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Nick Ogilvie is born in Medford, Oregon, USA. He will become a singer, songwriter, guitar, saxophone, harmonica and piano-player, performing in the 60s in San Francisco and Portland, leading The Oriental Blue Streaks and The PH Factor Jugband. A massively popular stalwart of the West Coast scene, Ogilvie will play at the Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore West, Winterland, and The Matrix, sharing bills with The Doors, The Byrds, Jan And Dean and Lightning Hopkins. He will support Jefferson Airplane in Portland's Coliseum; and the Grateful Dead And Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Crystal Ballroom.
Thomas Harvey Bonniwell is born in San Jose, California, USA. He will find success as singer, songwriter and guitarist Sean Bonniwell of 1960s hit-making band The Music Machine.Bob Gallion releases a new single, My Square Dancin' Mama (She's Done Learned To Rock'n'Roll) on MGM Records in the USA.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets play at The Granada, Walthamstowe, London, UK, supported by The Montanas, The Tanner Sisters, Gary Miller and Ronnie Keene And his Orchestra. Des O'Connor is the compere.
Instrumental guitar band The Virtues play at The Vaudeville House on The Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Surf music pioneer Dick Dale performs Let's Go Trippin' on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The song will come to be regarded as the first surf rock instrumental.
Pamela Polland, backed by guitarist Ry Cooder, plays at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Byrds perform their cover of the Bob Dylan song Mr. Tambourine Man on tv show Hullabaloo in the USA. The Supremes and Peter And Gordon appear in the same edtion of the show.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, play at The College Of Fashion, London, England, UK.
Neil Young writes the song Sugar Mountain while visiting Joni Mitchell in Detroit, Michigan, USA. (N.B. some sources say Young wrote this song in 1964)
The Beach Boys play in a 'New Year Spectacular" at UPS Field House, Tacoma, Washington, USA, with Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Yardbirds, The Beau Brummels, The Vegetables, Alexys and The Mojo Men (with Sly Stone one keyboards).
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at The Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno, California, USA.Tim Rose plays at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, plus Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy. (Plant will go on to become the vocalist of Led Zeppelin].
The Nazz play the fifth of six nights at The Café Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. The band includes Todd Rundgren who will go on to carve out a successful solo career.
John Mayall plays the fifth of six nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Zephyr.
Apparently worried that drum machines and synthesisers will put musicians out of work, the UK Musicians Union puts forward a resolution to ban these new devices from recording studios.
Uriah Heep, the first major Western rock band to perform live in Russia, play the fourth of ten nights at Olympijskiy Stadium, Moscow, Russia, Europe.Stevie Ray Vaughan records Wall Of Denial, which will appear on his album In Step.
All four of The Monkees reunite for the first time since the late sixties to attend the unveiling of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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The Church play at The Citadel, Washington DC, USA.
Alice Cooper, Pretty Maids and 24-7 Spyz play at Christinehof Castle, Skåne, Sweden, Europe.
On their first American tour, Arctic Monkeys play at Webster hall, New York City, USA.
Green Day play at Reitstadion Riem, Munich, Germany, Europe, supported by Joan Jett.
Deftones, Gossip, Hurts, Jet, The Manic Street Preachers, Mão Morta, Skunk Anansie, The Bloody Beetroots, The Gossip and The Maccabees play on the second of three days of the Optimus Alive 2010 festival, Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Oeiras, Portugal, Europe.
A monument to John Lennon of The Beatles is unveiled in Liverpool, England, UK, by his first wife Cynthia and son Julian on what would have been the star's 70th birthday. The monument, intended to represent peace, is in the shape of a globe with doves flying above. On the same day, Lennon's widow Yoko Ono plays a concert in Reykjavik, Iceland, Europe, and Lennon's original band, The Quarrymen, headline a tribute concert in Central Park, New York City, USA.
Paul Stanley of KISS attends the launch of Hard Rock Cafe's KISS Signature Series: Edition 32 T-shirt and collectable pin at the Hard Rock in Orlando, Florida, USA.
On their Dones World Tour, Muse play at Rock Im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Europe. Also on the bill are Incubus, The Hives, Bonaparte, Triggerfinger, Orchid. Items donated by Sir Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and others go on auction via eBay to benefit Syrian refugees. One extraordinary item is the Blur Ice Cream Van seen on stage at Hyde Park, London, England, UK, earlier in the year. The auction, organised by drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur, was initiated in the wake of the recent horrific terrorist attack on The Bataclan in Paris, France, Europe.
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On their America Latina Ole Tour, The Rolling Stones play at Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil, South America.
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