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The Calgary Kid records She's My Little Lady and Rose Of Old Cheyenne in Studio City, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for RanchO Records.
The Woody Herman Orchestra records My Blue Heaven in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band includes Stan Getz on alto sax. The track will appear on the Columbia Records LP Eight Shades Of Blue.The Original Crane River Jazz Band plays its final live gig, at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The band features revered British jazz cornettist Ken Colyer.
Susan Hayward wins the award for Best Performance By An Actress In A Musical Film for her leading role in With A Song In My Heart at The 10th Golden Globe Awards in the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Donovan releases the EP Universal Soldier in the UK. The title track is composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
George Hamilton IV records Big Big Love, You Better Not Do That, Long Black Limousine and Together Again, with producer Chet Atkins, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features guitarists Ray Edenton, Jerry Reed and Wayde Phillips, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Bobby Dyson on bass guitar, James Isbell on drums and Hargus Robbins on piano.
Joni Mitchell is playing during eleven nights at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Her support acts change during this period, but include David Steinberg and Bunky And Jake.
The Velvet Underground play the second of two nights at The Retinal Circus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Also on the bill are Seeds of Time, My Indole Ring, Black Snake, Papa Bear's Medicine Show and the Don Thompson Trio.
Petula Clark begins a week of dates at The Place Des Arts, Montreal, Canada. During the week she goes to visit John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Montreal Bed-In.The third day of the Woodstock Festival features Iron Butterfly, Moody Blues, Johnny Winter, The Band, The Jeff Beck Group, Blood, Sweat And Tears, Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills Nash And Young, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
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Janis Joplin gets tattoos on her wrist and chest at a tattoo parlour near the Greyhound bus depot in San Francisco, California, USA. On her wrist she gets "a baroque bracelet of hearts and flowers". The one on her chest is a heart, with a text that reads, One For The Boys.
Grand Funk Railroad's former manager Terry Knight arrives at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, with police and seizes the band's equipment after they play a show to benefit Phoenix House Drug Rehabilitation Center. 
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On their Grace Under Pressure tour, Rush play at Lake Placid, New York State, USA.On their Grace Under Pressure tour, Rush play the first of three nights at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Smiths play the final date of a brief Irish tour in Whitla Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe. Heroin-addicted bassist Andy Rourke will be fired shortly after the band returns to England.
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Record producer and session guitarist Pete D rake who played with Bob Dylan, Don Gibson, Marty Robbins and many others, dies of emphysema at age 55, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is best-remembered for his 1964 hit Forever which made groundbreaking use of a talk box connected to his pedal steel guitar.
On their Presto Tour, Rush play at Colisee De Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Sly Boys, Blackout, Bone To Bone, Bad Bones and Heart Attack play at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, Gang Of Four, Kasabian, M.I.A., New Order, Nine Inch Nails, The Shout Out Louds, The Stereophonics, Tegan And Sara, Jem, Sloan, The Prodigy and others play on the second day of The Coachella Festival in The Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, California, USA.
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at the Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Canadian folk-rock duo Dala signs its first major record deal with Universal Music. 
A 17-year-old teenager appears in the Children's Court in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, charged with throwing eggs at Justin Bieber during the pop singer's recent show at Sydney's Acer Arena.
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Following personal disagreements, The Jonas Brothers cancel their upcoming major tour.
In an article in the Sunday Times of London, UK, Joni Mitchell claims that she has prevented Taylor Swift from portraying her in the upcoming movie Girls Like Us. She tells the paper, 'I squelched that! I said to the producer, 'All you've got is a girl with high cheekbones'."
Abba Monopoly, an Abba-oriented version of the popular board game, is made available to buy via the band's website.
Tim Drummond, best-known as the bassist for James Brown, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young, Ry Cooder, J.J. Cale, The Beach Boys and others, dies aged 74 in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.
On their Fifth Harmony sing the American national anthem at the N-H-L All-Star Game in Los Angeles, California, USA, while Carly Rae Jepsen sings the Canadian anthem. Nick Jonas performs during the second intermission. The all-star game is Sunday in Los Angeles and it will be shown live on N-B-C.
On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays the second of two nights at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by Giggs.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the second of two nights at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gloryhammer play at The Velvet Underground, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by Aether Realm.1947 |
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