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Music hall singer and comedian Vesta Victoria records He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling, Riding On A Motor Car, Ching Ching Chinaman, The Country Girl and 'Ackney With The 'Ouses Took Away for G&T Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
Howard Morrison is born in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Oceania. He will become founder and leader of New Zealand's first all-Maori pop/rock'n'roll group, The Howard Morrison Quartet.
The Hank Williams composition I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living is published by Acuff-Rose Publications of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Everlovin' by Ricky Nelson, entering at No63.
Johnny Cash records a version of Delia's Gone at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This version will remain unreleased.
The Famous Davis Sisters record Here's My Heart, Earnestly Praying, Jesus Loves Me and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.
The Jack Brokensha Australian Jazz Quartet records March Of The Siamese Children, Johnny Guitar, Round About Midnight and other tracks for Savoy Records of Newark, New Jersey, USA.
After a four year break, The Newport Folk Festival returns at Newport, Rhode Island, USA. John Lee Hooker plays on the first and third days. The three-day event also features Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Peter Paul and Mary.
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Jerry Lee Lewis undertakes his final recording session for Sun Records at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. During this session he records Carry Me Back To Old Virginia', Invitation To Your Party, I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye and One Minute Past Eternity. An album by The Beatles entitled Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Hard Day's Night is released in Germany, Europe, on Odeon Records.
The highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, entering at No66.
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Michael Marshall, aka Mike Marshall and Mike Meezy, is born in Berkeley, California, USA. He will achieve some success as the lead singer of Timex Social Club. 
Free jazz vocalist Patty Waters, records her debut album Patty Waters Sings for ESP-Disk in New York City, USA.
Woman, a new single by Peter And Gordon, is released in the USA on Capitol Records. The songwriter credit is to Bernard Webb, but it will later be revealed to have been a composition by Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Internationally successful Australian folk-pop group The Seekers begin a new recording contract which sees the quartet switching from former producer Tom Springfield to Mickie Most.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Mrs Robinson by Simon And Garfunkel, entering at No47.
EMI Records launches its new progressive rock label, Harvest, with four albums including The Book Of Taliesyn by Deep Purple.
Terry Reid Records Things To Try, Twelve, Dream and other tracks for Atlantic Records at Advision Studios, London, UK.
Seventy-one composers and lyricists, including Elmer Bernstein, file a $300-million class-action lawsuit against Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, MGM, Warner Bros., Columbia, Walt Disney, United Artists, CBS, ABC, NBC, the AMPTP and other film-related conglomerates. The suit charges the studios with conspiracy in restraint of trade by refusing to hire any composer or lyricist who fails to agree to their terms. Those terms include complete ownership of the music and lyrics, granting publishing rights to the producer and/or his publisher (thereby losing 50 percent of performance fees from overseas exhibition) and surrendering all rights to exploit the music outside of the film or TV show.
Pink Floyd begin recording the song Great Gig In The Sky in >EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, UK. It will appear on their album Dark Side Of The Moon,
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Paul McCartney and his family are staying during two weeks at the luxurious La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco, Africa. While there they begin rehearsing and writing songs for the band's next LP, including Mamunia, inspired at least in part by the name of the hotel.
Acts on the second day of The Great British Music Festival at Olympia, London, UK, are Bad Company, Nazareth, Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance, Pretty Things and Be Bop Deluxe. Tickets are £3.50.
When The Grateful Dead play at Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Bob Weir changes the lyrics of their song Jack Straw from "we used to play for silver, now we play for life," to "we used to play for silver, now we play for Clive." This is a reference to Clive Davis, the boss of Arista Records, for which the band records. In several subsequent concerts, Weir will make the same change in the song's lyric.Helena Paparizou is born in Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe, but her family background is Greek. She will become the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 with the song My Number One, representing Greece.
Popular bandoneonist, band leader and musical arranger Hector Maria Artola, nicknamed Quico, dies in Buenos Aires, Brazil, South America.
In an attempt to imitate a stunt in Motley Crue's Live Wire video, a 12-year-old fan sets his legs on fire.
Shotgun-toting PCP-addled Soul Brother No1, James Brown, is arrested in Augusta, Georgia, USA, after an interstate car chase.
The Tony Williams Quintet spends the first of three days recording the LP Native Heart at The Power Station, New York City, USA.
A new MTV show, Unplugged, debuts with live acoustic sets from Squeeze and Syd Straw. the show is dedicated to presenting acoustic music.
The Artist (better known as Prince) sings Holy River at the VH1 Honors Awards in Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Los Angeles, California, USA. He also closes the event with Raspberry Beret and Take Me With You medley.
Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho is born in Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe. She will find success as singer and songwriter Arlo Parks.
Singer-songwriter John Martyn has his right leg amputated from below the knee. The leg had become poisoned when a cyst behind his knee burst.
The second day of The Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, features Basement Jaxx, Roots Manuva, Telepopmusik, Death In Vegas and others.
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On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black
Eyed Peas play at the TW Classic Festival, Werchter, Belgium, Europe. Also on the bill are Mika, The Scissor Sisters, Amy MacDonald and others.
Country music singer Mindy McCready and her young son Zander are found hiding together in a home in Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA. Three days earlier, McCready had removed Zander from her perents' house in Cape Coral, Florida, USA.
During a fund-raising event at the Apollo Theater in New York City, USA, President Barack Obama sings a brief snatch of Al Green's 1972 No1 hit Let's Stay Together while on stage. By the end of the week, the song will have been downloaded 16,000 times, making it the best sales week for the song since SoundScan began tracking downloads in 2003.
It is announced that 21 by Adele was the best-selling album of 2012 in the USA, and Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know was the best-selling single.
The Veronicas begin a UK tour with a show at The Library, The Institute, Brimingham.
During an interview with Steve Wright on BBC Radio 1 in London, England, UK, Europe, Eric Clapton expresses his concern that he is going deaf and that his hands no longer work as well as they once did. "I am still going to work," he states. "I am going to do a show at Hyde Park in July; the only thing I am concerned with now is I am going deaf, I’ve got tinnitus, my hands just about work."
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