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Bluegrass group The Hill Billies record their first session for Okeh Records with producer Ralph Peer. Their name will be widely adopted as an alternative title for the whole genre of country music.
At the opening of the new $315,000 State Theatre, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, theatre-goers are treated to a two-hour show which includes Richard Bach's musical depictions of 'Movies' on the Wurlitzer organ, 'A Syncopated Menu' Jazz Revue by eighteen singers, dancers, and comedians, a performance of The State Concert Orchestra, and the highlight of the evening, a vaudeville act, 'Classified', starring Corinne Griffith.
Country music singer Roy Acuff announces his intention to run as a Republican for governor of Tennessee, USA. He will, in due course, lose to Democratic candidate Gordon Browning.
Spike Jones And His Country Cousins record Hotter Than A Pistol, Under The Double Eagle, Hot Lips and Keystone Kapers (Bag Of Rags) at RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Everly Brothers, The Chordettes and Andy Williams play the first of two nights in Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.
Six-year-old Rose Marie Riddle is battered, raped and killed by Richard Arlen Lindsey in Kern County, California, USA. This horrific incident will inspire the song Little Rose Marie by Bill Woods.
The Everly Brothers release a new single, Don't Blame Me, on Warner Brothers Records in the USA. The disc is the first in a new range of Warners' releases under their 'Plus 2' campaign, which attempts to combat flagging singles sales by offering four tracks instead of two on a single. The official b-side of Don't Blame me is Muskrat, while the 'Plus 2' bonus tracks are Walk Right Back and Lucille. A week later, Warners will proclaim the campaign as success, claiming that the disc sold over 300,000 copies in its first week.
Ray Charles, His Orchestra and The Raelets play at The Forum, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Johnnie Wright and
Flatt And Scruggs record I'm Troubled, My Saro Jane, The Train That Carried My Girl and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Johnny Cash plays the second of three days at Kiwanis Football Stadium, Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
Glen Campbell releases a new single, Guess I'm Dumb, in the USA. The song is produced and co-written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Merle Haggard records If I Could Be Him, Shade Tree and This Town's Not Big Enough, with producers Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Musicians on the session include guitarists Roy Nichols and Lewis Ley , steel guitarist Ralph Mooney, bassists Bert Dodson and Robert Morris, drummer Helen Price and pianist George French Jr. Harmony vocals are supplied by Billy Mize and Bonnie Owens.
Wilson Pickett, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Impressions and Jody Miller appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.The Caravan Of Stars plays during four days at The Marine Ballroom, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, with Peter And Gordon, Tom Jones, The Turtles, The Shirelles, Ronnie Dove, Mel Carter, Brian Hyland, Billy Joe Royal, Jimmy Ford And The Executives, Jimmy Rice and Timothy Rice.
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Neil Young makes public his decision to leave Buffalo Springfield after the group has completed its touring commitments.
Psychedelic band The Nocturnes complete recording of the Jimmy Webb song Carpet Man, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Mike Nesmith of The Monkees is in RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, working on the song Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care). The track is intended for an upcoming Monkees album, but it will not be released until he re-records it as a track on his third solo album, Nevada Fighter.
The Grateful Dead release their palindromically-titled third album Aoxomoxoa on Warner Bros Records in the USA.
Tammy Wynette marries her fifth husband, songwriter George Richey, at her home in Jupiter Beach, Florida, USA. Richey will become her manager throughout much of the 1980s.
Anne Murray plays at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine Meadows, California, USA.
The Flying Burrito Brothers play at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones play the third of ten concerts at Tokyo Dome, Japan, Asia. These are the group's first-ever performances in that country.
Faith Hill performs the US National anthem before Super Bowl XXXIV (St. Louis Rams vs Tennessee Titans) at Atlanta's Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA.
The first day of Fairport Convention's annual Cropredy Festival held near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK, features Jah Wobble and Country Joe McDonald.
It is announced, while the industry wrestles with copyright infringement problems created by file sharing, that the Warner Music Group plans to launch a digital-only record label (aka an eLabel) intended as a boon to new artists who might not have enough material for an entire album.
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On the third leg of his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Marina Civic Center, Panama City, Florida, USA.
On their Live And Loud tour, Rascal Flatts, supported by The Band Perry and Cassadee Pope, play at Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center, New York State, USA.
It is reported that Michelle Shocked has released an album entitled Inaudible Women, which consists of eleven tracks of silence. Shocked, however, claims that it actually does contain sounds - at frequencies so high they can only be heard by dogs. Several of the 'silent' songs are named after record company executives. It is assumed that Shocked is making some sort of protest against the music industry, and specifically against the low payments made to artists by Spotify, but precise details prove difficult to pin down.
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