Africa

Mike Vickers, sax and guitar player for Manfred Mann, is born in Southampton, UK.

Leonard Castro is born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He will find success as percussionist Lenny Castro, working with Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Elton John and many others.

The Wilbur Harden Sextet, with John Coltrane on tenor sax, records Dial Africa, Oomba and Gold Coast in Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.

Miriam Makeba plays the sixth night of a four week season at the Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Sixty-nine demionstrators are shot dead by police in what has come to be known as The Sharpeville Massacre, in Sharpeville, Transvaal, South Africa. Ewan MacColl's song The Ballad Of Sharpeville will tell the story. This horrific event will also be memorialised in jazz bassist Mario Pavone's 1988 album Sharpeville.

Cliff Richard And The Shadows play a show for black audiences only in The Palace Theatre, Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa. Box office receipts go to local charities.

The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, later to become Manfred Mann, play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, later to become Manfred Mann, play at The Marquee, London, England, UK, Europe.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, London, England, UK, Europe.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Adam Faith, Larry Adler, Annie Ross and Jackie Trent play at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. This show is a Midnight Matinee to raise funds for the Africa Bureau.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The Barn, Chateris, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The Technical College, Banbury, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.

The Top Ten Singles on Radio WXYZ 1270 AM in Detroit, Michigan, USA, for this week are as follows :
1. J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers - Last Kiss
2. Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
3 Gale Garnett - We'll Sing In The Sunshine
4. The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In the Sand)
5. Roger Miller - Chug A Lug
6. The Beach Boys When I Grow Up To Be A Man
7. Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
8. Gene Simmons - Haunted House
9. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
10. The Butterflys - Good Night Baby

Manfred Mann appear on UK radio show Top Gear in London, UK.

The Hollies, Manfred Mann and Herman's Hermits appear on UK radio show Saturday Club.

The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Paul and Barry Ryan, Gary Farr And The T-Bones, the Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at The Gaumont, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.The Yardbirds, listed to be on the show, miss the gig when their van suffers a puncture on the M1 motorway.

Floribunda Rose play at The Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland, UK, Europe. The band's guitarist, John Kongos, will enjoy greater success under his own name.

Count Basie, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jimmy Smith Trio, The Oscar Peterson trio and Richard Pryor play in Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Manfred Mann, P.J.Proby, Geno Washington, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Love Affair and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band play in The Mad Hatter's Ball at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. Deejay for the event is future nightclub mogul Peter Stringfellow.

Manfred Mann, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, P.P. Arnold, Tony Rivers and The Washington DCs play at the Brighton Arts Festival Ball, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.

TOP TEN SINGLES IN THE BILLBOARD CHART IN THE USA



Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela

Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

Stoned Soul Picnic - 5th Dimension

Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones

The Horse - Cliff Nobles and Co.

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan

This Guy's In Love With You -Herb Alpert

Classical Gas - Mason Williams

Hello, I Love You - The Doors

Indian Lake - The Cowsills

Hugh Masekela plays the fifth of six nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Chicago Transit Authority.

Manfred Mann Chapter III play at The LSE, London, England, UK, Europe.

The hit single The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Robert John is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A. The song is based on a Zulu folk melody called Wimoweh.

King Sunny Ade and His African Beats play live on tv show Rockpalast in Essen, Germany, Europe.

Zeke Manyika And Dr. Love play at Lincoln College, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.

The Fall play on the first night of The WOMAD Festival, Mersea Island, near Colchester, Essex, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Bolivia Mania, Black Roots, Somo Somo, Peter Hammill, Blwzabella, Guo Yi And Yue, The Adinka Dance Company and Samko.

Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction spends the fifth of eight days in the Sudan, North West Africa, as part of a mission, organised by he humanitarian group Christian Solidarity International, to free Southern Sudanese slaves from their Northern masters.

R.E.M. play at ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa.

Fran Healey of Travis visits a school in Akon, Sudan, Africa, during a trip on behalf of the Save The Children fund, intended to help raise awareness internationally of the problems faced by Sudanese children.

The Dave Matthews Band plays in Ford Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.

Ali Farka Toure dies of bone cancer, aged 66, in Bamako, Mali, Africa. In a long and acclaimed career, he found fame as a singer and guitarist, one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians.

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founder member of the Dave Matthews Band, suffers a punctured lung and broken ribs in a vehicular accident at his farm near the band's home base of Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

The Paul Simon documentary, Under African Skies, chronicling the creation and lasting influence of Simon's groundbreaking album Graceland, premieres at The Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, USA.

The Dave Matthews Band plays at Summerfest 2014, in Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Billboard magazine estimates that the music touring industry globally is approaching $20bn annually - its highest level ever.

On their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play at Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, supported by Johnny Apple.

On her Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour, Mariah Carey plays the second of two nights at The Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa.