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H.M. Scots Guards perform two concerts in one day. The first is a morning show at Gilbert's Oak Tea Lounge, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK, Europe. The second concert is an evening show at Madame Emilie Lake Dress Shop, also in Eastbourne. During the two events they perform a selection of material including The Maid Of The Mountain, Hearts And Flowers, Marche Militaire, Finlandia and La Traviata.
The musical movie The Gang's All Here, starring Carmen Miranda, is released to cinemas in the USA. The movie will establish the image of Miranda as an exotic singer in a fruit-covered head-dress, and will inspire the 1989 song The Soul Of Carmen Miranda by John Cale and Brian Eno.
For the second consecutive year, Judy Garland heads the list of Hollywood's Top Ten Worst Dressed Women, compiled by Fashion designer Ray Driscoll in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley returns to the Dorsey Brothers tv show in New York City, USA, after just one month, performing Blue Suede Shoes and Heartbreak Hotel. On the same day, I Was The One by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard US Best-Selling Singles chart, where it will peak at No19 during a ten-week run.
Joe Maphis And Rose Lee Maphis record Whiskey Is The Devil In Liquid Form, Why Do You Weep Dear Willow?, Put Away My Little Shoes and Teardrops Falling In The Snow at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA.
Liverpool-born Frankie Vaughan is appearing in the pantomime Puss In Boots at The Palladium, London, UK.
Revered session saxophonist Boots Randolph releases a new single, Yakety Sax, on Monument Records in the USA.
The Top Ten Singles on this day on KCBQ Radio, San Diego, California, USA, are :
1. Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
2. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
3. Wipeout - The Surfaris
4. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
5. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - Allan Sherman
6. The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche
7. Tip Toes - Boots Faye
8. Mocking Bird - Charlie and Inez Foxx
9. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
10. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
1. Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
2. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
3. Wipeout - The Surfaris
4. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
5. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - Allan Sherman
6. The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche
7. Tip Toes - Boots Faye
8. Mocking Bird - Charlie and Inez Foxx
9. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
10. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
The Moray Dance Club presents Dev Douglas plus The Alex. Sutherland Sextet in The Two Red Shoes, Elgin, Scotland, UK, Europe.
At Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Chuck Berry records Nadine (Is That You), You Never Can Tell and other tracks.
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William Kaminski, MD of KWK Precision Engineering in Birkenhead, England, UK, Europe, suspends sixteen year old apprentice Tom Charnock for wearing his hair in a Beatle-cut - the syle popularised by The Beatles.
The Daily Telegraph reveals that a fourteen year old Scottish schoolboy has been forced to sit in a girls' class because he refuses to get his hair, which is worn in the style of The Beatles, cut. Barbers are also said to be doubling the price of a cut for boys with Beatle-style hair.
Long-haired British pop group The Rolling Stones place an ironic message in UK pop music paper the NME (New Musical Express) wishing a 'Happy Christmas to the starving hairdressers and their families'.
A public school in Wrexham, North Wales, UK, asks parents to ensure that pupils attend in school uniforms after fans of The Rolling Stones begin showing up at the school clad in corduroy trousers, as worn by the band.
UK pop weekly Disc, runs a feature about millionaire fashion outfitter John Stephen of Carnaby Street, London, England, UK, Europe, who states that his best customers include Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, Dave Clark, Cliff Richard and The Who.
Wes Montgomery records Golden Earrings, Twisted Blues and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Verve Records.
The Kinks spend the last of four days recording Dedicated Follower Of Fashion in London, UK. for Pye Records.
Chuck Berry records Ramona Say Yes, Lonely School Days and other tracks at Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles are in fancy dress at the Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe, with Georgie Fame at the 21st birthday party of Fame's fiancé Carmen Jiminez.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays a gig, radio show and Student Ball at Faculte de Droit d'Assass, Paris, France, Europe. Support band for the night is The Pretty Things.
Johnny Winter records Suicide Won't Satisfy, Blue S uede Shoes and I Wonder If I Care at Andrus Studios, Houston, Texas, USA.
The Wally Richardson Quartet record Surf Side Shuffle, E lbow Blues and Square Heels White Stockings, for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Floyd Cramer and Glen Campbell play at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
When John Lennon of The Beatles attends a fashion show at The Revolution club, London, England, UK, Europe, he is interviewed for BBC Radio, and the interview is broadcast that night on Late Night Extra.
Bud Scoppa of Rolling Stone magazine reviews Sailin' Shoes, the second album by Little Feat, hailing its "myriad of fleeting, haunting images, appearing with all the vivid suddenness of floodlit roadside billboards zooming past an open car window."
On their Flush the Fashion Tour Alice Cooper play at The Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, Florida, USA.
Wearing a dress, Ozzy Osbourne is arrested in San Antonio, Texas, USA, for urinating on the state's most cherished historic building, The Alamo.
George Harrison spends £108 to buy a Ralph Lauren shirt and eight pairs of socks at Browns, New Bond Street, London, England, UK, Europe.When socio-political shock-rockers Ludus play at The Hacienda, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, they decorate the tables with blood-soaked tampons on paper plates, and their co-founder/singer Linder wears a dress made of meat, which she whips off halfway through the set to reveal a massive dildo.
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Adam and the Ants enter the UK singles chart with Puss'n Boots, which will peak at No5. The track was recorded in Abba's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, and was produced by Phil Collins.
No Jacket Required by Phil Collins enters the Billboard Top 40 Albums Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 and remain resident in the chart for a whopping 70 weeks.
The Golden Rose Rock Festival, an eight day event, is taking place in Montreux, Switzerland, Europe. Artists appearing today include Elton John with Millie Jackson, Culture Club, Dire Straits, Talk Talk and The Pointer Sisters. Boy George collapses after the Culture Club performance with what is described as 'a larynx problem.' The festival is filmed by BBC-tv for broadcast later in the year.
The Smiths play their farewell gig at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe. Entrance to the gig is limited to fans wearing Smiths or Morrissey T-shirts.
A 'psychedelic' jacket worn by Kenny Chesney releases the album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems on BNA Records in the USA.
Kenny Chesney's album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems is awarded gold and platinum status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Britney Spears is photographed in public wearing a t-shirt bearing the slogan Brunettes Are So Hot Right Now. In recent days she has also been seen out and about wearing such slogans as I'm A Virgin (but this is an old t-shirt), MILF In Training, How Could I Say No? and Shut Up And Do Me.Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) by Chris Young is released to radio in the USA by RCA Records.
P Diddy, Katy Perry and Pharrell are among the music stars attending the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, USA.
Pharrell Williams announces via Twitter that he is putting his infamous Grammy hat on sale by auction to the highest bidder, with proceeds donated to charity.
Usher concludes his 28-date UR Experience Tour with a gig at The Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, USA. At the show, he wears a T-shirt reading 'I can't breathe', which is a reference to the last words of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man killed in July after a white police officer placed him in a chokehold.
During Katy Perry's half-time performance in The Super Bowl XLIX, at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona, USA, she is upstaged by one her backing dancers who, dressed as a shark, dances so badly that he gets his own Twitter account, #leftshark, before the song has ended.
Previews of the multi award-winning musical, Kinky Boots, with music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, begin in the West End of London, UK, at The Adelphi Theatre.Justine Skye and Serayah McNeill are among the guests attending The Powerpuff Girls x Moschino Launch Event at The Moschino Store, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Maddie and Tae attend The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women Red Dress Collection 2016 presented by Macy's at The Arc, Skylight at Moynihan Station, New York City, USA.
BBC radio 6 Music's T-Shirt Day is held in the UK for the 11th year running, celebrating the popularity of music artist T-Shirts.1921 |
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