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Country/pop singer and guitarist Rusty Draper is born in Kirksville, Missouri, USA.
Ray Charles appeared in The Dinah Shore Show on tv in the USA, along with Liberace, Peter Nero and Big Tiny Little. The contemporary black press will focus on the $15,000 fee Ray earns for the appearance, but the white press the day after the show will highlight the fact that Dinah Shore, a white performer, had put her hand on black star Ray Charles' shoulder during his performance.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders and The Iveys play at Haggars Ballroom, Pembroke, South Wales, UK.
In the Paris Theatre, Lower Regent St, London, England, UK, Europe, David Bowie, with his new guitarist Mick Ronson, tapes a session for BBC radio deejay John Peel's The Sunday Show.
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Madonna makes her first British appearance when tv show The Tube broadcasts from The Hacienda, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. The Factory All Stars (including Vini Reilly, New Order's Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner and ACR's Donald Johnson) perform Shack Up, Confusion and Love Will Tear Us Apart. Morrissey of The Smiths also appears.
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The Smiths play at The City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK, Europe.
The Smiths fly to America to begin a short tour, accompanied by Billy Bragg.
The Playn Jayn release a new LP, Five Good Evils, on ABC Records in the UK.
The June Brides play at The George And Dragon, Bedford, England, UK, Europe.
The Smiths play at Eden Court, Inverness, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Seth Putnam founds the outrageous grindcore band Anal C*nt, which then sets out - with considerable success - to shock and offend as many listeners as possible.
On their The Prayer tour, The Cure play at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Delgados play at the The Arts Centre, Salisbury, Witlshire, England, UK, supported by The Wedding Present.
Chris Mills plays at The Mad Planet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Arctic Monkeys release their third album, Humbug, on Domino Records in Japan, Asia.
Arctic Monkeys release their third album, Humbug, on Domino Records in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland.
Lightspeed Champion plays at The Cluny, Newcastle, UK.
Lightspeed Champion plays at Heaven, London, UK.
The Suburbs by The Arcade Fire reaches No1 in the Irish Albums Chart.
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan release the album Hawk in the UK.
Warpaint play at The Scala, London, England, UK, Europe.
Touring in support of her album Welcome Back Colour, Danish singer-songwriter Tina Dico plays at Cadogan Hall, London, UK.
The Arctic Monkeys release their fourth album, Suck It And See on Domino Records in the USA.
Franz Ferdinand release their fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action in the USA.
Grouplove play at The Independent, San Francisco, California, USA.
Exit Calm play at The Hoxton Bar And Kitchen, London, UK.
Damien Jurado plays at St. Pancras Old Church, London, UK.
Noah And The Whale play at Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK.
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks release a new album, Wig Out At Jagbags on Matador Records in the USA.
During their The Take Off and Landing of Everything Tour, Elbow play a live set at Maida Vale Studios, London, England, UK.
Elbow play at The O2 Academy, Newcastle, Newcastle, England, UK.
Broken Records play at King Tut's, Glasgow, Scotland.
Haim play at The Boulevard Pool, Cosmopolitan Of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Get Well Soon play at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Alvvays release their debut LP, Alvvays, on Transgressive Records in the UK
Kraftklub play at Zenith, Munich, Germany, Europe.
Hozier plays at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Vance Joy, with guests Reuben And The Dark, plays at The Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Beirut plays at Spandauer Zitadelle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Modern Baseball play at The Metro Theatre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Mogwai begin their Atomic tour at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dashboard Confessional play at Irving Plaza, New York City, USA.
Honeyblood play at Bush Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Car Seat Headrest release a new LP, Twin Fantasy, on Matador Records.
Big Thief begin an extensive tour with a show at Irenic, San Digo, California, USA.
Big Thief play at the Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium, Europe.
The 40th Brit Awards are held at the O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe. British Album of The Year is Psychodrama by Dave, British Song Of The Year is Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi, British Male Solo Artist is Stormzy, British Female Solo Artist is Mabel, British Group is Foals, Best New Artist is Lewis Capaldi, International Female Solo Artist is Billie Eilish. Live performers include Billie Eilish, Lewis Capaldi, Stormzy, Rod Stewart, Dave and Lizzo.
Seafret play at Carioca Club-Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.
Arlo Parks releases a new single, Caroline, on Beatnik/Transgressive Records.
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