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Ted Lewis and His Band record Start The Band and Oh Baby, in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.

Freddie And The Dreamers play at The Dreamland, Margate, England, UK, Europe.
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Cliff Richard has a session at Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, during which he records the songs Long Ago, I'll Walk Alone, A Summer Place and My Foolish Heart.
Donovan releases the EP Universal Soldier in the UK. The title track is composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Buffalo Springfield enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with their latest single, Expecting to Fly. It will peak at No98.


Hey Jude by The Beatles reaches No1 in the pop singles chart, Tio i topp, in Sweden, Europe. On the same day it reaches No1 in Canada and The Netherlands, Europe. It is also the highest new entry in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, and in the Cashbox Singles Chart in the USA.
Jimi Hendrix returns from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to New York City, USA. At the Record Plant, he records The Things That I Used To Do, with Johnny Winter on slide and a somewhat drunken Steve Stills on bass.
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Alan Caddy, guitarist with UK instrumental hitmakers The Tornados, dies aged 60 in London, England, UK, Europe. The cause of his death is not released, but he was known to have been an alcoholic for much of his life. The band is best-remembered for their international hit single Telstar, written and produced by the controversial Joe Meek.








Grimes, HEALTH, Hermitude, High Tension, Hudson Mohawke, Japanese Wallpaper, METZ, Majical Cloudz, Methyl Ethel, Purity Ring, QT, Royal Headache, SOPHIE, Shamir, Silicon, Slum Sociable, The Internet, The Smith Street Band, Thundercat, Vince Staples and Violent Soho play at Laneway Festival, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
A.D.K.O.B., Ali Barter, Banoffee, Battles, Beach House, Big Scary, Blank Realm, CHVRCHES, DIIV, DMA's, East India Youth, FIDLAR, Flume, GoldLink,


Boy Meets World tour Drake plays the first of two nights at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe, supported by dvsn and Giggs.
On his 44-show
Justin Bieber releases Yummy, his first single in five years. On the same day he joins the video-sharing social network service TikTok.
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