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The Alan Price Rhythm'n'Blues Combo plays at The Downbeat Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after it evolves to become The Animals.
The Graham Bond Organisation, supported by John Lee's Groundhogs, play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The No1 single in New Zealand on this day, for the third consecutive week, is Dedicated Follower Of Fashion by The Kinks.
Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers release their version of Got To Get You Into My Life (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles] on Parlophone Records in the UK.
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Vanilla Fudge, The Steve Miller Band and Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Donovan, Cilla Black and Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones attend a launch party at The Bag O'Nails in London, England, UK, Europe, for The Grapefruit who have just been signed to Apple.
Hello, I Love You by The Doors on Elektra Records, enters the UK Popular Singles chart, where it will peak at No15 during a twelve-week run on the chart.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Vanilla Fudge and Soft Machine play at The Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Four members of The Family, a drug-addled hippy commune in California, USA, led by aspiring rock star Charles Manson, are arrested for mass murder.Country Joe McDonald And His All Star Band play at The Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, California, USA.
For the first of three nights, Status Quo record the album Live!, using The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland.
Joni Mitchell plays an evening set at The Bread And Roses festival, Berkeley, California, USA.
Hazel O'Connor and Megahype play at The University Of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK, supported by Duran Duran.
Elton John plays the first of two nights at the Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
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On their Love And Pride tour, hitmakers King, play at Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
The Nightingales play at The Mermaid, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Marc Riley And The Creepers.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions release their second album, Easy Pieces, on Polydor Records in the UK.
After a lengthy court battle, Dick James of music publishers DJM is ordered to pay £5m in unpaid royalties to Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. The pair fail, however, to recover the copyrights on 169 of their songs.
Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi reaches No1 in the USA. It will become the year's biggest hit song worldwide.
Robert Plant plays at The Knebworth Silver Clef Festival, Knebworth, England, UK.
Jeff Buckley records a promo-only EP, Live From The 
Jean Michel Jarre achieves his 4th entry in the Guinness Book Of Records when he plays a concert to celebrate the 850th birthday of Moscow at the State University, Moscow, Russia, Europe, for an audience of 3.5m people.
Green Day begin a British tour at the NIA, Birmingham, UK. The entire tour had sold out in less than one day after tickets went on sale. 
The stage show, Lennon - The Musical, opens at The Broadhurst Theater on Broadway in New York City, USA. Based on the post-Beatles life of John Lennon, the show will close after just six weeks.
Maroon 5 release their third LP, Hands All Over, on A+M/Octone Records in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Australia.
When Arcade Fire play at the 2011 Jazz Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, they are joined onstage by Cyndi Lauper.
Rob Grill, who fronted folk-rock group The Grass Roots for forty years, dies aged 67 in Tavares, Florida, USA, following complications from a head injury sustained in a fall.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Muse released as the live LP and video Live At Rome Olympic Stadium in the UK. It had been filmed on July 6, 2013, during their Unsustainable Tour, at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy, Europe, in front of a crowd of 60,963 people.
Janelle Monae releases a cover version of the David Bowie song Heroes as her latest single. The track, instigated by Pepsi, is part of the drinks giant's global campaign "Now Is What You Make It".
A memorial service for fashion designer (and girlfriend of Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones) L'Wren Scott is held at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, New York City, USA. During the service, Jagger speaks some words of tribute and sings Bob Dylan's song Just Like a Woman.
The Vans Warped Tour, featuring Air Dubai, A Skylit Drive, Less Than Jake, Anberlin, Bayside, Bad Rabbits, Bowling For Soup, Enter Shikari, Cute Is What We Aim For, Echosmith and others, plays at Cntral Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, Florida, USA.
In-Flight Safety release a new album, Conversationalist, on Conehead Records in the UK.
Napster releases year-end figures for the most-streamed artists in the UK, which show Ed Sheeran topping the list, with Coldplay, Sam Smith, Paolo Nutini and One Direction rounding out the top five. The top five songs in the UK saw Clean Bandit's Rather Be take the top spot, followed by All Of Me (John Legend), Waves (Mr. Probz), Let It Go (Idina Menzel) and Happy (Pharrell Williams).
During the European leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Werchter Festival Park, Werchter, Belgium, Europe. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
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