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Steve Canaday, who will play drums for the Ozark Mountain Daredevils in the 80s, is born in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
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Chicago Jazz Band records Walkin' With The Blues, Panhandle Rag, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles and Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives Me, for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
Stan Getz is playing during a one-week stint at The Hi Hat, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Steve Prestwich, who will find international fame as the drummer of Australian band Cold Chisel, is born in Liverpool, UK.
Franco Christopher LaRocca is born at Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, USA. He will find success as rock drummer and producer Frankie LaRocka. In his career, he will play drums with Scandal, Bon Jovi, David Johansen, Bryan Adams and John Waite. As a producer, he is best-remembered for his work with The Spin Doctors.
Hank Locklin records Happy Journey and I Need You Now with producer Chet Atkins at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Musicians playing on the session are pianist Floyd Cramer, backing vocalists The Jordanaires, guitarists Ray Edenton and Grady Martin, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman and accordionist Anita Kerr.
Claude King records Pistol Packin' Papa and Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine, in Bradley Film and Recording Studios, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Notable players on the session include guitarists Grady Martin, Harold Bradley and Gerald Tomlinson, Mother Maybelle Carter on autoharp, Buddy Harman on drums and Floyd Cramer on piano.
Paul And Paula, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, Jimmy Justice and Patti Brook begin a British tour at The Gaumont, Worcester, England, UK, Europe.
The Big Beat Show is staged at Kelvin Hall Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, starring The Nashville Teens, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Dave Berry And The Cruisers, Lulu And The Lovers and The High Numbers (aka The Who).
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The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Honeycombs and Tony Sheveton play at The Royal Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia.
The Byrds play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, with The Ivy league, Quiet Five, and The Impacts. Later, The Byrds go on to play at Blaises, Knightsbridge, London, where the audience includes John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend of The Who and others.
Appearing at the fifth annual National Jazz and Blues Festival at Richmond Athletic Ground, Richmond, England, UK, are The Who, Manfred Mann, Rod Stewart and The Yardbirds. The Who's drummer Keith Moon fuels his performance by taking twenty amphetamine pills beforehand.
Nino Tempo With The Eddie Cano Quartet records Call Your D, Hip Street, My Resolution, Don't Think Twice (composed by Bob Dylan), His Groove, King Kong, For Whome The Bell Tolls and Reza, for Atco Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Graham Bond Organisation play at The Blue Moon, 170 High Street, Cheltenham, England, UK, Europe.
Norma Jean, with Bob Ferguson as producer, records It's About Time, Jackson Ain't A very Big Town, Ride Ride Ride and Walk Through This World With Me at RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features George McCormick and Pete Wade [gtrs], Buck Trent [banjo], Pete D rake [steel],Junior Huskey, [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Hargus "Pig" Robbins [piano] and Mack Magaha [fiddle].
At as show by The Who, Small Faces and Paul Jones, in Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia, Oceania, the rotating stage comes to a sudden halt during the show.
Merle Haggard records You've Still Got A Place In My Heart, The Train That Never Stops and I Started Loving You Again in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Glen Campbell, Billy Mize and Lewis Talley [gtrs], Roy Nichols [steel], Howard Lowe [bass], Eddie Burris [drums], George French [piano] and Bonnie Owens [harmony vocal].
On their second Tour of North America, The Cream play at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Aspiring UK mod pop group The Freehold plays its first-ever gig, at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK, Europe. Their drummer is a young hopeful called Phil Collins.
Otis Spann records Can't Do Me No Good and Bloody Murder, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for his album Last Night's Dream. The musicians on these tracks are Johnny Shines (voc/gtr), Walter Horton (harmonica), Otis Spann (piano), Willie Dixon (bass) and Clifton James (drums).
When The Doors headline the first night of the New York Rock Festival, Singer Bowl, Queens, New York City, USA, The Who are on the same bill. Watching Jim Morrison perform inspires The Who's Pete Townshend to write his song Sally Simpson, which appears in The Who's rock opera, Tommy.
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Fleetwood Mac play at The Gaiety, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, Europe. On the same day they also play at The Roundhouse, Camden, London, England.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with a new line-up featuring Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on bass, makes its American debut at The Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA, to a sell-out crowd.
On their Get Me A Ladder Tour, Emerson, Lake And Palmer play in The Palasport, Bologna, Italy, Europe.
On their Feel Like Coming 'Ome tour, The Who play at Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
XTC, The Police, The Beat (English Beat) and Skafish play at The Parque du Stade Municipale, Nantes, France, Europe.
Synchronicity, the final album by The Police, reaches No1 in the Kent Music Report albums chart in Australia, Oceania.
Shawn Love Wilson, widow of deceased Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, sues Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance, claiming breach of contract. The company refused to pay out on Wilson's insurance arguing that his death had been the result of drink and drug related problems not covered by the policy.
It is reported in the UK's Smash Hits magazine that Scottish pop-rock band Orange Juice has split up following the failure of their single What Presence?! Front man Edwyn Collins is planning a solo career, and drummer Zeke Manyika is still signed to Polydor Records.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band begin a 30-date North American tour at Park Central Amphitheater, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Nirvana play at Stache's, Columbus, Ohio, USA, supported by Barbed Wire Dolls. Tickets cost $4 in advance, $6 on the door.Colin Burgess, former drummer with two legendary Australian bands The Masters Apprentices and AC/DC, breaks two bones in his neck, his pelvis and several ribs in a car accident in Sydney, Australia, shortly after leaving the launch event for his new band, Good Time Charlie. After being cut free from the wreckage, Burgess is taken to The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where surgeons remove his spleen and half his pancreas. His lungs collapse and he spends time on a life support machine, but eventually pulls through.
Rock drummer Richie Hayward, an original member of Little Feat, dies of liver cancer aged 64 near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
During Motley Crue's 'final' tour, drummer Tommy Lee and his drumkit get stuck upside down at the top of a custom built roller coaster in The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band begin a European tour with a show at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.
On their Worldwired Tour, 
When Foo Fighters play at Vital, Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe, five-year-old fan Taylor Hooper (attending his first-ever gig) is invited onstage by Dave Grohl, and dances along with the band.
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