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Mississippi

A young housekeeper, Emily D. West, is held captive by Mexican soldiers during the battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution in Texas, USA. Her story - extravagantly embellished - is widely believed to have inspired the words of the song The Yellow Rose Of Texas. The song has been recorded by Ernest Tubb, Elvis Presley, Mitch Miller and many others.
Jay Arthur Lane is born in Ruleville, Mississippi, USA. As Jimmy Rogers he will play with The Muddy Waters Band, and record for Chess Records in his own right.
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Blues vocalist and guitarist Johnnie Temple, records Big Leg Woman and Between Midnight And Dawn for Decca Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Songwriter and keyboard player Bobby Wood is born near New Albany, Mississippi, USA. He write songs including Crystal Gayle's Half The Way and Ronnie Milsap's He Got You, and will also play on Willie Nelson's Always On My Mind, Garth Brooks' The Dance and Elvis Presley's Kentucky Rain.
Randy McCormick is born in Rogersville, Alabama, USA. he will find success as a keyboard player and songwriter. He will co-write Eddie Rabbitt's Suspicions and Conway Twitty's Crazy In Love, and will also work with George Strait, Ricky Van Shelton and Jamie O'Neal.
A gospel package featuring The Blind Boys Of Mississippi, The Soul Stirrers and The Pilgrim Fathers attracts an audience of 20,000 people to the ball park at Albany, Georgia, USA.
Elvis Presley gets his first airplay, when his cover version of Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's That's All Right Mama is broadcast on WBHQ radio, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Too Much by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard US Best-Selling Singles chart, where it will peak at No1 during a fourteen-week run.
Upcoming songwriter-performer Neil Sedaka is signed to RCA Records in the USA by A+R man Steve Sholes, who had previously signed Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley is in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, re-shooting the ending of Wild In The Country, because pre-release screening audiences did not like the original ending in which Hope Lange committed suicide.
Location filming for the next Elvis Presley movie, Blue Hawaii, continues in Hawaii, USA.
Sam Cooke appears on the final edition of tv show Saturday Prom in the USA.
John Lee Hooker is playing two weeks of shows at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by up-and-coming folkie Bob Dylan.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
George Jones and Claude Gray play a one-nighter in Meridian, Mississippi, USA.
Jerry Kennedy's Dancing Guitars (including Boots Randolph on sax) record His Latest Flame, Little Sister, Heartbreak Hotel and other Elvis Presley covers at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Elvis Presley is filming scenes in Idyllwild, California, USA, for his latest movie, Kid Galahad.
Sheb Wooley records Mississippi Twist, Google Eye and A New Kind Of Lonesome for MGM Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Mississippi Swampers record Black Swamper's Blues, Green Blues and other tracks for Fonotone Records in Fredrick, Maryland, USA. The group includes guitarist John Fahey who will go on to achieve considerable acclaim as a solo artist.
Thelonious Monk records Body And Soul and Bright Mississippi at Columbia Records 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA.
Conway Twitty plays at Matty's Lounge, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Sam Cooke, Dion, Bobby Blue Bland, Little Willie John, Baby Washington, The Tymes, The King Pins, Freddie Scott, Gorgeous George and Joe Scott And His Orchestra play at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Derby, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Bukka White records Alabama Blues for Arhoolie Records in Berkeley, California, USA.
The Gil Evans Orchestra records Shakes and Intro Bong for Verve Records in the USA. The tracks will remain unreleased.
Thousands of fans besiege the A R Leake Funeral Home in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the first funeral service for Sam Cooke is being held. 200,000 fans line up across more than four city blocks to view his body. Afterward, his body is flown back to Los Angeles for a second service, at the Mount Sinai Baptist Church the following day.
Elvis Presley buys a fleet of motorcycles, one for each of his trusted staff members.
Elvis Presley is having script rehearsals for his next film, Frankie And Johnny, at Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Principal photography on the next Elvis Presley movie, Frankie And Johnny, continues at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sam Cooke releases a new single, Sugar Dumpling, on RCA Victor Records in the USA.
Bo Diddley begins a 21-date UK tour at The Imperial Theatre, Nelson, Lancashire, England, UK.
The Yardbirds release a new single, a cover of Bo Diddley's I'm A Man, on Epic Records in the USA. It will peak at No17.
Elvis Presley releases a new single, Tell Me Why, in the UK on RCA Victor Records.
Priscilla Presley and her new baby Lisa Marie, join Elvis Presley in their new home at 1174 Hillcrest Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Charley Pride records Let The Chips Fall, for RCA Victor Records in the USA.
The James Cotton Blues Band plays the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Holy Om.
Elvis Presley continues recording material for his NBC tv comeback special, Elvis, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tony Bennett, Beverly Sills and Charley Pride perform live at the Annual Record Industry Association Of America (R.I.A.A.) Cultural Award Dinner in the Ballroom Center of the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, USA.
Gladys Knight And The Pips and Bobbie Gentry make live appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
You Don't Know Me by Mickey Gilley reaches No1 on the Billboard country singles chart in the USA.
When Jimmy Buffett plays at The Timberwolf, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, his band includes Timothy B. Schmit, a former member of The Eagles.
Blues pianist/guitarist Baby Doo Caston, who often worked with Willie Dixon, dies aged 70 of heart disease at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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