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Gene Vincent begins a recording session at Owen Bradley's Nashville, Tennessee, studio, at which he records Be-Bop-A-Lula, Race With The Devil, I Sure Miss You and Woman Love.
Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps play the fifth night of a week at the Casino Royal, Washington DC, USA.
Eddie Cochran joins Gene Vincent's regular back-up vocalists,Tommy Facenda and Paul Peeks, for a set of recordings that become known as the Capitol Sessions.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play at the Guildhall, Southampton, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the third of six nights at The Empire, Leeds, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the last of six nights at The Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK.
Gene Vincent arrives in the UK for a tour, but he is without his Bluecaps, because the Musicians' Union has banned them. For the tour, Vincent is backed by British band Sounds Incorporated 
Gene Vincent (with Sounds Incorporated) plays at The Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland, UK. Support act is The Alex Sutherland Sextet.
Having recently signed a management contract with local businessman Brian Epstein, The Beatles are taken to see tailor Beno Dorn in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, to be measured for matching dark blue suits. On the same day, their hair is tidied up by Liverpool hairdressers the Home Brothers. In this way, Epstein is beginning to give the group a more sophisticated look than their previous leather jackets and jeans image.Gene Vincent, Ricky Valance, Tommy Bruce, Peter Wynne, Danny Rivers, Vince Eager and The Echoes play at The Essoldo, Keighley, UK.
Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Gary 'US' Bonds, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at The Odeon, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
A blue Aston Martin DB5, reg.no 64MAC, is delivered to Paul McCartney of The Beatles in London, UK. The specially personalised vehicle is fitted with a black leather interior, chrome wire wheels, a Motorola radio and a Philips Auto-Mignon record player.The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at the City Hall, Newcastle, UK.
The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at the Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at The Gaumont, Derby, England, UK, Europe.
Playing live for a French TV special at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, are Gene Vincent, Sandie Shaw, Petula Clark, Manfred Mann, The Kinks and The Clayton Squares.
Rick And The Ravens, a group including Ray Manzarek, later to play keyboards for The Doors, plays at Ports O'Call, San Pedro Marina, California, USA. Because the contract calls for a six-piece group, Manzarek's friend Jim Morrison stands in with the band, pretending to play guitar.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
Jim Morrison of The Doors attends the opening of Michael McLure's play The Beard at The Warner Playhouse, Los Angeles, California, USA.Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested and charged with public drunkenness, after harassing a security guard at an adult movie theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.The Doors' singer Jim Morrison is forcibly removed from a Continental Airlines flight at Phoenix, Arizona, USA, and arrested for causing a disturbance while intoxicated.
The Doors' leader Jim Morrison appears in the District Court, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, charged with causing a disturbance on a Continental Airlines flight three-weeks earlier.
Gene Vincent has his last-ever recording session, at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London, UK.
Legendary Sunset Boulevard hotel The Chateau Marmont is named a Los Angeles' Historical-Cultural Landmark. Opened in 1929, the hotel became famed for its bohemian celebrity clientele, which included Jim Morrison of The Doors and gonzo writer Hunter S. Thompson. Actor John Belushi died of a drug overdose in Bungalow 3 on March 5, 1982. The Chateau Marmont is the setting for the Grateful Dead's 1987 song West L.A. Fadeaway, and it is also mentioned in both Lana Del Rey's 2012 song Off To The Races, and Father John Misty's song Chateau Lobby No4 (in C for Two Virgins).
George Harrison, former guitarist of The Beatles, publishes I, Me, Mine, a leather-bound limited edition autobiography, selling at a mere £148. 
Suzi Quatro opens as Dick in the pantomime Dick Whittington at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, UK. The show will run until 14 January.
On a charity fundraising edition of UK tv quiz show The Weakest Link, Billy Bragg wins over £11,000 for his chosen charity which provides support for victims of torture. Other music biz contestants on the show include Suzi Quatro, Lesley Garrett, Carol Decker of T'Pau, Shola Ama, DJ Spoony and Dave Lee Travis.Florida Governor Charlie Crist pardons The Doors' singer Jim Morrison, in relation to an incident in 1969 when he was convicted of exposing himself during a concert at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami, Florida, USA.
The first pictures of Lady Gaga since undergoing surgery for a labral tear of her right hip, surface. She is seen seated in a specially-designed 24-Karat gold-plated chair with a black leather seat and removable leather canopy.
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