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Solomon Schwartz is born in Whitechapel, Londopn, England, UK, Europe. He will find great success as bandleader Stanley Black.Nobuyuki Idei is born in Tokyo, Japan, Asia. He will become Chairman and group chief executive officer of the Sony Corporation, playing a significant role in the launch of the Walkman cassette player and the CD player.
Judy Garland spends the first of six days of shooting interiors and exteriors of Noonan's Cottage for the movie Little Nellie Kelly in the USA.
Kay Kyser And His Orchestra, with vocalist Ginny Simms, record The Bad Humor Man (Ting-a-ling) for Columbia Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Art Garfunkel, who will find fame as the taller half of Simon And Garfunkel, is born in New York City, USA.
Jimmy Swan And His Range Riders record Juke Joint Mama, Triflin' On Me, I Love You So Much and I Had A Dream for Trumpet Records at the studio of WFOR Radio in Hattiesburg, Mississipi, USA.
Julien Andrew Temple is born in Kensington, London, England, UK. He will find success as film, documentary and music video director Julien Temple, working on such major projects as The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners and a documentary about Glastonbury.
When folk musician Pete Seeger plays at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, the show is recorded by producer John Hammond of Columbia Records and will be released as live album entitled Story Songs.
The first sale of Western-made discs to the Soviet Union is agreed by Associated Recordings Ltd., on behalf of Crown Records in London, England, UK, Europe. The sale involves 8,400 records.
It is reported that Roger Miller recently spent several days in hospital following "another spill" from his motor scooter.
When Kon-Tiki goes to No1 in the UK, The Shadows become the first group to simultaneously top the British singles, EPs and albums charts.
The Coasters release a new single, Bad Blood / (Ain't That) Just Like Me, on Atco Records in the USA.
Neil Davidge is born in Bristol, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as a record producer, songwriter and film score composer, working with Massive Attack, David Bowie, Primal Scream and many more.
In his UK tv show On The Braden Beat, presenter Bernard Braden attacks the BBC's Black And White Minstrel Show for depicting black people in an offensive and patronising way.
Phil Spector is producing tracks for his album A Christmas Gift For You (aka The Phil Spector Christmas Album) in Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys drops in today, and plays piano on Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.
A Silver Disc is awarded in the UK to the single Little Red Rooster by The Rolling Stones on Decca Records.
Jazz vibes player Freddie McCoy records Lonely Avenue, When Sunny Gets Blue and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.Joe Neil Thrasher is born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He will find success as country music singer and songwriter Neil Thrasher. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver will become the duo Thrasher Shiver. Thrasher will also compose several singles for other artists, including Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Diamond Rio, Reba McEntire and Montgomery Gentry. He will win an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award in 2004.
The Yardbirds spend the first of two days recording Still I'm Sad, in London, England, UK. The track is considered to be an early influence on the sound of psychedelia which would emerge more fully in the next year.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos record Waitin' In Your Welfare Line, That's What I'm Like Without You, There Never Was A Fool and In The Palm Of Your Hand, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, release a new single, I'm Your Witch Doctor on Immediate Records in the UK. The track is produced by Jimmy Page.
Mel Tillis records I Haven't Seen Mary In Years, Another Bridge To Burn, Son Of A Bum, Normally and Can You Build Your House, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Merle Haggard records This Is The Beginning Of The End and The Sunny Side Of My Life, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Glen Campbell, Billy Mize and Lewis Talley [gtrs], Roy Nichols [steel], Howard Lowe [bass], Eddie Burris [drums], George French [piano] and Bonnie Owens [harmony vocal].
The Beatles' personal assistant Mal Evans signs The Iveys to The Beatles' company, Apple. The group will achieve success after a name-change to Badfinger.
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell release their joint album, Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell on Capitol Records in the USA.
Singer-songwriter and band leader John Sebastian quits The John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles appoint Allen Klein's Abkco Industries Inc to manage their business affairs. Paul McCartney, however, refuses to sign up with Klein.
Jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff records Hunk O'Funk and Yellow Wednesday at Island Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, for Blue Note Records.
The British singles chart for this day includes hits by all four members of The Beatles as solo performers : John Lennon’s Power to the People, Paul McCartney’s Another Day, George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord, and Ringo Starr’s It Don’t Come Easy.
David Bowie, Iggy Pop and others are arrested at the Americana Rochester Hotel, Rochester, New York State, USA, on marijuana charges. Three other persons, including a Rochester woman, Chi Wah Soo, are arrested with him.
Pioneering female blues and country blues singer and songwriter Lillian Glinn dies in Richmond, California, USA.
Blues pianist Roosevelt Sykes dies aged 77, of a heart attack, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Prince begins filming for his second movie, Graffiti Bridge.
Florida District Court judge Jose Gonzalez rules that 2 Live Crew's album As Nasty As They Wanna Be is obscene and illegal to sell in the USA.
Pantera release their fifth LP, The hit single Fairground by Simply Red is awarded a platinum disc in the UK by the BPI.
Emmylou Harris' Hot Band is ranked at No1 when CMT presents its choice of 20 Greatest Bands. Among the musicians associated with the group are Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Brown, Hank DeVito and former Elvis Presley sideman Glen D. Hardin.
The ejazz.fm website (launched in June 2000) is renamed jazzfm.com, along with the change of 102.2 Jazz FM to 102.2 Smooth FM.
Billy Bragg, Kate Nash and others take part in demonstrations against the G20 Summit, outside the Bank of England in the city of London, England, UK.
Clarence Clemons, saxophonist of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, suffers a stroke at his home in Singer Island, Florida, USA, and is immediately hospitalised. He undergoes brain surgery soon after.
Madonna is reported to have become pop music's first female billionaire, following a successful 2012 world tour and a string of business deals which pushed her net worth past $1bn (£650m).
Dolly Parton brings her Blue Smoke tour to an end with a show at Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland.
Sting and Al Green are presented with Kennedy Center Honors at a gala ceremony in Washington DC, USA. During the event, four Al Green songs are performed (Can't Get Next to You / Love And Happiness by Earth, Wind and Fire; Simply Beautiful by Jennifer Hudson; Let's Stay Together by Usher and
Take Me to the River by Mavis Staples and Sam Moore) and four Sting songs (If Ever I Lose My Faith in You by Lady Gaga, Fragile by Esperanza Spalding, I Hung My Head by Bruce Springsteen and So Lonely / Roxanne / Message in a Bottle by Bruno Mars.
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