Ohio

Charles Manson is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Manson will find notoriety as a hippy cult leader in California in the 60s, responsible for the deaths of actress Sharon Tate and others in a massacre said to have been at least partly inspired by Manson's interpretations of The Beatles' song Helter Skelter. Manson, keen to establish a career as a singer-songwriter, also attached himself to Dennis Wilson of The Beach BoyS for some time but Wilson managed to extricate himself from Manson's clutches.

Patricia Elaine Foutty is born, possibly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She will find her greatest success as Lynne Taylor, lead vocalist of The Rooftop Singers in the 1960s. She will also achieve much in her earlier years, as a jazz singer working in East Coast nightclubs from her teens, and appearing on bills with Frank Sinatra, Sophie Tucker, and Dean Martin And Jerry Lewis. She will also play the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York City for 28 weeks, and will sing with Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich's band.

Jazz pianist Dave Burrell is born in Middletown, Ohio, USA.

Clyde Moody records Some Day You'll Remember and The Blues Came Pouring Down, with producer Syd Nathan, in King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Country singer Bob Newman records A Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues, and Turtle Dovin' at King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Ric Frank, who will become the saxophonist/leader of The Jambalaya Brass Band, is born in Dayton View, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are fined $1,000 in their absence by The American Guild Of Variety Artists in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, for having made a non-authorised appearance at Miami's Vagabonds Club six months earlier.

Bull Moose Jackson records the innuendo-laden Big Ten Inch Record for King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Big Maybelle records A Good Man is Hard to Find, I Ain't Got Nobody, How It Lies and Goin' Home Baby, in the USA.

A new movie, All In A Night's Work, starring Dean Martin, opens in theatres across the USA.

Dot Records vocalist Dodie Stevens is honoured with a cocktail party at The Sheraton-Gibson Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Cowboy Copas and Stringbean play a live gig in Joplin, Missouri, USA.

It is reported in the Providence Evening Bulletin that Frank SInatra and Dean Martin are friends of notorious Mafioso boss Salvatore Rizzo.

Duke Ellington plays during a nineteen day season at The Golden Key Club, 641 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The Grammy Awards Ceremony is held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA. Among the main results are the following :
Record Of The Year - Days Of Wine And Roses by Henry Mancini.
Album of the Year - The Barbra Streisand Album
New Artist - The Swingle Singers
Vocal Group Performance - Blowin' In the Wind by Peter, Paul And Mary
Rock And Roll Recording - Deep Purple by Nino Tempo And April Stevens
Rhythm And Blues Recording - Busted by Ray Charles
Country And Western Recording - Detroit City by Bobby Bare
Best Instrumental Arrangement - I Can't Stop Loving You by Quincy Jones for Count Basie

The Top Ten records played on WCOL Radio in Columbus, Ohio, USA, for the week ended on this date are as follows :
1. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
2. Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
3. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
4. A Hard Days Night - The Beatles
5. C'Mon And Swim - Bobby Freeman
6. Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan And Dean
7. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
8. Walk Don't Run '64 - The Ventures
9. Wishin' And Hopin' - Dusty Springfield
10. Worry - Johnny Tillotson

When The Beach Boys play at The Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio, USA, Bruce Johnson joins them as their new regular bassist. Support act on this gig is Glen Campbell, who had been filling in as their bassist since leader Brian Wilson stopped playing live.

Judy Garland has a disastrous concert engagement in Cincinatti Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, during which the show is cancelled half-way through when her doctor takes the stage and announces that she is too ill to continue because of a virus infection.

Peter, Paul And Mary and The Henry Mancini Orchestra play the third of six nights at McCormick Pace, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Modern Jazz Quartet plays at Mershon Auditorium, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, The Sons Of The Pioneers and Kate Smith appear on NBC tv's The Kraft Music Hall in the USA.

James Brown records You Know It, Tit For Tat and Believers Shall Enjoy in King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Deep Purple appear on syndicated tv show Upbeat in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, miming to their version of the Neil Diamond song Kentucky Woman.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse begin a North American tour at The Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Four students are killed on Kent State University campus in Ohio, USA, by National Guard soldiers during an anti-Vietnam war protest. The incident horrifies Neil Young into writing the song Ohio one day later. The Beach Boys will also make reference to the killings in their song Student Demonstration Time. Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck's cantata Truth Is Fallen, will be written as a protest against the Vietnam War, and dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings of May 1970. Also, the group Devo will form initially not as musical group but as an idea — the concept of the "de-evolution" of the human race — formulated by three art students at Kent State University in response to the fatal shootings.

The Pretenders play at The Odeon, Canterbury, England, UK, Europe.

The Pretenders end a British tour at the Palais, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.

Steve Forbert plays in the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, supported by R.E.M.

Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Eric Clapton plays at Blossom Music Theater, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Womack And Womack play at Rock City, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.

Nirvana play at Stache's, Columbus, Ohio, USA, supported by Barbed Wire Dolls. Tickets cost $4 in advance, $6 on the door.

Umphrey's McGee play at Newport Music Hall, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Dwight Yoakam releases a new album, Blame The Vain. On the same day he makes a live appearance on tv's The Tonight Show in the USA.

The National play at The Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania

Rascal Flatts perform the US national anthem before the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Little Big Town, Smokey Robinson and Terry Bradshaw also attend the race, which is won by Super Saver.

The Black Keys release a new download single, Tighten Up, via iTunes.

Limp Bizkit are among the artists performing at the 2010 Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

On his My World tour, Justin Bieber plays at The Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

R'n'B vocalist Lyfe Jennings is jailed for three and a half years by a court in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The sentence relates to a violent altercation with his former girlfriend in 2008, which ended in a high-speed car chase with police.

On their This House Is Not For Sale Tour, Bon Jovi play at The Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, supported by The Lumineers.

David Gray plays the first of three nights at The National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.

Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at The Anthem, Washington DC, USA.

Umphrey's McGee play at Express Live!, Columbus, Ohio, USA.