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Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps perform Dance To The Bop on tv show Dick Clark's American Bandstand in the USA.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, Gene Vincent and Johnny Cash appear on KABC tv show Country America.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play at the Gaumont, Coventry, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the first of six nights at The Empire, Glasgow, Scotland.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play at The Gaumont, Cardiff, Wales.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the fourth 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 Empire, Leeds, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the last of six nights at The Hippodrome, Manchester,UK.
Gene Vincent and Eddie
Cochran play the third night of a brief season at The Hippodrome, Bristol, UK.
Gene Vincent plays at The Gaumont, Bradford, UK, supported by The Echos and Chris Wayne.
Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Johnny Duncan And The Bluegrass Boys, Jess Conrad and Sounds Incorporated play at The Oasis Ballroom, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. The show is promoted by Don Arden.
Gene Vincent is the headline attraction on the Twist Across the Channel event, in which a ferry full of rock'n'roll fans travels from the UK to
France, Europe.
A package tour starring Adam Faith with Gene Vincent, The Roulettes, Chance Gordon, The Trebletones and Peter Gordeno plays at The Granada, Edmonton, UK.
Gene Vincent plays in the Cirque Municipal, Amiens, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.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, Luton, 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 come to the end of a British tour with a show at The Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
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.
Jim Morrison of The Doors visits the home of Elektra Records owner Jac Holzman in Los Angeles, California, USA, to give his son Adam a birthday gift of an African thumb piano.
Jim Morrison of The Doors participates in the second night of a poetry reading at Cinematheque 16, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.After suffering from a bleeding ulcer for months, Gene Vincent dies of a seizure in Newhall, California, USA. English rock artist Ian Dury, a lifelong Gene Vincent fan will, in due course, be inspired to write the song Sweet Gene Vincent (1979) about his life and death.
Pioneering heavy metal band Urchin release the single Black Leather Fantasy/Rock And Roll Woman, on DJM Records in the UK
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play at The Blank Canvas, Leeds, England, UK, supported by Ty Cobb.
The manager of ageing pop singer Tom Jones bans him from wearing tight leather trousers.
Hideaki Sekiguchi, aka Billy Basswolf, bassist with Japanese speed-metal band Guitar Wolf dies in Tokyo, Japan, Asia, aged 38, after suffering a drug-related heart attack. Sir Tom Jones headlines Elvis Forever, a concert celebrating the music of Elvis Presley, in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe. The line-up also includes KT Tunstall, Scouting For Girls, Imelda May, Fyfe Dangerfield, Jon Allen, Michael Ball, Mica Paris, Tony Christie, The Magnets, Fran Healy (of Travis), Craig David, Tony Hadley, Suzi Quatro and Marti Pellow.
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