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Jazz vibraphonist and percussionist John Joseph Brokensha aka Jack Brokensha, is born in Nailsworth, Adelaide, Australia. He will find success with The Australian Jazz Quartet. After meeting Berry Gordy of Motown Records, Brokensha will be hired as a percussionist, becoming one of the few white members of Motown studio's house band, The Funk Brothers.
Uriel
Jones is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. As a key member of
The
Funk Brothers session crew, he will become one of the most
respected drummers working for Motown Records, providing the beat behind hits by Stevie
Wonder, Marvin
Gaye, The Temptations and many others.
Max Carl Gronenthal is born in Humphrey, Nebraska, USA. He will find success as a rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter, working with Grand Funk Railroad and 38 Special.
James Brown, Solomon Burke, The Crystals, The Dovells, The Olympics, Lou Christie, Little Johnny Taylor and others play at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
TV show Discs A Go-Go in the UK features Steam Packet. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)The Biggest Show Of Stars For '65, featuring The Four Tops, The Temptations, Martha And The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Junior Walker And His All-Stars, The Marvelettes, The Spinners, Kim Weston, Willie Tyler and Lester and The Choker Campbell Band) plays during a week of shows at The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Fugs, Sly And The Family Stone and The Psychedelic Stooges play at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
James Brown, The Chambers Brothers, Sly And The Family Stone, Sam And Dave, Street, Joe Namath, Alan Alda and others appear in the local New York tv special Rock Of New York, hosted by Frankie Crocker.
The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, plays at the Houston Astrodrome, Houston, Texas, USA. This is the celebrated Night Of The Hurricane gig to raise funds for Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, and features guest appearances by Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes and Ringo Starr.The Crusaders, supported by John Stevens Away, play at The Hippodrome, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Prince plays the first of two nights at the Class of 1964 Skating Rink, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.A new tv series, Princess Daisy, premieres on NBC-tv in the USA, featuring Ringo Starr of The Beatles and his wife Barbara Bach as "chic, swinging couple Robin and Barbara Valerian."
Millie Jackson plays at Night Out, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
A cautious reaction is given by Warner Bros executives when they are presented with the first draft script for the new Prince movie, Under The Cherry Moon.
Cameo play at 
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays at The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor reaches No1 in the Billboard singles chart in the USA, for the first of four weeks. The song is composed by Prince.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour, Janet Jackson plays at BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
On his 
Milli Vanilli with Young MC and Seduction play at The Erie Civic Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.
Thunder, an 18-minute ballet by The Joffrey Ballet, based on the Prince song Thunder from his 1991 LP Diamonds And Pearls, premieres in Los Angeles, California, USA.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Ericsson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania, to an audience of 43,000.
Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Liz Taylor are guests at the wedding of Liza Minnelli and David Gest in Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, USA.During a tv interview in the USA, Michael Jackson claims that his fame has made him a target for those who wish to make money by falsely accusing him of, among other things, molesting small children.During an internet radio broadcast hosted by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, troubled pop superstar Michael Jackson claims that his court room troubles are part of a conspiracy against him and other black figures including Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali.
The 
George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic play at The Forum, Kentish Town, London, England, UK.
The funeral of Michael Jackson is held at The Great Mausoleum, Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Prince settles a $2.3m lawsuit over a canceled concert at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, Europe, out of court. Concert promotions company MCD had been seeking compensation for financial loss and damage to their commercial reputation.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at The Verizon Centre, Washington D.C., USA.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at The ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, USA.
Lady Gaga becomes the first living person to have 10m followers on Facebook. Nevertheless, she still trails behind Michael Jackson whose Facebook site boasts over 14m 'friends'.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at The Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, Europe.
Grammy-winning singer 
Miley Cyrus, Pharrell, Rita Ora, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Cheryl Cole, Jessie J, Union J, Ellie Goulding, Enrique Iglesias, Ed Sheeran, Duke Dumont, 5 Seconds of Summer, Clean Bandit, The Vamps and Little Mix play at The Capital FM Summertime Ball in Wembley Stadium, London, UK.
Stevie Wonder performs his classic album Songs In The Key Of Life in its entirety at The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.
During his 214-date 24k Magic World Tour, Bruno Mars plays at BottleRock Napa Valley Festival, Napa, California, USA.
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