Radio

An advertisement for the famed Roseland Ballroom on Broadway, New York City, USA, in today's edition of Movies magazine, boasts of nightly attractions including "two nationally famous radio orchestras" and "150 beautiful hostesses".

Comedian, actor and singer Bob Hope makes his first network radio appearance in the USA.

Daddy John Love records Mean Old Jailhouse Blues, Railroad Blues, Triflin' Woman Blues and other tracks for Bluebird Records in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

A radio broadcast on the NBC Red network, sponsored by Philip Morris, features Phil Duey, Loretta Clemens, the Leo Reisman Orchestra and The Four Eton Boys performing songs including Never Gonna Dance, Close To Me, Night And Day, Sing Baby Sing and Gay Divorcee.

Judy Garland sings You Made Me Love You and Oh Say Can You Swing on radio show Ben Bernie And All The Lads in the USA.

The full-length Disney animated film Song Of The South is released to cinemas in Italy. The film includes several memorable songs, notably Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah, sung by James Baskett.

Episode No23 of Club 88 Starring Peggy Lee, is broadcast on radio in the USA, featuring Louis Prima as Lee's guest.

Folk singer Delia Murphy is the castaway on popular BBC Radio show Desert Island Discs.

Frank Sinatra plays at the Manhattan Center, New York City, USA.

Patsy Cline records eight tracks at Decca's Pythian Temple studios in New York City, USA.

In the wake of his marriage to 13-year-old second cousin, Myra Gale Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis is divorced by his present wife, Jane Mitcham.

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford play at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

UK rock'n'roller Marty Wilde is the featured guest on UK radio show Desert Island Discs. Among his musical choices are Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley, La Bamba by Ritchie Valens and Let It Be Me by The Everly Brothers.

Ivy Benson and her All Girls Radio Band play at The Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, UK. British-born saxophonist Benson led her highly respected band for many years and was widely regarded as at least the equal of any male bandleader and significantly better than many.

A US tv special, Those Ragtime Years, is broadcast, featuring performances by Hoagy Carmichael, Eubie Blake, Minns And James, The Billy B. Quartet, The Wilbur De Paris Band, and The Clara Ward Singers.

Paul Revere And The Raiders release a new single, Paul Revere's Ride, on Gardena Records in theUSA.

Connie Francis plays in the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The Peter Nero Trio plays at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Top Ten Singles on WGH RADIO, Newport News, Virginia, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :

1. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
2. The Shoop Shoop Song - Betty Everett
3. Suspicion - Terry Stafford
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
5. Twist And Shout - The Beatles
6. White On White - Danny Williams
7. Please Please Me - The Beatles
8. She Loves You - The Beatles
9. That's The Way Boys Are - Leslie Gore
10. Bits And Pieces - Dave Clark Five

After a thorough search by several parties (including Ernest Tubb and Marty Robbins) the body of the singer Jim Reeves is found in the wreckage of his crashed plane near Brentwood, Tennessee, USA. At 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States begin to announce Reeves' death formally.

The Top Ten Singles on WMCA Radio in New York City, USA, on this day are as follows :

1. I FEEL FINE / SHE'S A WOMAN - The Beatles (Capitol)

2. COME SEE ABOUT ME - The Supremes (Motown)

3. LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE - The Searchers (Kapp)

4. MR. LONELY - Bobby Vinton (Epic)

5. MY LOVE, FORGIVE ME (Amore, Scusami) - Robert Goulet (Columbia)

6. GOIN’ OUT OF MY HEAD - Little Anthony And The Imperials (DCP)

7. SHE’S NOT THERE - The Zombies (Parrot)

8. TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA - The Marvelettes (Tamla)

9. AMEN - The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)

10. OH NO NOT MY BABY - Maxine Brown (Wand)

Hitmaker Frank Ifield is the featured guest on UK radio show Desert Island Discs.

The Top Ten Singles on KHJ Radio, Los Angeles, California, USA, on this day are as follows :

1. Yesterday - The Beatles (Capitol)

2. A Lover's Concerto - The Toys (Dynovoice)

3. Get Off Of My Cloud - Thr Rolling Stones (London)

4. Keep On Dancing - The Gentrys (MGM)

5. You're The One - The Vogues (Co + Ce)

6. Treat Her Right - Roy Head (Back Beat)

7. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys (Bang)

8. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass (Checker)

9. Make Me Your Baby - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)

10. The 'In' Crowd - The Ramsey Lewis Trio (Argo)

Prior to playing two Scandinavian dates, Bob Dylan is interviewed for Swedish Radio by Klas Burling at the Hotel Flamingo, Solna, Sweden.

A debate about the need to regulate Pirate Radio is held in the House Of Commons, London, UK. The Postmaster-General [Mr. Anthony Wedgwood Benn] is urged to take steps as soon as possible to outlaw Pirate Radio broadcasts.

UK pirate radio station Britain Radio closes down, but almost immediately begins broadcasting again under a new name, Radio 355.

Simon Dupree And The Big Sound and Fleur de Lys play on the BBC Radio show Saturday Club in the UK, Europe.

The Top Ten records being played on KHJ Radio, Los Angeles, California, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :



1. Grazing In The Grass – Hugh Masekela

2. Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan

3. Hello I Love You – The Doors

4. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream

5. Tuesday Afternoon – The Moody Blues

6. She's A Heartbreaker – Gene Pitney

7. Never Give You Up – Jerry Butler

8. The Horse – Cliff Nobles And Co.

9. Turn Around, Look At Me – The Vogues

10. Jumpin' Jack Flash – Rolling Stones

The Top 5 Singles on K-POI radio in Hawaii, USA, are as follows :



1. People Got To Be Free - The Rascals

2. Stoned Soul Picnice - The 5th Dimension

3. Turn Around Look At Me - The Vogues

4. Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations

5. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass

Pioneering British jazz-rock band Jon Hiseman's Colosseum record a live session for BBC Radio 1 show Top Gear, at BBC Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly, London, UK.

Radio station WBZ in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, switches from a Top 40 pop music format to a talk show format.

Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band play at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Dire Straits get their first airplay when Radio London deejay Charlie Gillett plays a demo of their song Sultans Of Swing on his radio show, Honky Tonk. Guitarist Mark Knopfler and the other members of the band are helping a friend move house, so they do not even hear the broadcast which will, in due course, win them a recording contract with Phonogram Records. Later on this evening, they play at The Albany, London, UK.

Eddie and the Hot Rods, Radio Stars and Squeeze play at Dublin Stadium, Eire, Europe.

Kate Smith dies in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, aged 79. She was one of America's most popular singers and a major radio variety star, known as The Songbird Of The South. Crippled by diabetes and a weight problem, she spent her final years confined to a wheelchair.

Ronnie Lane is interviewed for radio while in Japan, Asia, on tour.

On A Friday (later to become Radiohead) play their first after-graduation gig at the Hollybush, Oxford, UK.

Pearl Jam release their debut album, Ten, in the USA. On the same day, in advance of release, the single Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana is sent out to radio deejays.

BBC Radio 1 in the UK publicly apologises for having recently played the album version of Creep by Radiohead. The album version includes expletives which are not present on the single.

When Kid Rock visits a karaoke bar in Malibu, California, USA, he treats the crowd to his interpetation of Highway To Hell by AC/DC.

On the I Am Still Music Tour, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj play at Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.

Scout Niblett plays at Franz Mehlhose, Erfurt, Germany, Europe.

Steps play at The Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, UK.

Downtown by Lady Antebellum is released to radio in the USA by Capitol Records.