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During a year-long music-recording expedition in the Far East, sound-recording pioneer Fred Gaisberg arrives in Calcutta, India, Asia. Gaisberg has been described as "the first A+R man."
Bernard William Jewry is born in London, England, UK, Europe. He will find fame first as UK pop idol Shane Fenton in the 1960s, then after a drastic image-revamp, as Alvin Stardust in the 1970s.
During tonight's show by The Beatles at The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, Europe, guitarist/singer John Lennon appears on stage with a toilet seat draped around his head to show his displeasure with the venue's manager. The headline band for this gig is Johnny And The Hurricanes.
The Yardbirds play at The Railway Hotel, Harrow, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vernons Girls, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, and others.
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Troubled pop idol P.J. Proby signs a new management deal with London club owner Benny Green and publicist Mel Collins. A week later the deal will be rescinded.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at Bluesville 66, Manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.
Davie Bowie And The Lower Third play at the Community Hall, Newmarket, UK, Europe. Davie will in due course change his name to David Bowie.
The Fourmost release a new single, Here, There And Everywhere, in the UK on Parlophone Records. The song is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Bert Jansch and John Renbourn play at East Ham Central, East Ham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Tremeloes play at George's Ballroom, Hinckley, England, UK, Europe.
The Who are in New York City, USA, discussing whether to perform the next day in the light of the fact that civil rights leader Martin Luther King has been assassinated earlier in the day.
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Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Let There Be More Light and Nick's Boogie.
Hit-making street busker Don Partridge appears on UK tv show Whistle Stop.
Ten Years After perform in the first of three nights at the new Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, along with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Truth.
O.C. Smith arrives in the UK to begin a tour promoting his single The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp.
After a night club gig in London, England, UK, Europe, 50s pop idol Dickie Pride injects himself with heroin for the last time. He will be found dead two days later.
Dave Ward plays at The Troubadour, Old Brompton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
Quiver play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Sutherland Brothers And Quiver play at Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
The Only Ones play at the University, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by Lonesome No More.
Genesis play the second of two nights in The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hawkwind release a new album, Live Seventy Nine, on Bronze records in the UK.
On their Zenyatta Mondatta tour, The Police play in the Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Grateful Dead play the first of four nights at The Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Commodores play the second of three nights at The Night Out, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Los Angeles-based soul/mod revival band The Untouchables play at The University, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Sister Sledge are playing during six nights at Blazers, Windsor, England, UK, Europe.
Go! Service play at the 100 Club, London, England, UK, Europe, with The Gents.
Immaculate Fools play at Keele University, Keele, England, UK, Europe.
Dire Straits play the first of four nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
George Michael confesses, in UK tabloid The Sun, that he took ecstasy after Wham! split up in the mid-80s. 'They were perhaps my darkest days,' he admits.
Paul McCartney begins rehearsals in Docklands Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, for his upcoming Back In The World Tour.
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U2 play at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England, UK, supported by Athlete.
Bloc Party play at the Hi-Fi Bar And Ballroom, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania.
Richard Thompson plays the last of three nights at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
John Legend plays at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK.
It is announced that Tom Jones has signed his first ever songwriting deal with EMI Music Publishing, who will now represent the singer's compositions worldwide.
Shooglenifty play at The Grand, Clitheroe, England, UK, Europe.
Duran Duran play at The Fox Theatre, Pomona, California, USA.
Kaiser Chiefs play at Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by All The Young.
Frank Turner plays at The Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK.
Forget The Down release a new album, Coming To A Head, on Unrequited Records in the UK.
Anaal Nathrakh play at Alte Kaserne, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.
On her Emerald Island tour, Caro Emerald plays the second of two nights at The International Centre, Harrogate, England, UK, Europe, supported by Irit Dekel.
On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curtiba, Brazil, South America.
Efterklang hold 'listening events' in advance of the release of their new LP Altid Sammen, at Gloria, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe; The Castle Cinema, London, England, and Artbeat, Porto, Portugal.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the second of three shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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