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Three major pop music acts make their debuts on the Ed Sullivan tv Show in New York City, USA. Buddy Holly And The Crickets, Sam Cooke and The Rays.

The Beatles release a new single, Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand / Sie Liebt Dich on Odeon Records in Germany, Europe.

Jimi Hendrix jams at his apartment in Warwick Hotel, West 54th St, New York City, USA, with Paul Caruso. Later, he jams again at Sound Center with Paul Caruso, Stephen Stills, Ken Pine, Jimmy Mayes.
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Rolling Stones headlining, and also featuring Dusty Springfield, The Bee Gees, Lulu, The Shadows, The Association, Scott Walker, The Herd, Amen Corner, Love Affair, Status Quo.
The NME's 1968 Poll Winners Concert is held at Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe, with The
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A rough mix of the song Gypsy Eyes is made at Record Plant, New York City, USA, in Jimi Hendrix's absence.

Simon and Garfunkel begin the first of six weeks at the top of the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Bridge Over Troubled Water.
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Mark Knopfler plays at Gigantinho, Porto Alegre, Brazil, South America.
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dies aged 90 in Palm Desert, Los Angeles, California, USA. As a member of the Los Angeles session elite known as The Wrecking Crew, he played on over 40 singles which reached No1 in the Billboard pop singles chart in the USA, and worked with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Beach Boys, Simon And Garfunkel, The Ronettes and many others.
Hal Blaine, considered by many to have been the greatest sessions drummer in popular music history,
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