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Del Shannon, The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield], Johnny Tillotson, Kenny Lynch and The Eagles (UK band) play at The Granada, Woolwich, England, UK, Europe.

Roy Orbison plays at The Empire, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Searchers, Bob Luman, Freddie And The Dreamers, and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.

Bob Gibson and The Searchers, The Newbeats, The Ronettes, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and Jay And The Americans opens at The Fox Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

The Top 40 Boss Radio format is initiated by KHJ Radio in Los Angeles, California, USA, using DJs including Robert W. Morgan and Don Steele.
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Frankie Vaughan, The Searchers, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Freddie And The Dreamers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Donovan, Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds, Chris Barber's Jazzband, The Bert Weedon Quartet and others. The show is hosted by Alan Freeman.
The 90-minute radio show Swing Into Summer on the BBC Light Programme in the UK, features live perfomances by
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is The Sounds Of Silence by Simon And Garfunkel, entering at No84.



Al Stewart, The Strawbs and Mike Chapman play at Barking College Of Technology, Dagenham, Essex, UK, Europe.
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young release a new single, Woodstock, in the USA. The song is composed by Joni Mitchell.
The Doors, Joni Mitchell, The Who, Sly And The Family Stone, Cat Mother, Free, John Sebastian, Emerson, Lake And Palmer, Tiny Tim and Mungo Jerry.
The fourth day of the Isle Of Wight Festival, Isle Of Wight, England, UK, Europe, features
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Tom Waits plays at Ebbet's Field, Denver, Colorado, USA, he meets local hipster/dj/musician Chuck E. Weiss. A friendship and a business relationship will blossom, and Weiss will inspire several songs by Waits, including Jitterbug Boy, and one by Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love.
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Having sung with Sinatra at his home two days earlier, Bob Dylan performs Restless Farewell at Frank Sinatra's 80th Birthday Tribute, in The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.


Barb Jungr releases a new album, Just Like A Woman (Hymn To Nina) on Linn Records in the UK. The album includes several Bob Dylan covers, including Just Like A Woman, The Times They Are A-Changin' and Ballad Of Hollis Brown.


Jack Carty and Maz O'Connor play at The Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury, England, UK, Europe.
On their joint-headlining tour,
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