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The Augustin Daly Musical Company presents San Toy at English's, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.Gordon William Mills is born in Madras, India, Asia. After moving to the UK, Gordon Mills will become a successful London-based music industry manager and songwriter, best-remembered for guiding the careers of Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Gilbert O'Sullivan.
In an article about the increasing popularity of African music, Time magazine reports that Bengali choreographer Uday Shankar has just released "an album of five discs devoted to Hindu music as played by the performers of his company [Victor. Musical Masterpiece Series, price $9]. Preserved in wax were the most striking musical accompaniments and interludes of the famed Shan-Kar performances, including Vishnudass Shirali's incredible solo on twelve drums."
Gerry Lockran is born in Yeotmal, India, Asia. He will find success as a folk/blues singer and songwriter after moving to London, England, UK, Europe, in the mid-1950s.Dorothy Collins and The Raymond Scott Orchestra perform Song Of India on Your Hit Parade (sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes) on tv in the USA. On the same edition of the show Collins duets on You're Just In Love with Snooky Lanson.
Cliff Richard and the Drifters release a new single, Livin' Lovin Doll, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the third night in a week of shows at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, UK.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the last night in a week of shows at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, UK.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Kathy Kirby, Jerry Lordan, Peter Elliott and The Four Jones Boys play at The Gaumont, Bradford, UK.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Kathy Kirby, Jerry Lordan, Peter Elliott and The Four Jones Boys play at The Savoy, Exeter, UK.
Cliff Richard records Memories Linger On and It's You, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
British pop idol Cliff Richard has a recording session in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, during which herecords Blue Moon, Temptation and other tracks.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows play a show for black audiences only in The Alhambra Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa. Box office receipts go to local charities.
Cliff Richard presents awards, and performs Living Doll, at the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs annual event in The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the thirteenth night in a six-week season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe, guitarist Bruce Welch is stricken with enteritis. He is briefly replaced by Les Bennetts, guitarist for Lonnie Donegan.Ray Charles makes his much-anticipated British live debut at The Astoria Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe. In the audience are British pop stars Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Adam Faith and Alma Cogan.
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Cliff Richard and The Shadows record C'est Si Bon, La Mer and other tracks in Jubilee Hall, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Top 5 Singles on this day in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, are as follows :
1. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES
2. I'm Leaving It Up To You - Dale And Grace
3. I'll Keep You Satisfied - Billy J.Kramer with The Dakotas
4. Everybody - Tommy Roe
5. Don't Talk To Him - Cliff Richard And The Shadows
1. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES
2. I'm Leaving It Up To You - Dale And Grace
3. I'll Keep You Satisfied - Billy J.Kramer with The Dakotas
4. Everybody - Tommy Roe
5. Don't Talk To Him - Cliff Richard And The Shadows
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA publishes a chart based on international record sales, showing that Cliff Richard is now the world's most successful recording artist, followed by Elvis Presley.Cliff Richard And The Shadows are in the Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, working on the film Wonderful Life.
Teen movie Summer Holiday, starring Cliff Richard And The Shadows, is released to cinemas in the USA.
In line with a Musicians Union ruling not to comply with South Africa's apartheid regime, Liverpool band The Swinging Blue Jeans refuse to visit the country. Other groups supporting the ban include The Rolling Stones, The Four Pennies, Freddie and the Dreamers and Dave Berry. Cliff Richard, however is a member of Equity, the actor's union, although The Shadows belong to the MU. "We can't speak for Cliff," says MU secretary Harry Francis, "but as far as we are concerned, The Shadows won't be going."
Cliff Richard And The Shadows continue with their Christmas season in the pantomime Aladdin, at The London Palladium, London, UK.
A Cliff Richard tv special, Cliff Richard's Christmas Cheer is shown in the UK, also featuring The Shadows and Frank Ifield.
The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, Cliff Richard, Status Quo, The Association, Love Affair, Don Partridge, Amen Corner, The Herd, The Move, The Tremeloes, and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play at the NME Poll Winner's Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles renounce their association with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as 'a public mistake'.
Cliff Richard takes part in a special gala midnight charity benefit performance in aid of The Royal Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, at The Palladium Theatre, London, UK.
Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66 spend the second of two days filming an appearance for Engelbert Humperdinck's ATV series in the UK.On the Dionne Warwick Solid Gold Show on tv in Los Angeles, California, USA, Cliff Richard is a guest star.
The thirteen-day long 1983 WOMAD Festival begins at The ICA, London, England, UK, Europe. Artists appearing over the course of the whole event include The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Durutti Column, Peter Hammill, Misty In Roots, Dick Gaughan, 23 Skidoo, Kanda Bongo Man, Test Dept., Rip Rig and Panic, Frank Chickens, Gaspar Lawal, The Marine Girls, Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart, Shikisha, The Malopoets, David Cunningham And Peter Gordon, Orchestra Jazira, Ritwik Sanyal, Ekome Dance Company, Dr Masateru Ando, Lakshmi Jayan, Dartington Gamelan Orchestra, Scream and Dance, Yoshi Kazu Iwamoto, Aboriginal Artists, Budha Dhitya Makharjee, Boroughloch, Amadu Jobareth, Sadi Al Hadithi and Remo Schka.
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Cliff Richard is playing during four nights at The National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard and the cast of tv comedy show The Young Ones reach No1 in the UK singles chart with a charity-fundraising parody of Cliff's hit Living Doll.
Half of the ashes of Grateful Dead founder/leader/guitarist Jerry Garcia are thrown into the River Ganges, India, Asia. (The other half will be sprinkled into San Francisco Bay during a boat trip two weeks later.)Jamaica's four day long Jazz and Blues Festival begins in Montego Bay, Jamaica, featuring Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Kenny Rogers and Cassandra Wilson.
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