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Barbara Trzetrzelewska is born in Jaworzno, Poland, Europe. She will find international success as a jazz, pop and soul singer-songwriter under the mononym Basia.
Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent begin a UK tour, supported by Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, at The Granada, Ipswich, England.The Johnny Griffin Orchestra records Meditation and Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, in New York City, USA. These tracks will appear on his Riverside Records album The Big Soul Band.
Walter 'Duke' Leonard buys The Tradewinds Lounge in St Augustine, Florida, USA. Under his ownership, it will become the city's leading music venue, featuring acts including Jimmy Buffett, The Coasters, The Platters and The Byrds.Brenda Lee, Brook Benton, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann and Dion play at The Coliseum, New York City, USA.
Brook Benton plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Roberts Show Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ray Charles plays at The State Fairground Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Charles was originally scheduled to play at A+I University in Nashville, but the booking was cancelled when it was learned he had been arrested on heroin charges. In the event, the Fairground show attracts 3,500 people, many more than the Coliseum could have accomodated.Brook Benton is playing during a six-night stint at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Marvin Gaye performs Stubborn Kind Of
Fella on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ray Charles releases a new single, That Lucky Old Sun, in the USA on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA.
Ray Charles records Smack Dab In The Middle at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA. The track will appear on his ABC-Paramount Records album Have A Smile With Me.
Count Basie records Your Cheatin' Heart, Call Me Irresponsible, Oh Soul Mio and Shangri-la, for Reprise Records in Los Angeles, California, USA. The tracks will appear on his album Pop Goes The Basie.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Soul Agents, whose vocalist is a young hopeful called Rod Stewart.
The Motown package tour featuring The Supremes Stevie Wonder, The Miracles and Martha And The Vandellas, plus UK band Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames plays at The Odeon, Leeds, UK.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is I Can't Help Myself by The Four Tops, entering at No74.
During sessions for the album Rubber Soul, The Beatles completely re-make Norwegian Wood at Studio 2, Abbey Road, London. They also start work on Nowhere Man.
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The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez And Charlie Foxx, Paul And Barry Ryan, Gary Farr And The T-Bones, the Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at The ABC, Northampton, England, UK, Europe.
In London, England, UK, Europe, The Zombies, Small Faces, Tommy Quickly and Justin Hayward (later of The Moody Blues) record appearances on tv show The Five O'Clock Club, which is transmitted later in the day.
Jimmy Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] records with the King Curtis Band in New York City, USA.
Georgie Fame opens for a three-week season at The Mayfair Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Supremes begin a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe. Paul McCartney of The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Cat Stevens and Michael Caine are in the audience.
The Equals play at the Alex Disco in The Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with DJ Kazoon.
Rhythm and blues singer/pianist Billy Stewart, who scored hits including I Do Love You (1965), Sitting In The Park (1965) and Summertime (1966), dies aged 32 when the Ford Thunderbird he is driving crashes off a bridge across the Neuse River near Smithfield, North Carolina, USA, killing Stewart and three members of his band.
Jerry Butler, Billy Butler And The Infinity, Vivian Reed, Archie Bell And The Drells and Muhammad Ali appear on WNET tv show Soul! in the USA.Good Times by Chic reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA.
Earth Wind And Fire drummer Ralph Johnson becomes the daddy of a son, Mark Anthony Johnson, in Los Angeles, California, USA.Stevie Wonder releases a new single, I Just Called To Say I Love You, in the USA.
Fats Domino, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis play live at Storyville Jazz Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones playing guitar. The supergroup is filmed for the cable tv special Cinemax Sessions : Fats Domino and Friends, which is transmitted a week later.
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Anita Baker begins her Compositions tour with the first of two nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.Linda Ronstadt and The Neville Brothers play at Poplar Creek, Hoffman Estates near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ella McMahon is born in London, England, UK. She will find success as singer and songwriter Ella Eyre.
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.
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