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David Akeman is born in Annville, Jackson County, Kentucky, USA. He will find fame as comedy banjoist Stringbean (aka String Bean) on the popular tv series Hee Haw.
Skeeter Davis performs The End Of The World on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded at WFIL-tv studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Four Aces and Marion Marlowe are the musical guests on The Ed Sullivan Show, broadcast live from New York City, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets appear live on the tv show Ray Bolger's Washington Square Show in the USA.
Fabian is interviewed live on popular tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mahalia Jackson, accompanied by Harpo Marx, performs on tv show Milton Berle's Kraft Music Hall in the USA.
Novelty hit song, Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb, sung by popular tv actor Edd Byrnes and his 77 Sunset Strip co-star Connie Stevens, enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No4 during an eleven-week run on the chart.
Ronnie Hawkins appears on UK tv show Boy Meets Girls for the second consecutive week.
Popular singer Dorothy Dandridge appears on tv's Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
Daily tv pop show American
Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, features live appearances by Della
Reese and Frankie
Sardo.
Jazz stars Benny Goodman, and Red Norvo, plus singer Howard Keel, are the musical guests on tonight's edition of US tv show The Bell Telephone Hour.
Fats Domino performs What A Price and Ain't That Just Like A Woman on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lorne
Greene, star of the western tv series Bonanza, records Bonanza, Sourwood Mountain, Skip To My Lou and Miss Cindy
at RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Shirley Jones, a popular vocalist in movie musicals, appears as the mystery guest on tv show What's My Line? in the USA.
In London, England, UK, Europe, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Frank Ifield and Judy Garland pre-record appearances for tv's Ed Sullivan Show in the USA.
Oscar Levant, Gordon And Shiela MacRae and Bill Cosby are the guest performers on tonights edition of The Jack Paar Program on NBC-tv in the USA.
The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, featuring a line-up consisting of Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Ronettes, Little Eva, The Dovells, Myron Lee And The Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, The Jaynettes, The Thymes and Paul And Paula, plays in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Andy Williams is the musical guest on tonight's edition of The Danny Kaye Show on CBS-tv in the USA.The Searchers, Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Billy Fury make live appearances on UK tv show Top Of The Pops. Frank Ifield and The Dave Clark Five appear on film.
On its first night, BBC 2 television in the UK broadcasts Duke Ellington In Concert, a show by Duke Ellington, recorded at the BBC Television Theatre earlier in the year.
The Beach Boys sign a contract to appear on a Bob Hope Comedy Special tv show which will be broadcast on December 18.
The Yardbirds appear in tv pop show That's For Me, presented by Anne Nightingale on Rediffusion tv in the UK.
Mike Nesmith, later to become a member of The Monkees, registers copyright for the first time, in respect of his song Pretty Little Princess, in the USA.
Top session player Billy Strange performs an electric guitar instrumental version of The Rolling Stones' hit Satisfaction on tv show Hollywood A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass appear on The Mike Douglas Show on tv in the USA.
Lalo Schifrin records the Second Season Main Title music for tv series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in Culver City, California, USA.
The Righteous Brothers perform You'll Never Walk Alone on The Ed Sullivan Show on tv in New York City, USA.
The Monkees complete their recording of Daddy's Song (composed by Harry Nilsson) at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Smothers Brothers' Summer Show is aired by CBS-tv in the USA.UK tv show How It Is, presented by Peter Asher of Peter And Gordon, features The Who, Spooky Tooth, David Ackles.
The Monkees begin recording the songs Suzanna Sometime and Storybook Of You at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Paul Anka and Joni Mitchell are the guests on tonight's edition of the tv show This Is Tom Jones, broadcast in the USA.
Lena Zavaroni, who had become a pop star at the age of ten, and later hosted her own tv series, dies aged 35 as a result of pneumonia, following a "pioneering" psychosurgical operation. She had suffered since the age of thirteen with anorexia, and was diagnosed as clinically depressed by fifteen.
Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, is diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Ozzy's response, on hearing of the diagnosis, is to swallow a handful of pills and wash them down with vodka.
When Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax play at the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe, their live performances are aired the same day in over 450 theaters in the USA, 79 cinemas in the UK and many others in Europe, Canada and Latin America.Nicki Minaj appears as the Bride of Blackenstein in a sketch on US tv comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Comedy trio The Lonely
Island, with guest vocalist Alanis Morissette, perform
Semicolon on tv show Kimmel in the USA.
Status Quo appear on BBC tv show Breakfast, live from Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK, to promote their upcoming movie, Bula Quo!, and tour.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Northern Virginia, USA, supported by Stone Sour.On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park, Illinois, USA, supported by Stone Sour.1916 |
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