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Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five record My Blue Heaven, Dr. Livingstone I Presume?, When The Quail Come Back To San Quentin and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes for RCA Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.
Judy Garland plays the first of seven nights at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK.
Desi Arnaz records The Straw Hat Song in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for use in the tv series I Love Lucy.
Ella Fitzgerald, with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, records I Only Have Eyes For You, I Hear Music and other tracks in the USA, for the Verve Records album Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson.
At Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, Elvis Presley has a third day of recording songs for the soundtrack to his next movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
The Beach Boys' second album, Surfin' USA, peaks at No2 in the Billboard magazine album chart in the USA.
Jan And Dean record Honolulu Lulu, in United/Western Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Liberty Records.
Bluegrass group The Kentucky Colonels play the second night in a week of shows at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, USA. Their steel guitar player, Clarence White, will go on to play for The Byrds.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the first night of a ten-day engagement at Tin Pan Alley, Redwood City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Gary Lewis and The Playboys record Little Miss Go Go at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA publishes its regional pop charts, showing I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher at No1 in Cleveland, San Francisco and Seattle, while Bob Dylan holds the No1 position in Los Angeles and Miami with Like A Rolling Stone.
Ryan Rosowicz is born in Sacramento, California, USA. He will find success as rock guitarist Ryan Roxie working with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke and Slash's Snakepit.
During their Winter Concert Tour, Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass are playing in Spokane, Washington, USA.Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix and Sounds Incorporated play the eleventh night of a 14–day run in 'Fame In 67' at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre, London, England, UK.
The Barry Goldberg Reunion, supported by Pacific Gas And Electric, plays the last of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Dave Brubeck Trio with Gerry Mulligan plays at The University Of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Captain And Tennille are awarded their first gold record by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for the hit single, Love Will Keep Us Together.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers play the second of three nights at The Palladium, New York City, USA.Neil Young's album Hawks And Doves peaks at No.10 in the Billboard Albums Chart in the USA.
On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at The Salt Palace Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam XI at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with Kris Kristofferson, Tom Wopat, Little Richard, Nicolette Larson, Alabama, Ted Nugent, Bill Medley, Lacy J. Dalton, Gail Davies, Eddy Raven, Emmylou Harris, Amy Grant and others.
Rick Nelson, his fiancee and five band members are killed in a DC-3 plane crash near De Kalb, Texas, USA.
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On their On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at Parc des Princes, Paris, France, Europe, to an audience of 64,000.
On her Heart Of Stone tour, Cher plays at The Knight Center, Miami, Florida, USA.
On his Trash tour, 
John Lee Hooker spends the first of four days working working with producer/composer Jack Nitzsche on the soundtrack to the movie The Hot Spot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
November Rain by Guns N' Roses enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. It will peak at No3 during a twenty-week run on the chart. Running to 8m 57s, it will become the longest single ever to reach the Top 20 in the USA. With a budget of over US$1.5m, the single's video is the most expensive at the time.
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac applies for a restraining order in Los Angeles Country Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, against 38-year-old mental patient Ronald Anacelteo, who is believed to want to kidnap her and "absorb her spiritual powers".
US President Barack Obama describes himself as a longtime fan of the recently deceased Michael Jackson. "I grew up on his music - still have all his stuff on my iPod," Obama says, adding that Jackson "will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers."
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On her Femme Fatale tour, Britney Spears plays at The Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Ariana Grande is the musical guest when Saturday Night Live premieres its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC.
Rod Stewart, A$AP Rocky and James Corden perform Rod Stewart's Everyday at Corden's Carpool Karaoke in Los Angeles, California, USA.Carly Rae Jepsen plays at The City National Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On her Revival tour Selena Gomez plays at The SAP Center, San Jose, California, USA, supported by DNCE and Bea Miller.1940 |
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