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Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Band records I've Found A Bud Among The Roses, When I Waltz With You [waltz], and Pas des Echarpes [Chaminade], for HMV Records in Hayes, Middlesex, England, UK, Europe.Todays music-themed shows on the BBC Light Programme in the UK, include Rhythm In The Sun featuring Stanley Black And The Dance Orchestra; Hullo There! featuring The Junior Accordion Band, Billy Mayerl and George Myddleton at two pianos, The Fleeting Footnotes, Rhythm Players and The King Brothers; The Billy Cotton Band Show with Alan Breeze and Doreen Stephens; Grand Hotel featuring Tom Jenkins And The Palm Court Orchestra with Evelyn Rothwell (oboe) and George Hancock (baritone); Charlie Kunz at the piano; and Henry Hall's Guest Night in which "Stars of the stage, screen, radio, and concert perform with the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra".
UK popular music newspaper Melody Maker reports that American jazz and r'n'b bandleader and recording artist Earl Bostic has recovered from his recent heart attack.
Stranger
On The Shore by Acker Bilk, backed
by the Leon
Young String Chorale, enters the UK pop singles chart where it
will peak at No1 during a stay of 55 weeks.
The year begins with Telstar by The Tornadoes, produced by Joe Meek, enjoying its second week at No1 in the Billboard US pop singles chart, while Return To Sender by Elvis Presley remains at No1 in the UK for a third week.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows release a new album, On Your Mark ... Get Set ... Let's Go!, in Canada on Capitol Records. (In the UK, this album was titled 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard.
Record producer George Martin overdubs a piano track to Take 9 of The Beatles' recording of You Can't Do That, in Abbey Road studios, London, UK. It is intendes for the album version of this song, but it will not be used.
UK pop idol Adam Faith stars in his own tv special, The Girls In My Life, in which all of the songs (allegedly) relate to the girls in his life.
The Who play at The Marquee Club, London, UK, supported by The Sneakers.
Ken Dodd, The Kaye Sisters and Eddie Calvert are playing during a season at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.
Matt Monro is playing during a week of shows at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Humphrey Lyttelton, The Tony Lee Trio, The Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet and The Graham Collier Septet perform live on the BBC Radio 1 show Jazz Club in London, England, UK, Europe.
TV show It Must Be Dusty is broadcast in the UK, featuring Dusty Springfield with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as her guests.
Jimi Hendrix is in the Record Plant, New York City, USA, working on MLK, Blue Su ede Shoes, Seven Dollars In My Pocket and Burning Desire.
Black Sabbath, featuring vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, play at McIlroy's Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Jah Wobble releases a new LP, Betrayal : The Legend Lives On, in the UK.
A photo-call for Debbie Harry of Blondie is held at The Ritz Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.
While promoting their album Brave The Storm, Shy play at The Pavilion, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Colourbox release a new single, The Moon Is Blue, on 4AD Records in the UK. As an incentive to buy it, the single comes with a free LP, but the ploy is not successful.
Beastie Boy Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horowitz is acquitted in Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, of causing actual bodily harm to a fan during a riot following their recent concert in that city.Johnny Hates Jazz score their third UK single chart entry with Turn Back The Clock, which will peak at No12.
Richard Thompson plays at Moseley Folk Festival, Tanworth-in-Arden
Warwickshire, UK.
U2 play at The Parc De Sports Charles Ehrman, Nice, France, Europe, supported by Keane and The Zutons. 
The Hamsters and Jon Amor play at The Folk And Roots Festival, Southsea, England, UK.In a shock announcement that publicly reveals his homosexuality, former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes announces that he recently married his boyfriend Richard Cullen in a civil partnership ceremony in London, UK.
Former Stranglers leader Hugh Cornwell sounds off against record companies' efforts to stop illegal downloading of music. "The internet is the perfect delivery system for music, so why not use it?," he demands. "I don't see it as being exploited at all - I think we are exploiting the internet."
On their 
Underworld and Kele play in the month-long iTunes festival at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK.
On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays the second of two nights at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania.On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at Bestival, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight, UK.
Nick Harris releases his second solo album, The Tall Trees, on Shifted Fiction records in the UK.
Chic featuring 
On their Acoustic Tour, Nine Below Zero play at The Crooked Billet, Henley On Thames, UK.On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays the last of five nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by dvsn and Young Thug.
On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, supported by dvsn and Young Thug.
Singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan plays at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays at Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia, Oceania, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
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