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Gay Mercader is born in Barcelona, Spain, Europe. He will become one of the most successful music promoters in Europe, working with The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Bryan Ferry and many others.
Andy Chapin is born in Liverpool, UK. After emigrating to the USA, he will play keyboards for The Association, Steppenwolf and also for Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band.
Married duo Boots Faye and Idaho Call record Cryin' My Heart Out, I'm Losing Your Love, That's My Heart Talkin' and Shiftin' Sands in Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California, USA.
John Goodsall is born in Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as a progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist working with, among others, the bands Brand X, Atomic Rooster and The Fire Merchants.
Acclaimed jazz flautist, composer and conductor James W. Newton is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Filming begins on the Columbia Pictures movie musical Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! starring Perez Prado, Stephen Dunne, The Mary Kaye Trio, Helen Grayco, Luis Arcaraz And His Orchestra, Lucerto Bárcenas and Manny López And His Orchestra.Jazz clarinettist Buddy DeFranco records Wholly Cats and More Than You Know, at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records. Guitarist on the session is the legendary Barney Kessel.
Jazz clarinetist, composer and bandleader Jimmy Grier dies in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country music star Spade Cooley is indicted by a Grand Jury in Kern County, California, USA, for the murder of his wife, Ella Mae, on April 3 at their ranch house in Willow Springs, near Tehachapi, California.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the third night of a twelve-night run at The Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with studio-based filming for the movie Blue Hawaii, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra record Sugar Blues, Echoes Of Harlem and other tracks for the Mercury Records album Ten Trumpets And Two Guitars at Studio A in Bill Putnam's United Recording Corp. studio, Hollywood, California, USA.Del Shannon, The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield], Johnny Tillotson, Kenny Lynch and The Eagles (UK band) play at The Odeon, Newcastle, UK, Europe
Peter, Paul And Mary enter the UK Singles Chart with Blowin' In The Wind. The song will prove a major hit and will introduce the name of its composer, Bob Dylan, to a much wider audience.
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Eric Dolphy is rehearsing at Restaurant De Kroon, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe, at the start of a European tour. Later in the day, Dolphy plays at Jazzclub B-14, De Heuvel, Rotterdam, and also at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Jazz pianist and composer Sam Stept dies aged 67 in Los Angeles, California, USA. His best-remembered compositions include Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, That's My Weakness Now and Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)
The Righteous Brothers enter the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA with a new Phil Spector-produced single, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, on Philles Records.
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During a North American tour, The Rolling Stones fly from Los Angeles, California, USA, to New York City.
Judy Garland suffers an allergic reaction to a prescribed medicine and is rushed into UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, for treatment.
After a Rick And The Ravens recording session at World Pacific Jazz studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, that group falls apart. With the addition of guitarist Robby Krieger, they evolve into The Doors. 
The Byrds play the third of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.The Byrds play the eleventh of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Smokestack Lightning play the third of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Three Dog Night's third album, Captured Live At The Forum, is certified gold by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Grateful Dead play the second of two nights at The Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Diana Ross plays at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour plays to an audience of 67,500 on the first of two nights at the Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania. 
Metallica plays at the Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
When Rod Stewart marries New Zealand model Rachel Hunter in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, he is quoted as saying, "I've found the girl that I want. I won't be putting my banana in anybody's fruit bowl from now on'. The couple will part in 1999.
Michael Jackson spends the third of four days in Los Angeles playing host to King Nana Amon Ndoufou IV, ruler of Sanwi on the Ivory Coast, Africa.
Rapper Eazy-E, who founded NWA and the Ruthless Records label, announces that he has been diagnosed with AIDS. He will die ten days later from complications caused by the illness in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A trial opens at Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, California, USA, in which German concert promoter Marcel Avram is suing Michael Jackson in a multi-million dollar lawsuit accusing the star of fraud and breach of contract.
System Of A Down film the official video for their song Hypnotize during their concert at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Bob Dylan releases his 32nd studio album, Modern Times, in the UK on Columbia Records. Jack Frost, credited as producer, is a pseudonym for Dylan.Chi Cheng, bass-player of The Deftones, is seriously injured in a car crash in Santa Clara, California, USA.
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It is reported that Axl Rose has filed a $5m lawsuit against Irving Azoff, former manager of Guns N' Roses. Rose claims that Azoff deliberately sabotaged the solo careers of Rose and the other band members, so that they would be forced to re-unite.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play the second of two nights at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Harold Davison, the UK music impresario who counted The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland among his clients, dies of congestive heart failure in Palm Springs, California, USA.
On her Revival tour, Selena Gomez plays the second of two nights at Takyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, supported by Beck.
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