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Memphis Mose, a pseudonym for Georgia Tom, records Blue Moanin' Blues and Tomorrow Blues for Brunswick Records at the Merchandise Mart studio in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Perry Como records If You Were My Girl in NBC Studios G-H, New York City, USA.
Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford record In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening and That's Good! That's Bad!, at Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mario Lanza records With A Song In My Heart and Mattinata at Radio recorders Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The tracks will be used on his radio series The Mario Lanza Show.
Bobby Bland records Gotta Find My Baby, Bad Women Bad Whiskey, Midnight Hours Journey, I Cried, Drifting From Town To Town, Love Me Baby and Good Lovin', for Modern Records at Sun Studios, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The band on this session includes B.B. King on guitar, Ike Turner on piano, Junior Parker on harmonica, and Johnny Ace.
Johnny Bond records Born To Be Bad, The Hills Of Kentucky, and Back Street Affair in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He also records I Went To Your Wedding with additional vocalist Helen Carter.
Owen Bradley, with producer Paul Cohen, records Beyond The Border and I Will Still Love You in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys record Yesterday's Girl, John Henry, The Letter Edged In Black and Mother The Queen Of My Heart in Capitol Records Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Drifters record Money Honey, Let The Boogie Woogie Roll and The Way I Feel, in Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, USA.
Harry Belafonte is recording his second LP, Belafonte, for RCA Victor at RCA Victor's Manhattan Center and 24th Street Studios, New York City, USA. It will become the first number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, topping the chart for six weeks.
Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers record Begin The Beguine and Goody Goody with producer Norrie Paramor, at Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe. It will prove to be Lymon's last session with the group.
Brenda Lee has the first of two recording sessions for the album Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!, with producer Owen Bradley in Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis begins a five-day recording session at the newly established (but not yet officially-opened) Sun Records studios, on Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Over the course of the five days, Jerry Lee will record over fifty songs.
Frank Sinatra records The Coffee Song, A Fine Romance and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
The Jimmy Smith Quintet records Pork Chop, When My Dream Boat Comes Home, Can Heat, Trust In me and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Everly Brothers record Oh Lonesome Me, I Walk The Line, Lonely Street and Please Help Me I'm Falling at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Warner Brothers Records.
Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra record I'm Beginning To See The Light at A + R Studios, New York City, USA. The track is arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones, and recorded by Phil Ramone.
Cliff Richard records a German language vocal for the song Lucky Lips in EMI's Abbey Road studio 3, London, England, UK, Europe.
Shirley Scott and Stanley Turrentine record the Cole Porter composition In The Still Of The Night and other tracks for their album Soul Shoutin' on Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA,
The Beatles have a brief recording session in EMI's Abbey Road studio, London, England, UK, then fly out to Sweden, Europe, to begin their first foreign tour.
Mary Lou Williams, with The Ray Charles Singers, is recording tracks for her Folkways LP Black Christ Of The Andes in Nola Studios, New York City, USA.
An instrumental backing track for the song The Monkey's Uncle is recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The song, with vocals by Annette Funicello and The Beach Boys, will appear in the Disney film The Monkey's Uncle.
Belfast r'n'b band Them including vocalist Van Morrison record Gloria and other tracks in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK.
The Gary Burton Sextet With Gary McFarland's Orchestra, records Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, The Sound Of Music, An Ordinary Couple and Edelweiss in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the album Gary Burton - The Groovy Sound Of Music.
Jazz/r'n'b saxophonist Fred Jackson records the album Hootin' And Tootin' for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Beatles begin a third week of filming at Twickenham Film Studios, St Margaret's, Twickenham, UK, for their second film, Help! On this day they shoot sequences in an Indian restaurant.
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The Vejtables record a third version of I Still Love You at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA.
Conway Twitty records Together Forever, Truck Drivin' Man and other tracks at Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Decca Records.
George Jones records I'm A People, Old Brush Arbors, Ship Of Love and We're Watching Our Step in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. backing vocals on this session are provided by The Jordanaires.
Erroll Garner records Whispering at RCA Studios, New York City, USA.
Jim And Jesse And The Virginia Boys record their versions of the Chuck Berry songs Bye Bye Johnny, Reelin' And Rockin', Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Too Much Monkey Business and Back In The USA, for Epic Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Great Society record Where at Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. The group includes vocalist and songwriter Grace Slick, later to join Jefferson Airplane.
The Jimmy Smith Octet records Got My Mojo Workin', C Jam Blues and other tracks for Verve Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The New Christy Minstrels, with producer Sid Garris, record Dance My Troubles Away in CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane record Today in RCA Music Center Of The World, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA, for RCA Records. Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead plays guitar on the track.
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Jefferson Airplane record Somebody To Love and DCBA-25, for their second LP, Surrealistic Pillow, in Studio B, RCA's Music Canter Of The World, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA.
Sky Saxon of The Seeds is in Gold Star studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, for the overdubbing of a tuba part onto the tracks March Of The Flower Children and Two Fingers Pointing On You.
The Monkees are working on the song Shorty Blackwell, at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Monkees are working on the song War Games, at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tamiko Jones records Ya Ya at Sam Phillips Recording Studio; Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for CTI Records.
Jimi Hendrix is working in The Record Plant, New York City, USA.
Work is completed on the basic track for Diana Ross And The Supremes' recording of I'll Be Doggone, at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Alexis Korner records Louisiana Blues in Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Mal Waldron Trio records Free At Last in Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, Europe, for ECM Records.
Dolly Parton records Jolene during the afternoon at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bob Dylan begins recording session for his next album, Desire, at Columbia Studios in New York City, USA. Eric Clapton plays guitar.
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Mike Scott records demos of songs including December and Bury My Heart at Redshop Studio, London, England, UK, Europe, which will become the basis of the first Waterboys album.
Robert Smith of The Cure, backed by bassist Steve Severin of The Banshees and The Cure's keyboardist Lol Tolhurst, performs Siamese Twins on the BBC tv show Riverside, at Riverside Studios in London.
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The Tony Williams Quintet spends the second of three days recording the LP Native Heart at The Power Station, New York City, USA.
International Blue, a project aimed at re-establishing the lost art of pop crooning, is launched at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. The project features music written by Stephen Emmer with vocals and lyrics by Liam McKahey, Glenn Gregory and Neil Crossley, and production by Tony Visconti.
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