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Ella Fitzgerald records a slow orchestral ballad version of Oh, Lady Be Good!, with Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records.
Ella Fitzgerald records a slow orchestral ballad version of Oh, Lady Be Good!, with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records.
Cliff Richard performs Move It, One Night and High Class Baby at the New Musical Express Annual Poll Winners Concert in The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday is asked to attend Customs House in New York City, USA, because her former drug convictions have put her in violation of the 1956 Narcotics Control Act.
Mahalia Jackson, accompanied by Harpo Marx, performs on tv show Milton Berle's Kraft Music Hall in the USA.
Ritchie Valens funeral takes place at Mission Cemetary, San Fernando, California, USA.
The Fleetwoods record Come Softly To Me at Joe Boles Custom Recorders, Seattle, Washington, USA, for Dolphin Records.
Guy Mitchell records I'm Gonna Leave You Now and Alias Jesse James for Columbia Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Drifters record There Goes My Baby for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA, with producers Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller. There Goes My Baby is often cited as the first r'n'b song to make effective use of orchestral strings.
A new music tv show Drumbeat, begins on BBC-tv in the UK. Resident musicians include Bob Miller and The Millermen, The John Barry Seven, Vince Eager, Sylvia Sands, Adam Faith and The Kingpins.The Isley Brothers, produced by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, record Turn To Me, Not One Minute More and I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door, for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
The future Bob Dylan, Bob Zimmerman, leaves Hibbing High School, Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, noting in the yearbook that he intends 'to follow Little Richard'.
Dee Clark, The Drifters and The Isley Brothers begin a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Jazz legend Billie Holiday dies of a drug overdose in a hospital in New York City, USA.
There Goes My Baby by The Drifters begins a two-week run at the top of the Billboard R'n'B Chart in the USA.
Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA at No39 with My Wish Came True.
At the Six Bells pub in Ruislip, UK, British pop quartet The Drifters change their name to The Shadows to avoid conflict with the more successful group already famed as The Drifters in the USA.
Max Roach records The More I See You, All The Way and other tracks at Capitol Records studio, New York City, USA.
Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars play the second of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA.
Frank Sinatra records It’s All Right With Me and C’est Magnifique, in Capitol Records Studio A, Hollywood, California.
Terry Wayne And The Dukes play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashton, England, UK, Europe, supported by "Glamourous singing duo" The Valentines.
Ray Charles plays the second day in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Bob Zimmerman, one day to become Bob Dylan, moves into a jewish fraternity house, Sigma Alpha Mu, at the Unniversity Of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The first Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars package tour plays in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, with acts including Paul Anka, The Drifters, Duane Eddy, Lloyd Price, LaVern Baker, Annette, The Coasters, The Skyliners and Bobby Rydell.
The first Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars package tour plays in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. with acts including Paul Anka, The Drifters, Duane Eddy, Lloyd Price, LaVern Baker, Annette, The Coasters, The Skyliners and Bobby Rydell.
After a gig in the Casbah Club, Liverpool, UK, Ken Brown leaves
The Quarrymen, who will evolve into The
Beatles.
Bill Doggett begins a week of gigs at The Flame Show Bar in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bobby Darin begins a week of shows at Sciolla's Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Sammy Kaye Orchestra plays at the Chicago Sun-Times Harvest Moon Ball in The Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In Detroit, Michigan, USA, to see The Quincy Jones Band play, Johnnie Ray is arrested after leaving The Brass Rail restaurant, on charges of accosting and soliciting, and spends the night in jail. (outlaw)
Connie Francis begins a week of shows at The Faisan Bleu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bobby Hackett records Take The A Train, Sleepy Lagoon and other tracks in New York City for Capitol Records.
The Jimmy Heath Sextet records For All We Know, Nice People and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Jack Scott releases a new single, What In The World's Come Over You, on Top Rank Records in the USA.
Frankie Avalon, Lloyd Price and Bobby Freeman are the main attractions on tv's Dick Clark Show, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Clyde McPhatter plays the fourth night in a one week season at The Town Hall, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Little Willie John, The Drifters and James Brown play the second night in a week of dates at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Rockabilly vocalist Ersel Hickey records What Do You Want? for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Bill Evans Trio records Come Rain Or Come Shine, Autumn Leaves and other tracks at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
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