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Charles Edward Berry is born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He will find fame as 1950s r'n'b and rock'n'roll pioneer Chuck Berry.
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Buddy Holley is born in Lubbock, Texas, USA. He will eventually drop an 'e' and find fame as Buddy Holly.
Orville 'Fats' Noel records Ride Daddy Ride for De Luxe Records in Linden, New Jersey, USA.
At a showing of the Elvis Presley film Jailhouse Rock at the Paramount Theater, Oakland, California, USA, eighteen police officers are called in after fighting breaks out between teenagers.
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Warren Smith play in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates play at the opening of the Top Twenty Club in the Town Hall, Bridgewater, England, UK, Europe.
Teddy Randazzo makes an appearance on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Ben E. King, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Mary Wells, Sugar Pie DeSanto and others play the fifth night in a week of concerts at The Regal, Chicago Illinois, USA.
Bobby Rydell plays the penultimate night of his season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Gerry And The Pacemakers play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Twangy guitar star Duane Eddy makes his acting debut as Carter Whitney in The Education Of Sara Jane, which is tonight's episode of tv series Have Gun Will Travel, in the USA.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Coronado Hotel, San Diego, California, USA.
Del Shannon performs Hey! Little Girl on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded at W-Fil studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The teen-oriented movie Hey Let's Twist, starring Joey Dee And The Starliters, Teddy Randazzo and Jo Ann Campbell is released to cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
Bob Luman records Hey Joe, Envy, The Fool and You're Everything at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Beatles play for 80 fans at Newton Dancing School in The Village Hall, Thingwall Road, Irby, Cheshire, UK. Tickets cost seven shillings (35p) and the band is only paid
Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in the first round of the world heavyweight boxing championship title fight at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In the same year Liston states, "Some day they're gonna write a blues for fighters. It'll just be for slow guitar, soft trumpet and a bell." Suitably inspired, in 2004, Mark Knopfler will record Song For Sonny Liston. Liston will also be mentioned in songs by artists including The Animals, Tom Petty, Phil Ochs, Morrissey, The Mountain Goats, Freddy Blohm, Chuck E. Weiss,The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, Gone Jackals, Billy Joel and Nick Cave.
Pipeline by surf instrumental band The Chantays enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA where it will peak at No4 during an 11-week run.
Wayne Fontana And The Jets, Johnny Peters And The Crestas, Ricky Storm, The Beathovens and Johnny Stafford play at The College Theatre Club, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Ran-Dells release a new single, Martian Hop on Chairman Records in the USA.
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Joey Dee And The Starliters perform Dance Dance Dance on popular tv series American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Beatles come to the end of a week-long season of shows at The Winter Gardens, Margate, England, UK, Europe, supported by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas.
Acclaimed record producer Nick Venet is quoted making disparaging remarks about The Beach Boys in the Saturday Evening Post newspaper. Before the month is out, Venet will terminate his relationship with Capitol Records, for which The Beach Boys record.
The musical comedy film Bye Bye Birdie opens at cinemas in Sweden, Europe. The film, based on Elvis Presley being drafted into the US Army, stars Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke, with Jesse Pearson as fictitious pop idol Conrad Birdie (a pun on Conway Twitty), along with Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell. TV show host Ed Sullivan appears as himself.
The Yardbirds, including guitarist Eric Clapton, play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
The Dave Clark Five play at The Locarno, Basildon, England, UK, Europe.
Elvis Presley releases a new single, Kiss Me Quick/Suspicion, in the USA on RCA Records. It will be his worst-seller to date.
The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, UK.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the third of five days at The Fair, Tupelo, Mississippi, USA.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Palace, Maryport, England, UK, Europe
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the first of seven nights as part of the Christmas Holiday Spectacular Show in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Beach Boys have tracking sessions for the album version of Help Me Rhonda, in United Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA. Glen Campbell is among the session players.
Playing live for a French TV special at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, are Gene Vincent, Sandie Shaw, Petula Clark, Manfred Mann, The Kinks and The Clayton Squares.
Brian Poole And The Tremeloes play at The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
Chubby Checker begins a UK tour at The Pavilion, Weymouth, England. In the afternoon he is interviewed at The Marquee Club in London during a Radio London Club afternoon, hosted by deejays Kenny Everett and Dave Cash.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features Donovan, Jackie De Shannon and Del Shannon.
Dion And The Wanderers record new versions of I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound and All I Want To Do Is Live My Life in Columbia Studio A, New York City, USA, with Tom Wilson as producer.
When Jimi Hendrix arrives in JFK airport, New York City, USA, he meets Jerry Lee Lewis, who refuses to shake hands with him.
Fats Domino and Rick Wakeman are among the artists performing in the Casino De Montreux at The Montreux Jazz festival, Montreux, Switzerland, Europe.
Billy Joel begins a North American tour in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
The Boothill Foot Tappers play at Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard, Lulu, Sandie Shaw, Junior, Chris de Burgh, Flying Pickets, Jim Diamond, Captain Sensible and others play at Carol Aid, a Christmas extension of Live Aid, in Heaven, a nightclub in London, England, UK, Europe.
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.
Elvis Presley's 1963 hit single Viva Las Vegas, is finally awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. for sales totalling 500,000 copies in the USA.
Prince, Bo Diddley and The Isley Brothers are among the artists attending The Rhythm And Blues Foundation ceremonies in the Ballroom of The Sheraton Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Royal Society publishes results of a study into the evolution of popular music between 1960 and 2010. Using music information retrieval and text-mining tools, the study analysed the musical properties of approximately 17,000 recordings that appeared in the charts and demonstrated quantitative trends in their harmonic and timbral properties. Among other conclusions was the Society's assertion that the quality of popular music had not declined over the period in question.
The Steve Cropper Band plays the last of three nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Francis Rossi, formerly of Status Quo, plays at William Aston Hall, Wrexham, England, UK, Europe.
Drummer Ronnie Tutt, who played with Elvis Presley's TCB Band from August 1969 until Presley's death in 1977, dies aged 83. Tutt also played for the The Carpenters, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, Billy Joel and Jerry Garcia among others.
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