Religion

A welcome-home jam for Benny Goodman Sextet guitarist Charlie Christian is held at Ruby's Grill, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
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Christopher Tidmarsh is born in Hoxton, London, England, UK, Europe. He will find a measure of success in the 1960s as singer Neil Christian, leader of Neil Christian And The Crusaders.

Ernest Tubb records Don't Stay Too Long, I'm Steppin' Out Of The Picture, and May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You, in Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Hank Snow records My Mother, I'm Movin' On To Glory, These Things Shall Pass and Pray, at Brown Radio Productions, 240 1/2 4th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Contemporary Christian songwriter and singer Scott Wesley Brown is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bill Monroe records I Am A Pilgrim, Jesus Hold My Hand and I've Found A Place To Go for Decca Records, with Owen Bradley as producer at Bradley Film And Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Bob Zimmerman, one day to become Bob Dylan, moves into a Jewish fraternity house, Sigma Alpha Mu, at the University Of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The Blackwood Brothers Quartet plays a live show in Neosha, Missouri, USA.

Devil Woman by Marty Robbins peaks at No4 in the Canadian Pop Singles chart.

The Jimmy Smith Quintet records Picknickin', Prayer Meetin', Red Top, When The Saints Go Marching In and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

The Osmond Brothers sing How Gentle God's Command during their 8th appearance in the MGM tv show The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. The episode is entitled The Day of the Pawnees (Part 2).

Jacqueline Wright records These Are The Hands and I Ask The Lord for Gospel Records in the USA.

Folk duo Len And Judy record Jesus Met The Woman At The Well and This Life I'm Living, in New York City, USA, for Prestige Records. The tracks will appear on the album Folksongs Sweet And Bittersweet.

The wake for Sam Cooke is held at The Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and is attened by Mohammed Ali, Dick Gregory, Major Lance, Smokey Robinson, Marv Johnson, The Soul Stirrers, The Upsetters and more. Mavis Staples cries all the way through when The Staple Singers sing The Old Rugged Cross.

Thou Shalt Not Steal by Dick And Dee Dee peaks at No5 in the Canadian pop singles chart.

The Vatican's weekly magazine, published in Rome, Italy, Europe, compliments American MOR pop crooner Pat Boone on the dignity of his private life, and adds, "It even pleased us, the way you sing. No shouting, no facial gestures, no contortions…"

The Bachelors release a new single, In The Chapel In The Moonlight, on Decca Records in the UK.

The Byrds release a new single, Turn! Turn! Turn! in the USA on Columbia Records. It features the oldest lyrics ever used in a pop hit - adapted from Chapter 3 of the Book of Ecclesiastes, by Pete Seeger.

Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix and Sounds Incorporated play the eleventh night of a 14–day run in 'Fame In 67' at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre, London, England, UK.

The Cousin Duffy Show plays the first of three nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA.

Bob Dylan spends his 30th birthday visiting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, Europe.

Eric Clapton records his version of Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door in Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, USA.

U2 play at The Town Hall Theatre, Ballina, Ireland, Europe, supported by Myster Men. According to a 2017 Hot Press magazine report, violence erupts at the show when locals attack the band and its road crew. A chair is allegedly broken over singer Bono's back and someone smashes Adam's glasses.

U2 appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for the first time.

U2 sell out Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.

Kate Bush appears on BBC TV programme Wogan, in London, England, UK, Europe, singing Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).

Adam Clayton of U2, having been born in England, UK, Europe, finally gains Irish citizenship.

Chris Rea reaches No1 in the UK albums chart with The Road To Hell, and will hold the top spot for three weeks.

The 21st Annual GMA Dove Gospel Music Awards are held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Winners include :

Steven Curtis Chapman : artist, male vocalist and songwriter of the year

Sandi Patti : female vocalist of the year.

BeBe and CeCe Winans : group of the year

David Mullen : new artist of the year

Thank You by Ray Boltz : song of the year

Jacob's Trouble play at Flevo Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe.

Christian Gonzalez is born in Cali, Colombia, South America. He will find success as composer and singer Chris G.

An exhumation order is granted to the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity at High Park Laundry, Drumcondra, Ireland, Europe. When the order is carried out, the bodies of 155 women are found. It transpires that no death certificates had ever been issued for many of these women and that the laundry had been employing them as prostitutes for many years. The story will become a major scandal and will inspire Joni Mitchell to write her 1994 song The Magdalene Laundries.

It is reported that the Nation Of Islam has handled security for a party held today at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch, California, USA. This event will lead to the dismissal of Jackson's publicist, Stuart Backeman.

U2, Razorlight and Soundtrack Of Our Lives play at Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.

U2 play the third of four non-consecutive nights at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by Dashboard Confessional.

Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood, drummer Charlie Watts and touring keyboard player Chuck Leavell visit The Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, Asia.

Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at The Limelight Eventplex, Peoria, Illinois, USA.

On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play the first of two nights at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Lumineers.

On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at FedEx Field, Landover, Maryland, USA, supported by The Lumineers.

David Zard dies after a long illness, aged 75, in Gemelli Genral Hospital, Rome, Italy, Europe. He had achieved huge success as a music business entrepreneur, organising stadium tours by Cat Stevens, Elton John, Tina Turner, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, the Rolling Stones, Genesis, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Michael Jackson and more.