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Pauline Hall, The Great Rauschle, Lizzie Evans And Harry Mills, Sam Marion And The McCoy Sisters, The Automobile Girl and The Lefevre Saxophone Quartette are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The Washington Post reports that "Residents of Chevy Chase are up in arms over the dances that are being practiced at an amusement park, and it comes from a well known source that a movement will be started to suppress the outrage, as it is termed, by residents of that section. The dance in question originated at a suburban resort and is officially known as the Chevy Chase Glide." The dance had been introduced at Chevy Chase Lake resort to appease customers annoyed by the resort's recent ban on "freak dancing", which included The Bunny Wiggle, The Grizzly Hug and other "animal dances" often associated with ragtime and jazz music.
Jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist Frank Teschemacher dies in Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, following a car crash.
Popular vocalist Mindy Carson plays the fourth night of a two-week season at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley and his girlfriend June Juanico fly from Memphis, Tennessee, to Houston, Texas, to purchase a Cadillac Eldorado, at a cost of $10,000.
When the Trailways Bus Company inaugurates a new 'Five Star Bus Service' from New York City, to Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the first run features a musical group, Toby Deane And The Trailways Dixieland Five Stars, on the journey.
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson dies when the coach taking his band, The Ebony Knights, to a booking at USAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe, collides with a telegraph pole and overturns.
Country singer and radio DJ Pat Boyd performs live on the first night of the Automobile Show, Muskegon, Michigan, USA. Also on the bill are Don Holly And The Hi-Riders, George Hawkins and Bill Thompson.Jimmy Justice plays at Matrix Hall, Fletchamstead Highway, Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.
Postal worker William Moore, known for staging lone protests against racial
segregation, is murdered on a rural stretch of Highway 11 near Attalla, Alabama, USA. He had been planning to deliver a letter of protest to the Mississippi Governor's mansion but instead he was shot twice in the head at close range with a .22 caliber rifle owned by a certain Floyd Simpson, with whom Moore had argued earlier that day. No charges were ever laid against Simpson. Several songs will be inspired by Moore's death, including William Moore, The Mailman by Pete Seeger [1963] and William Moore by Phil Ochs [1964].
Singer and pianist Frances Faye is undertaking a five-week stand at The Thunderbird Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Gene Pitney enters the UK singles chart with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition 24 Hours From Tulsa. It will peak at No5.
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The Beach Boys are featured on the cover of Music Business magazine in the USA. The magazine includes a feature entitled The Beach Boys Ride The Trends, a reference to how the band has moved on from surf songs to car songs.
Teen pop idol Fabian is stopped for speeding by Patrolmen Wilbur Lartz, Harold Schaab and Leonard Garrison of the Rock Island (Illinois) Police Department, as he drives a rented white Cadillac automobile at 46 mph in a 30 mph zone on 6th Avenue in Rock Island on his way from Quad-City Airport to the Dick Clark Summer Caravan of Stars show in Davenport, Iowa, USA. The show features The Dixie Cups, The Crystals, Gene Pitney, Major Lance and Fabian.
Elvis Presley buys a fleet of motorcycles, one for each of his trusted staff members.
The Staple Singers perform at their local parish, New Nazareth Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The event is a service inspired by the Alabama marches. In a spirit-filled set that runs from Civil Rights anthems (We Shall Overcome) to traditional gospel (When The Saints Go Marching In), The Staple Singers introduce their own original material, including the just-composed Freedom Highway. The concert is recorded and will, eventually, be released as Freedom Highway Complete - Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church.
The Beatles continue filming battlefield scenes for their second feature film, Help!, at Knighton Down, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK. During filming, someone breaks into John Lennon's car and steals some clothing.
In Dundee, Scotland, UK, Peter Waller of UK pop duo Peter And Gordon almost runs over a woman with his car. When he stops the vehicle, she calls him "a bloody fool", so he spits on her. The incident will result in a court appearance for Waller.
During her two week engagement at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, a lien is placed on her salary to cover debts she has failed to pay to her lawyer, William Morsae.
En route from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in their Dodge Motor Home, Elvis Presley and his entourage stop off at the Holiday Inn, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Elvis has just completed filming of Paradise Hawaiian Style.
The Beatles record Drive My Car, for the album Rubber Soul, at EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter J.B. Lenoir dies in Urbana, Illinois, USA, aged 38, from a heart attack following injuries suffered in a car accident three weeks earlier. His death will inspire John Mayall to write the song The Death Of J.B.Lenoir which will appear on the album Crusade by John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers.
At Columbia Studio B, New York City, USA, Miles Davis is working on the song Side Car, but it is not completed. A finished version will be recorded on the 15th.
Rolling Thunder (hippy spiritual leader), Hot Tuna and The New Riders Of The Purple Sage play at The Family Dog, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, California, USA.
Following a party at a local night club, Don Powell, drummer of Slade, is seriously injured in a car crash in Compton Road, Wolverhampton, UK, which kills his 20-year-old girlfriend Angela Morris.
Helen Wheels by Paul McCartney And Wings peaks at No10 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Randy Jackson, the brother of Michael Jackson, is in hospital in Los Angeles after crashing his Mercedes-Benz. Both his legs are broken and to make matters worse, a nurse mistakenly injects him with methadone in the emergency room, almost killing him.
Just prior to beginning a North American tour, Peter Hook of Joy Division drives the group's epileptic singer, Ian Curtis, back to his parents' house in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Kimbal, lead vocalist of Toto, is arrested in Los Angeles, California, USA, when police find cocaine in his car.Having just completed his fifth album, singer-songwriter Jimmie Spheeris dies aged 34 when his motorcycle collides with a van at 2 a.m. in the morning in Santa Monica, California, USA. The van driver, Bruce Burnside, will be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and felony vehicular manslaughter.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially opens the M25 motorway, designed as an outer bypass around London, England, UK. For many, the road will be seen as a failure, often described as "The Road To Nowhere". After being stuck in his car on the M25 for several hours, Chris Rea will be inspired write his song The Road To Hell.
Rapper D.O.C. falls asleep at the wheel of his sports car and crashes into a divider on Ventura Highway in California, USA. He is thrown through the vehicle's back window, smashing his face into a tree and losing his voice as a result.
Arista Records holds its 15th Anniversary Concert at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA, with artists and celebrity guests including Whitney Houston, Air Supply, Lauren Bacall, Burt Bacharach, Eric Carmen, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Clive Davis, Taylor Dayne, Michael Douglas, Exposé, Whoopi Goldberg, Melanie Griffith, Hall And Oates, Jennifer Holliday, Alan Jackson, Kenny G, Melissa Manchester, Barry Manilow, Milli Vanilli, Jeffrey Osborne, Carly Simon, Patti Smith, Lisa Stansfield, The Four Tops and Dionne Warwick.
Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode narrowly escapes death when an RAF Tornado plane crashes into a hillside near the A85 trunk road at Lochearhead, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, Europe, just 200 yards from his open-topped car which is showered with debris. The two airmen in the plane are killed.
Robbie Williams of Take That heads for Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK, to see Oasis.
A stretch of State Route 19 in Tennessee, USA, is officially named Tina Turner Highway, in honour of Tina Turner, who was born and raised in the nearby little ol' town of Nutbush.
Jeanette Sliwinski, suicidally-inclined driver of a vehicle which deliberately crashed into another car in Chicago, Illinois, USA, four days earlier, is charged with first degree murder. Members of the bands Silkworm, The Returnables and Exo And The Dials all died in the collision.
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Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy is arrested in Hollywood, California, USA, on a traffic warrant relating to his history of driving without a license. He is released shortly after on $15,000 bail.
Nick Mason of Pink Floyd signs copies of his new book Passion For Speed at Motor Books, Cecil Court, London, UK.
It is revealed that Jermaine Jackson owes so much in back child support that his driver's license has been confiscated by the authorities in Los Angeles, California, USA, and will not be returned until he pays around $100,000 to his former wife Alejandra.
Memphis, Tennessee, singer, guitarist and bandleader Eddie Bond - famed for having turned a teenage Elvis Presley away from an audition, advising him to "go back to truck driving" - dies aged 79, of complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in Bolivar, Tennessee, USA.
Chi Cheng, bass-player of The Deftones, dies aged 42, in Northern California Hospital. Stockton, California, USA, from a sudden cardiac arrest, possibly related to pneumonia.
On their On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays at The Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany, Europe, supported by dvsn.
On his 214-date 24k Magic World Tour, Bruno Mars plays the last of three non-consecutive nights at The Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China, Asia.
On their The M A N I A tour, Fall Out Boy play at The Honda Center, Anaheim, California, USA, supported by Machine Gun Kelly and L.I.F.T.A Royal Mail truck collides with a Golf GTL on the A40 in London, England, UK, Europe, and pushes the car sideways along the road at high speed, with the truck driver apparently unaware of the collision. Ellie Goulding, by coincidence, was driving along the A40 when the incident happened and got out of her car to check that the driver of th Golf was unharmed.
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