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The Hank Williams composition I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living is published by Acuff-Rose Publications of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Brian Epstein, later to become manager of The Beatles, starts work in his father's furniture store in Liverpool, UK.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that country music bandleader Spade Cooley has left RCA and moved to Decca Records. Cooley has, in fact, already begun recording tracks for Decca.
Buddy Holly holds a rehearsal in Lubbock, Texas, USA, to prepare for his next recording session, at which he plans to re-record That'll Be The Day.
Having completed a success tour of Australia and New Zealand, Cliff Richard returns home to the UK.
Having dropped from the top spot for seven weeks, She Loves You by The Beatles returns to No1 in the UK pop singles chart for a further two weeks.
The Fugs audition to play a show at The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, California, USA. They fail the audition.
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The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce seeks to buy the Northern California National Bank, of which Bing Crosby is Chairman and major shareholder, for $2.75 million cash.The Sixth Annual Block Booking Conference opens at The White Horse Inn, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The event lasts for four days and features live entertainment from Paul Anka, Pieces Of Eight, Boots Randolph and Booker T And The MG's. Entrepreneur Dick Clark is the event's keynote speaker.
The Rolling Stones continue a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G. Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that of the 200 titles on the current album chart, 171 are currently available as 8-track cartridges (as well as standard LPs and cassettes).
It is reported that Mercury Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, has re-signed country music star Faron Young, who has already been with the label for fifteen years.
George Martin's assistant Chris Thomas takes over as producer of The Beatles at Abbey Road studios in London, England, UK, Europe, while Martin is on holiday. The band is engaged in a re-make of Helter Skelter.The Beatles formally announce the appointment of Allen Klein of ABCKO as their financial manager.
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Peter Asher (formerly of Peter And Gordon) resigns from his job as A + R manager of The Beatles' company Apple.
Petula Clark celebrates her 30th anniversary in show business with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. The show is filmed and will be broadcast as the first program ever transmitted in colour by the BBC.
Immediate Records, formed in 1965 by Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham, goes into liquidation.
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The official opening party for Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios, New York City, USA, is attended by Yoko Ono, Johnny Winter, Noel Redding and members of Fleetwood Mac. Patti Smith is invited but is too shy to go in.
A newly-formed band called Malice holds its first rehearsal in St. Edwards Church Hall, Crawley, England, UK, Europe. The band includes Robert Smith on guitar. He will go on to greater success as founder and leader of The Cure.The album Shake It Up by The Cars is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
In Boston, Massachusetts, USA, a judge rules that the name New Edition belongs to the band who perform under that name, and not to their producer Maurice Starr.The Smiths undertake their last recording session together, in Streatham, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is inteviewed by jazz historian Evan Spring at his home in New Jersey, USA. The interview will be broadcast on WKCR-FM to promote Jarrett's upcoming concert at The Town Hall, New York City, with his 'Standards Trio'. 
It is reported in the UK press that The Stone Roses have parted company with Silvertone Records.
Warner Brothers Records and Paisley Park Enterprises (representing Prince release a statement announcing the end of their joint venture.
Ben And Jerry's Ice Cream company launches a new flavour, Phish Food, in honour of the band Phish. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream with marshmallow (15%), caramel (10%) and fish-shaped chocolate chunks (7.5%). All of the band's profits from the venture go to a project to clean up Lake Champlain, which straddles the borders between Canada, New York State and Vermont, USA.
Mariah Carey and her producer, Walter Afanasieff, have a very public and very bitter argument on a New York City street which results in Afanasieff being fired.The album Steers And Stripes by Brooks And Dunn is awarded gold status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
It is announced that The Cure has signed a three album recording contract with I AM Recordings – making them labelmates with Korn, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot.
Canadian folk-rock duo Dala sign a five-year artist development deal with Big Bold Sun Music.
Shortly after Rapper 50 Cent reveals on a New York City, USA, radio show, that he has fired The Game from his group G-Unit, a man is shot in the leg in the radio station’s lobby while 50 Cent is still on the air.
British pop impresario Simon Fuller sells his company, 19 Entertainment, for £100m to US company CKX. Fuller discovered and managed both the Spice Girls and S Club 7, as well as devising the globally successful tv show Pop Idol. Despite the sale, Fuller will retain full control of 19 Management as a director of CKX.
Chet Helms, best-remembered as the manager of Janis Joplin, dies of a stroke, aged 62, in San Francisco, California, USA. Helms was also a founder-member of Big Brother And The Holding Company, the group with which Joplin made her name.
Bob Dylan and his band spend the first of four days rehearsing for their upcoming US tour at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA.
Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows confirms that he has quit the group, stating "for personal reasons I have decided to leave the band. I will be pursuing other musical ventures."
Lady Gaga is reported by analytics company Visible Measures to have become the first artist to score more than one billion online views. Poker Face has racked up 374,606,128 views, followed by Bad Romance with 360,020,327, then Just Dance with 272,941,674.
It is announced that downloads are now accounting for one in six albums sold in the UK after increasing their sales over the past 12 months by 35.4%.It is reported that the US rights of six of The Beatles' earliest songs, including She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and From Me To You, is to change hands for the first time in almost half a century. The small music publisher Round Hill Music has bought the rights which were first acquired by New York song promoter George Pincus in 1963.
It is revealed that Dr Andrew Reid, the coroner who hired his unqualified wife to preside over the inquest into the deaths of Amy Winehouse and others, has been suspended from his job.
Judge Vincent Zurzolo, in Los Angeles, California, USA, dismisses a $3m Lawsuit in which Dr. Dre is claiming allegedly unpaid royalties from Death Row Records. 
Having sold 72m digital singles, Katy Perry is named as the new R.I.A.A. Gold And Platinum Program's Top Digital Artist Of All Time, in a ceremony at The Verizon Center, Washington DC, USA.
Audio streaming is incorporated into the weekly statistics published by The Official UK Singles Chart, based in London, UK.
Year-end figures published by Napster reveal Eminem to have been the most-streamed artist globally, followed by Drake, Katy Perry, Beyoncé and Rihanna.
Ellie Goulding and Stella McCartney are among the stars attending The Elle Style Awards 2016 on Feb. 23, 2016 in London, England, UK, Europe.
Shanga Hankerson, the son of Gladys Knight, is booked into Clayton County Jail on June 22 on felony theft charges relating to unpaid taxes at the restaurant chain, (Gladys Knight's Signature Chicken And Waffles) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, which he operates on a licence from his mother.
Songwriter Albert Hammond presents An Evening With Albert Hammond at Regent Street Cinema, London, England, UK, Europe, during his promotional activities around his upcoming LP Albert Hammond In Symphony.1949 |
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