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The Soul Stirrers [not yet including Sam Cooke] record Does Jesus Care, Jesus Prays For You And Me, and Glory Glory Hallalujah, for Aladdin Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Murray The K's Boss Holiday Show, with Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Belmonts, The Chantels, Tony Orlando and others, plays the eighth day of two weeks at The Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Just Out Of Reach becomes the first single by Solomon Burke to enter the Billboard Top 40 in the USA where it will peak at No 24.
Bobby Mitchell And The Southern Belles record Walking In Circles for Rip Records in New Orleans, USA.
The Beatles play at City Park Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Support acts on this date include Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, The Righteous Brothers, The Exciters, Jackie De Shannon and the Bill Black Combo. Immediately berfore the show, The Beatles meet with one of their rock'n'roll heroes, Fats Domino, in a trailer behind the stadium.
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The Isley Brothers play in Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA, with Jimmy Hendrix (later to become Jimi Hendrix) as their guitarist.
Dionne Warwick plays the twentieth night in a three-week season at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.The Beatles, Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, and Sounds Incorporated UK tour plays at The Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland. Nine youths are arrested following a riot involving hundreds of fans, during which plate glass windows are smashed and cars overturned.
Little Richard, The Marvelettes and Patti LaBelle And The Blue Belles play the first of ten nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Rock'n'roller Larry Williams, backed by guitarist Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, plays at Leyton Baths, Leyton, London, UK. 
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Dee Dee Sharp performing Mashed Potato Time and Ray Peterson performing The Wonder of You.
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Stevie Wonder releases a new single, Up Tight (Everything's Alright), on Tamla Motown Records in the UK.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Marvin Gaye performing Pride and Joy, plus The Five Americans performing I See the Light.
Herbie Goins And The Night-timers play at The Winter Gardens, Malvern, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Satin Dolls.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Tighten Up by Archie Bell And The Drells entering at No59.
Jimi Hendrix takes the stage at the Martin Luther King Memorial Concert in Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, where it is announced that he has contributed $5000. Also on the bill are Aretha Franklin, The Rascals, Sam And Dave, Joe Tex and Sonny And Cher.
The LP Sly And The Family Stone, Pacific Gas And Electric, Dunn And McCashen and Little Sister play the first of three nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
The King Bees play at The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by Little Buster And The Soul Brothers.
Buddy Curtess And The Grasshoppers play at The Half Moon, Herne Hill, London, England, UK, Europe.
Steve Marriott plays at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Deadbeats.
Gloria Gaynor plays at The Adam Smith Centre, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK, Europe.Prince decides to cancel release of his hotly-anticipated Black Album, just one week before its scheduled release date.
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While on tour in South Africa, Joan Armatrading meets with Nelson Mandela at his home in Pretoria, South Africa. During the visit, Mandela presents Armatrading with a signed copy of his autobiography.American soul legend James Brown is arrested after allegedly assaulting his wife Adrienne.
Michael Jackson announces the formation of Kingdom International, a joint venture between Jackson and HRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, (nephew of the King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Abdul Aziz), at a press conference in the Palais des Congres in Paris, France, Europe.
Derrick Mosely appears in Federal Court in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on charges of extortion. It is alleged that Mosely tried to blackmail a sports agent for $20,000 by claiming to have videotapes of Yankees baseball star Gary Sheffield's wife having sex with singer R. Kelly.
Journalist Martin Bashir, a crucial prosecution witness in the Michael Jackson child molestation case in Santa Maria, California, USA, refuses to answer any questions while in the witness box.The four day long Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington, USA, begins with performances by Garbage, New York Dolls, The Donnas, Mavis Staples, Kermit Ruffins, Little Brother, Zion I, Razrez, M. Ward, The Ruby Doe, Anna Oxygen, Maktub, Stan Ridgway, Chris Stamey and Smoosh.
Soul vocalist Freddie Mack aka Mr. Superbad, dies aged 74, in Plains, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, Europe.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at The Preakness InfieldFest, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Rod Stewart goes to Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, to watch Celtic defeat Aberdeen 4-0 in the Scottish Football Premiership.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz attend the 25th Anniversary of the EOS Rebel SLR Camera in New York City, USA.
Postmodern Juke box play the second of two nights at Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.On his 214-date 24k Magic World Tour, Bruno Mars plays the second of four non-consecutive nights at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania, supported by Dua Lipa.
On his 214-date 24k Magic World Tour, Bruno Mars plays the second of four non-consecutive nights at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan, Asia.
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