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Harry Roger Webb is christened at St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church, Dehradun, India. He will find fame as UK pop idol Cliff Richard.
Skaila Kanga is born in Mumbai, India, Asia. She will first find success as an orchestral harpist in the UK, going on to work with artists as diverse as Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, and Paul McCartney.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at the Community War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York State, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour comes to an end at The Forum, Wichita, Kansas, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
Lonnie Donegan, Cliff Richard and The Drifters appear at The Empire Pool Arena, Wembley, London, UK, in the Record Star Show.
Cliff Richard secures his third UK No1 single with Please Don't Tease, a song chosen from a selection played to an audience of fan club members who then voted for their favourite.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the second night in a six-week season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the third night in a six-week season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard releases his fifth LP 21 Today on Columbia Records in the UK. It will peak at No1 during November.The LP 21 Today by Cliff Richard reaches No1 in the UK's NME Popular Albums chart. It will remain at No1 for just one week.
Cliff Richard has a recording session at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, during which he records The Young Ones, Secret Love and other tracks.
Cliff Richard is seen performing The Young Ones and I Wake Up Cryin' on the pre-recorded ATV show All Kinds Of Music in the UK.Cliff Richard appears on BBC radio show Parade Of The Pops in London, UK, performing The Young Ones and other tracks.
The Annual NME Pollwinners Concert is broadcast on tv in the UK. The show includes Brenda Lee and Johnny Burnette presenting awards to Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Billy Fury, Helen Shapiro and bandleader Ted Heath. Other live performers in the event include Acker Bilk and Shane Fenton, later to find greater fame as Alvin Stardust.
Cliff Richard is in Greece, Europe, at the start of filming for his next movie, Summer Holiday.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows record Reelin' And Rockin' and Razzle Dazzle in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows spend the third of four days of recording sessions in EMI's studios in Barcelona, Spain, Europe, for their album When In Spain.Pete Seeger leaves California, USA, on a world-wide tour which will take him to Australia, Indonesia, Japan, India, Africa and Europe including the UK. The tour is planned to end in June 1964.
Bobby Rydell and Cliff Richard and The Shadows appear on weekly tv show Sunday Night At The London Palladium in London, England, UK, Europe.
A Silver Disc is awarded in the UK to the single Don't Talk To Him by Cliff Richard and The Shadows on Columbia Records.
Cliff Richard is in the Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, continuing with the filming of his next movie, Wonderful Life.
Cliff Richard is in Columbia Studios, New York City, USA, recording Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Through The Eye Of A Needle and Look In My Eyes Maria.
Cliff Richard is in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, recording German-language versions of the songs Spanish Harlem and On the Beach.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play at the Gala Concert of the French Film Industry at the Marigny Theatre, Paris, France, Europe.
Carnatic singer Subbulakshmi plays at Vasanta Vihar Madras, India, Asia. The concert is recorded live for World Pacific Records.
UK pop newspaper the NME [New Musical Express] publishes its table of chart success for the year, in which 30 points are awarded for a No1 hit, 29 for a No2 and so on down to one point for a No30.Artist Points
1. Rolling Stones 836
2. The Seekers 813
3. The Beatles 760
4. The Animals 656
5. Sandie Shaw 649
6. Cliff Richard 631
7. Ken Dodd 617
8. The Yardbirds 607
9. Manfred Mann 569
10. The Hollies 567
When Ravi Shankar plays at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, George Harrison of The Beatles is in the audience, and the pair meet up a few days later.
UK chart-topping singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt plays at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.Michael Lang, producer of the Woodstock Festival, confirms that The Incredible String Band and Ravi Shankar have been added to the bill.
When Ravi Shankar performs at The Royal Albert Hall, London, London, George Harrison of The Beatles and his wife Patti Boyd are in the audience.It's Cliff Richard, a thirteen week tv series starring Cliff Richard, begins in the UK.
Jimmy Ruffin, Jackie Lomax, Nanette, Peter Sarstedt, Sacha Distel andSue And Sunny appear live on UK tv show Top Of The Pops.
The fund-raising triple-album, Concert For Bangladesh is released in the USA on Apple Records, featuring live performances from George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and others.
The Specials, The Bodysnatchers and The Swinging Cats play at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe. After Jerry Dammers of The Specials sees elderly women selling their possessions on the Glasgow streets, he is inspired to write the song Ghost Town. "It was unbelievable," he said later. "It was clear that something was very, very wrong."
When The Specials and The Swinging Cats play on Midsummer Common, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe, fighting erupts in the audience. Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of The Specials will later be charged with inciting violent behaviour.
Gordon Mills, manager of Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Gilbert O’Sullivan, dies of cancer, aged 51, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Yoko Ono speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, India, at an art show which pays homage to Indian women. The show also includes an archive of her music, movies and other work with her late husband, John Lennon.
The Prodigy, Bombay Bicycle Club, Madness, BossHoss, and others play on the sixth day of the seven-day long Sziget Festival, Óbudai-Sziget, Budapest, Hungary, Europe.1940 |
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