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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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.
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 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.



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.


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