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Popular accordionist and recording artist Narciso Martinez, known as El Huracan Del Valle, is born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Central America.
Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band record Panama, Gettysburg March, Milenberg Joys, Lowdown Blues, High Society, Clarinet M armalade, Weary Blues and Get It Right, for Delta/Riverside Records at WWL Radio Station, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Luis Fernando Allende Arenas is born in Mexico City, Mexico, North America. He will find success as singer, actor, painter, film producer and film director Fernando Allende.US music trade magazine Billboard lists The Coasters' debut single, Down In Mexico, as a 'best buy?, adding that the track is 'getting excellent R + B and pop reaction? in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Durham and St. Louis.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets record Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, Listen To Me and I'm Gonna Love You Too, at producer Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, USA.
Mafia boss Carlos Marcello is extradited from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, to Guatemala, South America, as an illegal immigrant. His family-owned Jefferson Music Company dominated the juke box, slot machine and pinball trade in the New Orleans area. Marcello is known to have used his Mafia contacts to try to persuade Frank Sinatra to use his friendship with the Kennedy family to negate the deportation order. He is also known to have close ties with the Ku Klux Klan.
Nat King Cole, accompanied by The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra, records Las Chiapanecas and Vaya Con Dios, for Capitol Records in Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the seventh night in a three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the penultimate night in their three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Chubby Checker plays the third of ten nights at The National Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
The Crickets record Everybody's Got A Little Problem, in Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, USA, for Liberty Records.
Looking For Love, a new teen-oriented movie starring Connie Francis, opens at cinemas in Mexico, North America.
Johnny Cash is arrested at the Mexican Border after U.S. Customs agents find hundreds of pep pills and tranquilizers in his luggage. Cash was returning by plane from a trip to Juarez, Mexico. He spent a night in El Paso jail, and later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count, eventually paying a $1000 fine and receiving a 30-day suspended sentence.
Bill Deal And The Rhondels begin three weeks of live dates and promotional activities in Mexico.Popular easy-listening pianist/organist and singer Earl Grant, dies from injuries incurred in a car crash in Lordsburg, New Mexico, USA, on his way back from a performance in Juarez, Mexico. .
Heart play in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.Queen's tour promoter Jose Rota is arrested in Puebla, Mexico, Central America, and has to be bailed out at a cost of $25,000 before the band's South American tour can resume.
The Police finish their North American tour with a gig at the Memorial Coliseum, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.The Rolling Stones fly to Mexico, North America, to make videos for She Was Hot and Too Much Blood.
When a major earthquake strikes Mexico City, Mexico, Central America, one of those killed is folk-rock pioneer Rodrigo Gonzalez, better known as Rockdrigo or El profeta del nopal ['The Nopal Prophet'].
On his first Mexican tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico, Central America.
While preparing for the next gigs in his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson is staying in his suite of rooms on the 42nd floor of the Hotel President Stouffer, Mexico City, Mexico.
While staying in Mexico City during his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson has a meeting with the President of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari.On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the third of five nights at the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rammstein play the second of two nights at The Sports Palace, Mexico City, Mexico.
On the We Own The Night tour, Selena Gomez And The Scene play at Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the second of two nights at Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Central America.
Just after midnight, Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen of U2, perform a brief, unannounced live set in La Osteria, a small bar in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, North America. 
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play the first of three nights at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico, North America. 
On their America Latina Ole Tour, The Rolling Stones play a free concert at Ciudad Deportiva de La Habana, Havana, Cuba, Caribbean. This show brings the tour to an end.
On her Live 2016 Tour, Adele plays the first of two nights at The Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
When Blake Shelton headlines Luke Bryan's four-day 2017 Crash My Playa event in Riviera Maya, Mexico, North America, he is unexpectedly joined onstage by his girlfriend Gwen Stefani, who performs Footloose and Hella Good.
Ed Sheeran plays at Parque Viva Amphitheater, San Jose, Costa Rica, South America.
Efterklang hold a 'listening event' in advance of the release of their new LP Altid Sammen, at La Roma, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.1911 |
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