Electronic

A program entitled What's New In Music?, on WQXR Radio in New York City, USA, features musical works composed by computers, including Illiac Suite For String Quartet by The Illiac Electronic Computer at the University Of Illinois, and Rhapsodic Variations For Tape Recorder And Orchestra by Otto Luenin and Vladimir Ussachevsky.

The Kings Of Surf Music, The Beach Boys record I Get Around at Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA. Intriguingly, I Get Around will give the quintet their first Top Ten hit in the UK where surf culture is virtually unheard of but, even more bizzarely, their fascination with cars and driving will inspire Kraftwerk in 1974 to create the first bona fide electronic rock hit, Autobahn, as a German equivalent of Beach Boys pop.

Pink Floyd have an Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, recording session, working on The Most Boring Song I've Ever Heard Bar Two (later re-titled See Saw).

Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Corporal Clegg and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.

Baroness Erisso flies from London, England, UK, Europe, to be with her daughter, Marianne Faithfull, in St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Oceania, who has been in a coma since taking a drug overdose some days earlier. The singer is in Australia with her boyfriend, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones who is playing the leading role in a movie adaptation of the story the notorious outlaw Ned Kelly.

Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA.

Leon Russell plays at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

David Bowie's Station To Station tour plays the first of three non-consecutive nights in Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA.

After The Fire and New Musik play at The Pavilion, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.

Genesis play the second of two nights in The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

DEVO play at The Triangle Theatre, Rochester, New York State, USA.

Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at the Castle Sports Centre, Osaka, Japan, Asia.

Elton John releases his new single, Act Of War, a duet with Millie Jackson, in the UK.

Everything But The Girl play at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.

Debbie Harry (aka Blondie) and Tears For Fears play at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA.

On the Pump tour, Aerosmith play the second of three nights at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.

On their World Violation tour, Depeche Mode play at The NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, Europe.

Loser, a single by obscure singer-songwriter Beck, receives its first airplay from deejay Chris Douridas on his show, Morning Becomes Eclectic, on KCRW radio, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bright Eyes play at Somerset House, London, England, UK, supported by The Faint.

On their Bleed Like Me World Tour, Garbage play at Foro Alterno, Guadalajara, Mexico, North America.

Jesus Jones play at The Garage, Highbury Corner, London, England, UK.

Jean Michel Jarre plays the first of two nights at the Sporting Summer Festival in Monte Carlo, Europe.

a-ha play at The Grand Rex, Paris, France, Europe.

Rock and pop drummer Bobby Graham dies aged 69, of stomach cancer in The Isabel Hospice, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Highly respected, he worked for many years with Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, but also drummed on sessions for The Kinks, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker and Marianne Faithfull.

Electronic musician Banco De Gaia plays an album launch show for his album, Memories Dreams Reflections at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, UK.

On his Glam Nation tour, Adam Lambert plays at The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

When Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn play a concert of "fearless, improvised non-rock" music at The 44th Montreux International Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, Europe, significant numbers of the audience walk out.

Dropkick Murphys, Gogol Bordello, Gomez, LCD Soundsystem, Miike Snow, Peaches, Pearl Jam, The BellRays and The Big Pink play on the last of three days of the Optimus Alive 2010 festival, Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Oeiras, Portugal, Europe.

Katie Todd plays at Northwestern University, Evanston, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Imogen Heap plays at The Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

During the iTunes Festival, Ellie Goulding plays at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK.

Ellie Goulding plays at The Stadhalle, Offenbach, Germany, Europe.

Owl City play at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan, Asia.

John Grant plays at Kulturarena, Jena, Thuringia, Germany, Europe.

SISTAR play in the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games at Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon, South Korea, Asia.

Years And Years release a new single, Desire, in the UK.

On their Psycho tour, Muse play at The Great Hall, Exeter, England, UK, supported by Marmozets and Moriaty.

Krautrock pioneers Faust play at The Fiddlers Club, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.

On their Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at The American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, USA.

On their 135-date Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.

Billie Eilish plays at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.

Lewis Capaldi is confirmed as the British breakout star of 2019, when it is announced that his song Someone You Loved was played over 228m times on audio streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. Other artists making the year-end top 10 include Lil Nas X, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Billie Eilish, while singer-songwriter Tones and I enjoyed an 11-week run at the top of the Official Singles Chart with Dance Monkey – the longest run by a female singer in Official Charts history.