Bigsby was an innovator who devised numerous influential inventions, particularly in relation to elelctric guitars.

The Top Ten singles being played on WRIT Radio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, for the week ending on this date are as follows :



1. Hey Jude/Revolution - The Beatles

2. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley

3. The Eyes Of A New York Woman - B.J. Thomas

4. San Francisco Girls - Fever Tree

5. 1-2-3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company

6. I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees

7. People Got To Be Free - The Rascals

8. Indian Reservation - Don Fardon

9. Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express

10. Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones begins the year on an extended holiday in Sri Lanka, Asia, with his girlfriend Suki Poitier.

The Who play at The Falkoner Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.

When Keith Richards, guitarist of The Rolling Stones, falls off a chair while reaching for a book in his house in Connecticut, USA, he injures his chest and ribs, necessitating the cancellation of several upcoming concert dates.

The Rolling Stones play at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

In a feature published in UK music magazine the NME, notorious drug abuser Keith Richards, guitarist of The Rolling Stones, claims that the weirdest thing he ever snorted was his dead father's ashes. The story is immediately denied by his PR, Bernard Doherty, as an April Fool's joke but Richards will repeat and elaborate on the claim in his 2010 autobiography, Life.

Wiltshire band The Critters play at The Mash Tun, Woodmarsh, North Bradley near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Roger Pope, drummer for Elton John on six albums and at 84 live shows, dies of cancer aged 66, in Southampton, England, UK, Europe, just hours after marrying his girlfriend, Sue Tressider, on his deathbed. Pope also played with Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Al Stewart, Hookfoot and many others.