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Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith is born in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. He will find fame as
Stuff Smith, jazz violinist, bandleader and recording artist.

Ronald David Bright is born in New York City, USA. He will find success under the name
Ronnie Bright as a vocalist from the 1950s until the 1970s, with The Valentines, The Cadillacs, The Deep River Boys and The Coasters. He will also provide the distinctive bass voice on the 1961 hit Who Put The Bomp by Barry Mann, and the 1963 hit single Mr. Bass Man by Johnny Cymbal.

At
King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Hank Ballard And The Midniters record a single, Teardrops On Your Letter, whose b-side is a virtually ignored dance tune called
The Twist. Two years later, re-recorded by
Chubby Checker, it will spark the biggest dance craze of the sixties.

Dana Williams, bassist of successful country group
Diamond Rio is born in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Kim Deal, bassist and vocalist with
Pixies, is born in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Jimmie Lee And The Travellers play the first of three nights at Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Jimmie Lee and The Travellers play the second of three nights at Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Amos Milburn is playing during a week of shows at The Trocaveria Club, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

William Joseph Mullins is born in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He will find success as multiple award-winning bluegrass and gospel banjo player and singer,
Joe Mullins.
The highest new entry in
Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is
I Will by
Dean Martin, entering at No66.
Bob Dylan plays at The Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
John Gary plays at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Brian Hugh Warner is born in Canton, Ohio, USA. He will achieve success as shock-rocker
Marilyn Manson.

After a gig at the Agora Club, Columbus, Ohio, USA,
Elvis Costello and Attraction Bruce Thomas retire to the bar of the local Holiday Inn. Within hearing of Steven Stills and Bonnie Bramlett, Costello describes
Ray Charles as "a blind, ignorant nigger." He is immediately set upon by Bramlett and knocked to the ground.
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The Pretenders play at Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Europe.

DEVO play at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

The Cars release the album Shake It Up in the USA.

Prince's 39-date Controversy tour comes to end with a show at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Quiet Riot begin a major North American tour in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Nancy Wilson of Heart marries screenwriter Cameron Crowe at the home of her sister Ann.
Kate Voegele, singer-songwriter and actress, is born in Bay Village, Ohio, USA.
Phil Spector,
Joni Mitchell and Harlan Howard are added to The National Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony the Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City, USA.

On his
Glam Nation tour, Adam Lambert plays at The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
The Saw Doctors play at the Dublin Irish Festival, Coffman Park, Dublin, Ohio, USA.
On their Live And Loud tour,
Rascal Flatts, supported by
The Band Perry and Cassadee Pope, play at The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

O.A.R. play at Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, USA.