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Johnny Ace becomes the first rock'n'roll fatality, when he kills
himself while playing Russian Roulette backstage at the City Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA. He is eulogised in the Paul Simon song The Late Great Johnny Ace.

Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Paul Anka, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, The Bobbettes, The Drifters, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, LaVern Baker, Jimmy Bowen, Sam 'The Man' Taylor and Clyde McPhatter plays in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, the white acts are unable to perform because of local segregation laws.
When US package tour The Biggest Show Of Stars for 1957, normally featuring



Slim Whitman spends the first of two days recording tracks including You Belong To My Heart, In The Misty Moonlight, Silver Threads Among The Gold and My Heart Cries For You in Sunset Sound Studios, 5652 East Daniels Avenue, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Roy Orbison records It Ain't No Big Thing, You'll Never Be Sixteen Again and Go Away, for MGM Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
New instrumental parts are added to the late Jim Reeves' original vocals on That's When I See The Blues (In Your Pretty Eyes) during a recording session at 17th Avenue Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

The Monkees record Calico Girlfriend Samba, Lynn Harper and Thank You My Friend, at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Steve Miller Band, Country Joe And The Fish and Hamilton Face play the second of two nights at The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
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Linda Ronstadt releases a new single, a cover version of Buddy Holly And The Crickets' That’ll Be The Day, in the USA.


Glastonbury CND Festival, a three-day event, at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, attracts 60,000 fans whose £21 ticket enables them to see Elvis Costello, Robert Cray, New Order, Paul Brady, Michelle Shocked and Van Morrison. A W.O.M.A.D. stage is also introduced at this festival. £130,000 is raised for CND and local charities.








The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The AT+T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, USA, supported by The Lumineers.
On their 51-date


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