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Rockabilly singer and Dot Records recording artist Vernon Taylor is born in Sandy Virginia, Maryland, USA.

Bill Robinson, who performed under the name Mr Bojangles, dies of heart disease, aged 71, in New York City, USA. His name and his achievements are immortalised in two popular songs. First is Bojangles Of Harlem, written by Jerome Kern for the 1936 Fred Astaire movie Swing Time. The second song is Mr Bojangles, written by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and recorded by artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Nina Simone and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
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Stephen A. Love is born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. He will enjoy an acclaimed career as a professional musician, singer, songwriter and producer, working with Ricky Nelson, Roger McGuinn, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage and as a solo artist.
How High The Moon by Les Paul And Mary
Ford on Capitol Records reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine Best-Selling Singles Chart in the USA for the first of nine weeks. The track is a revolutionary breakthrough, introducing the concept of multi-track recording.

The Delmore Brothers record Steamboat Bill Boogie, Good Time Saturday Night, Heartbreak Ridge and I'll Be There for King Records in King Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.


Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys, with producer Owen Bradley, record Little Maggie, I'm Going back To Old Kentucky and Toy Heart for Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on this session features Jimmy Maynard [gt], Curtis McPeake [banjo], Bassie Mauldin [bass], Buddy Spicher [fiddle] and Vassar Clements [fiddle].

Judge Bob Burton, a top music business executive, dies in a hotel fire in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Among other achievements, Burton founded the CMA, modernised the payment of royalties from radio stations, and raised money for building the Country Music Hall Of Fame.



Country Joe and The Fish, The Charlatans, Blue Cheer, Freedom Highway and The Dossier play during the opening weekend of The Straight Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.


Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac play the second of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.

The Grateful Dead, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Cold Blood, Voices Of East Harlem, Boz Scaggs and Stoneground play at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at Beattie Park, Perth, Australia.
Hank Wangford Band, Igor's Night Off, Some Like It Hot, Slim Gaillard, Rent Party, Deep Sea Jivers and The Chevalier Brothers.
The GLC May Festival in Victoria Park, Hanley, London, England, UK, Europe, features The Carol Gri mes Band, The
Gillian Welch And David Rawlings and Jeff Lang are the musical guests on Garrison Keiller's radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast live from The Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.




Ed Sheeran plays the second of three non-consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. On this night, Taylor Swift joins him onstage for a rendition of their duet Everything Has Changed.




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