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Nesuhi Ertegun is born in Istanbul (aka Constantinople), Turkey, Europe. With his brother Ahmet Ertegun, he will move to the USA in 1935 and will become one of the founders of Atlantic Records, as well as a respected record producer.
The Kingston Trio release their eponymous debut album in the USA. It includes a future No1 hit, Tom Dooley.
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.
Dinah Washington opens for a brief season at The Showboat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Shannon Powell is born in in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will become a world-famous jazz drummer, working with Wynton Marsalis, The Harry Connick, Jr. Trio, Diana Krall, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and others.
Colin Vearncombe, leader of UK 80s hitmakers Black, is born in Liverpool, UK.
Helen Shapiro plays the thirteenth night of two weeks at The Palladium, London, UK.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers play the eleventh night of a two-week season at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In her first solo recording session for Columbia Records in New York City, USA, Barbra Streisand records Lover Come Back To Me, Happy Days Are Here Again, Right As The Rain and When The Sun Comes Out.
The Beatles travel from Liverpool, UK, to the TWW [Television Wales and West] Television Centre on Bath Road, Bristol, to mime to their debut single, Love Me Do, on the ITV television show Discs A Gogo.
The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones, Georgie Fame And The Blues Flames, Carter Lewis And The Southerners, The Yardbirds and The Graham Bond Organisation, play in "A Concert In Rhythm'n'Blues" at the Civic Hall, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Marquee, London, UK.
Georgie Fame plays at The Ricky Tick, Windsor, England, UK.
After a Rick And The Ravens recording session at World Pacific Jazz studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, that group falls apart. With the addition of guitarist Robby Krieger, they evolve into The Doors.
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The comedy movie What's New Pussycat is released in the UK. The film's soundtrack song, What's New Pussycat, composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, will be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in a Movie. The film's soundtrack also features Manfred Mann performing My Little Red Book.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Paul And Barry Ryan, Gary Farr and The T-Bones, the Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at the ABC, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
Zoot Money plays at the Star Hotel, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
William Bell, backed by Booker T And The MG's, records Everybody Loves A Winner, It's Happening All Over and You're Such A Sweet Thing for Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention play their first British gig, at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, during which Louie Louie is performed on the hall's historic organ. Jimi Hendrix is in the audience.
Vanilla Fudge, The Steve Miller Band and Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee play the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Manfred Mann release a new single, The Mighty Quinn, written by Bob Dylan, in the UK on Fontana Records. It will reach No1 on 14 February.
The Alan Bown play at The Cat Ballou Club, Grantham, England, UK, Europe.
Blood, Sweat And Tears play the second of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Small Faces and Chicken Shack play at The Star Hotel, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Traffic play the second of four nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Booker T And The MG's, It's A Beautiful Day and Tim Buckley play the first of three nights at the Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Georgie Fame appears at the Epic Records Sales Convention in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Doors play at the International Civic Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Yes play at The Civic Centre, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Jim Morrison of The Doors, along with poet Michael McClure, holds a poetry reading at Sacramento State College, California, USA.
Blind Faith play in The Kennedy Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. The group includes Eric Clapton on guitar and Steve Winwood on keyboards.
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Genesis play at Twickenham Technical College, London, UK.
Rare Bird play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Little Free Rock.
Atomic Rooster play at The Town Hall, Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Respect and Jigsaw.
Yes play at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by May Blitz.
On the occasion of Bob Dylan's 30th birthday, around 500 fans (organised by controversial 'Dylanologist' A. J. Weberman) arrive outside Dylan's house on MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Weberman supplies a birthday cake decorated with hypodermic needles instead of candles and, when a face appears at a window Weberman shouts, 'We've got you surrounded, Bob' although, in fact, Dylan is not at home. One member of the crowd is busted for littering after he scatters play money on Dylan's doorstep.
On their Get Me A Ladder Tour, Emerson, Lake And Palmer play at The Palais De Sport, Caen, France, Europe.
The Style Council release their debut album, Café Bleu, on Polydor Records in the UK.
Deep Purple play at The Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin, USA.
Level 42 play at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
They Style Council play the second of three nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Black Britain.
On his first All Starr Band tour, Ringo Starr plays the second of two nights at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, Long Island, New York State, USA. The band includes Billy Preston, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Nils Lofgren, Clarence Clemons and Rick Danko.
Ringo Starr comes to the end of his first All Starr Band tour with a show in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band includes Billy Preston, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Nils Lofgren, Clarence Clemons and Rick Danko.
The Spencer Davis Group plays at The Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania.
Stevie Wonder, speaking during a National Federation of the Blind (NFB) press conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, calls on electronics manufacturers to make more blind-friendly devices.
Al DiMeola plays at The Barns At Wolftrap, Vienna, Virginia, USA.
Blues guitarist and singer Little Smokey Smothers dies aged 71, of natural causes, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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