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The Montgolfier Brothers of Avignon, France, Europe, establish the principle of manned balloon flight when they take to the air in a hot-air balloon for the first time. Balloons have since inspired numerous songs, including Up Up And Away (In My Beautiful Balloon) by The 5th Dimension (1967) and 99 Red Balloons by Nena (1984), 200 Balloons by Prince (1993) and Black Balloon by The Goo Goo Dolls (1998).
Harvey Philip Spector is born in The Bronx, New York City, USA. He will become internationally famous as record producer Phil Spector, nicknamed The Tycoon Of Teen.
Owen Bradley, with producer Paul Cohen, records Beyond The Border and I Will Still Love You in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Teddy Randazzo comes to the end of a series of gigs at The Chez Dee Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Teddy Randazzo begins a six-day run at The Mardi Gras Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Red Sovine, with Chet Atkins as producer, records the Cajun Queen and Big Dreams in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Players on the session include Ray Edenton and Hank Garland [gtrs], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Charlie McCoy [harmonica], Floyd Cramer [piano] and The Jordanaires (backing vocals). Cajun Queen is an answer song to the recent hit Big Bad John.
The Beach Boys play the second of three nights in The Show of Stars, at The Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, with Dee Dee Sharp, The Treniers and Jackie De Shannon.
The Fourmost record their debut single, Hello Little Girl (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles] at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, with producer George Martin.
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Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No74.
Record producer George Martin makes mono mixes of The Beatles' tracks Devil In Her Heart, Money, You Really Got A Hold On Me, Please Mister Postman, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, All My Loving and It Won't Be Long in the control room of EMI's Abbey Road Studio 3, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
David Marks And The Marksmen record Car Party, Casanova and Leaves in Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Guitarist on the session is Glen Campbell, and the producer is Murry Wilson, father of three members of The Beach Boys.Hank Snow, with producer Chet Atkins, records In The Misty Moonlight, I Saw A Man and other tracks, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session includes guitarists Harold Bradley and Jerry Shook, steel guitarist Joseph Tanner, bassist Junior Huskey, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Hargus Robbins, vibraphonist Joe Layne plus The Anita Kerr Singers.
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Sonny And Cher record But You're Mine and Hello for Atco Records at Gold Star Recording Studios, Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Calne-based band The Pack have an afternoon performance at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, along with Jonathan King and Cilla Black. In the evening, they play at Wimbledon Palais with Dusty Springfield, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Jonathan King and Chris Andrews. The band finishes the day by spending the night at Chris Andrews' flat.
Jimmie Davis with Owen Bradley as producer, records Time Has Made A Change, Tell The Angels I'm On My Way and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys, with producer Nik Venet, record Early Morning Dew, Orion and Stoney End, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Fred Neil is among the accompanying musicians on Early Morning Dew.
Claude Gray, with Owen Bradley as producer, record Crazy Arms, Little Ole Wine Drinker Me and Just Between Us Tears at Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
Bill Howard, with producer Owen Bradley, records The People On The Other Side, Hope, Lonely Me, Lonely Me, and The Power Of A Woman, in Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
It is announced that songwriter, keyboardist and arranger Al Kooper has joined the pop A+R department of Columbia Records in New York City, USA, as a producer.
The Beach Boys play the final night of a week at the Newport Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Paul McCartney rings John Lennon at the Hit Factory, New York City, USA, but Yoko Ono refuses to allow the call to go through.
On his 55-date 
Actor, theatrical producer and songwriter Ralph Reader, best-remembered for staging the original Gang Show, a variety entertainment presented by members of the Scouting movement, dies aged 78, in Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.A new producer, John Porter, is appointed to work with The Smiths on recording their debut album.
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A new tv series, Princess Daisy, premieres on NBC-tv in the USA, featuring Ringo Starr of The Beatles and his wife Barbara Bach as "chic, swinging couple Robin and Barbara Valerian."
Prince ends the year with the second of two nights at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Prince plays the first of two nights at The Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, USA.
R.E.M. are in John Ke ane Studios, Athens, Georgia, USA, recording with producer Joe Boyd.Filming begins on the second Prince movie, Under The Cherry Moon, in Nice, France, Europe.
Ringo Starr adds his vocal contribution to a charity recording, Spirit Of The Forest, in SARM West studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The completed track, aimed at raising money to preserve the rain forests, will feature contributions from Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Ringo Starr and others. 
Matan Zohar is born in London, UK. He will find acclaim as electronic dance music producer, composer and DJ 
Prince plays the last of three nights to a sellout crowd in Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
The R.I.A.A. [Recording Industry Association of America] launches its Diamond Awards category, which recognises sales of ten million copies or more of an audio recording. No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom becomes one of the first albums to receive the Diamond award, and other winners include Prince, Alanis Morissette, Pearl Jam, Green Day and The Backstreet Boys.
Omar Rodriguez, who drove his Lincoln Navigator into four security guards at a Prince concert is sentenced at Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon, USA, to six and a half years in prison.
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On his Smile tour, 
It is announced that venerable producer and composer Quincy Jones is shortly to launch his own range of AKG headphones - The Quincy Jones Signature Line.
A posthumous Michael Jackson compilation album, Xscape is released in France and the United Kingdom, Europe. The album consists of recordings made by Jackson before his death, which have been 'contemporised' by several world-renowned producers.John Carter Cash, songwriter and producer (and son of Johnny Cash) is arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after a drunken incident in Deer Lake Airport, Newfoundland, Canada, during which he removed most of his clothing.
Chic featuring
DJ and record producer David Zowie is presented with his Official Number 1 Single Award for House Every Weekend in London, England, UK.
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