Folk

George W. Leslie And Company, Ernest Hogan, Libby, Trayer And Gilbert, The Five Sunbeams, The LaVallee Trio, Mlle. Lotty and others appear in a Vaudeville show at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.

Albert Leech of Arlington, New Jersey, USA, files a patent application for his invention of an improved type of whistle which, he claims, will "improve the tone quality and convert a single-tone whistle into an instrument having a range of two or more octaves, and, furthermore, to construct the same so that it may be mastered by unskilled persons, without practice, to reproduce any familiar air or melody".

Avery And Hart and their own company are starring in Sons Of Ham at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA.

Radio broadcasting pioneer Frank Conrad makes his first transmission using phonograph records from a low-power tube transmitter in a shed at the rear of his home at Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

Canadian folk musician and advertising mogul, Jerry Goodis is born in the garment district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He will become a founding member of folk-singing group The Travellers, whose signature song will be their version of Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land, adapted with Canadian place names.

Little Willie John, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Upsetters, The Sheppards and Savannah Churchill play the sixth night in a week-long engagement at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois.

When sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar plays at Royce Hall, University Of California, Los Angeles, California, USA, the concert is recorded, and will be released by World Pacific music as Ravi Shankar - In Concert.

Harry Belafonte is playing at The Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by George Kirby.

Adam Faith, Marty Wilde, Eddie Calvert, Kenny Lynch and The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield] appear on UK tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars.

John Lee Hooker, T-bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Helen Humes, Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee and others play in The American Folk Blues Festival in The Messehaus, Nuremburg, Germany, Europe.

Dave Van Ronk's Jug Band plays at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Bob Gibson, Dave Van Ronk plays the second of three nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Ministry Of Labour and The Variety And Allied Entertainments Council in London, England, UK, announce new restrictions on visiting American entertainers, limiting the m to one television appearance per month.

Bob Dylan continues recording the album Highway 61 Revisited in Columbia Records' Studio A, New York City, USA.

Simon And Garfunkel play at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

The Wry Catchers, Ale Ekstrum, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Armstrong and Dan Paik play at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA. Unscheduled, and somewhat inebriated, bluesman The Rev Gary Davis also gets up and plays a set.

Pearls Before Swine play the second of two nights at The Village Theater, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

The Top Ten Singles being played on WKNR radio in Detroit, Michigan, USA, for the week ending on this date are as follows :



1. This Guy's In Love With You Herb Alpert

2. Journey To The Center Of Your Mind The Amboy Dukes

3. Yummy Yummy Yummy Ohio Express

4. Reach Out Of The Darkness Friend And Lover

5. The Look of Love Sergio Mendes

6. Indian Lake The Cowsills

7. Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones

8. Here Comes The Judge The Buena Vistas

9. Lady Willpower Union Gap

10. Hurdy Gurdy Man Donovan

Bob Dylan releases the single Lay Lady Lay in the USA on Columbia Records. It will peak at No7 during an 11-week run.

George Harrison of The Beatles jams with Bob Dylan during a visit to Dylan's house on MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Steeleye Span play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, supported by Amazing Blondel.

Bob Dylan is working on Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power), Is Your Love In Vain?, New Pony and other songs at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California, USA.

Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.

The Roches play the second of two nights at The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by The Erik Frandsen.

Richard Thompson is among the artists playiong on the first day of the Cambridge Folk festival, at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.

Bob Dylan plays the second of four nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, towards the end of the Temples And Flames tour. George Harrison is in the audience.

Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick play at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California, USA.

Tracy Chapman plays at Carlaw Park, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania.

The Cure, Bob Dylan, De La Soul, Lenny Kravitz, Mano Negra, Midnight Oil, Ry Cooder And David Lindley, Sinead O'Connor, The Jeff Healey Band and Wendy And Lisa play at Werchter Rock Festival, Werchter, Belgium, Europe.

Joanna Newsom plays at The Trinity Arts Centre, Bristol, UK.

Show Of Hands play in The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

Eric Church makes his Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, performing his debut single, How 'Bout You, and the Lead Belly song Black Betty.

Bob Dylan plays the fourth of five nights at Zepp, Osaka, Japan, Asia.

Bob Dylan plays at the Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, Idaho, USA.

Kathryn Williams plays at The Green Hotel, Kinross, Scotland.

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman play at The Floral Pavillions, New Brighton, The Wirral, England, UK.

Ed Sheeran plays at The Palladium, London, UK.

Joanna Newsom plays the second of two nights at Christ Shinagawa Church Gloria Chapel, Tokyo, Japan, Oceania.

On his Botanical Gardens tour, Don McLean plays the first of two nights at Seapoint Leisure Centre, Galway, Ireland, Europe.