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The Ray Charles records I Can't Stop Loving You at United Studios, Hollywood, California, USA, for ABC-Paramount Records.
Aretha Franklin plays the last of six nights at The Showboat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hole In The
Ground by Bernard
Cribbins enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at
No7, during a ten week stay. (1962)
Saxophonist Leo Wright records Statements And Responses, Billie Oh My Billie and So In Love, for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA, but the tracks are not released.
The album Sentimental Sing Along With Mitch by Mitch Miller And The Gang is awarded a GoldDisc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Gerry And The Pacemakers play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
The original soundtrack album for the musical All American is recorded at CBS 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA.
Davy Jones, a future member of The Monkees, appears in UK tv series Z-Cars, playing the part of a character called Frankie Sale.
Count Basie And His Orchestra with Lambert, Hendricks And Ross play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK.
The Beach Boys record The One Way Road To Love, Beginning Of The End, Visions and My Only Alibi at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA. Lead vocals on these tracks, which will never be released, are handled by the record producer, Gary Usher.
CBS Records, the UK arm of America's Columbia Records, is launched in the UK with a cocktail party hosted by Philips Records in London, UK. The 400 guests include Percy Faith and Anita Bryant.
Bill Monroe records Columbus Stockade Blues and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with producer Owen Bradley.
Elvis Presley continues with filming studio scenes for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Coltrane begins two weeks [with Mondays off] at Birdland, New York City, USA.
80s hitmaker Corey Hart, best-known for the hit Sunglasses At Night, is born in Montreal, Canada.
The soundtrack to the film The Music Man, featuring Meredith Willson, Robert Preston and Shirley Jones, is released in the USA.
Jazz organist Milt Buckner plays at The Eden Roc Night Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Big Walter Horton records Blue Mood and Walter's Boogie in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The tracks will be released by Testament Records.
Wilson Pickett releases a new single, My Heart Belongs To You, on Cub Records in the USA.
Hank Snow records [Town Of] Laredo, If I Try Hard Enough and You're Losing Your Baby, with producer Chet Atkins in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and recording artist Robert Lucas is born in Long Beach, California, USA.
The
Flamingos play the second night of a week at The Hialeah Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The
Flamingos play the fifth night of a week at The Hialeah Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims records the album New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Swings, at Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, USA, for Colpix Records.
Stan Getz, with the Gary McFarland Orchestra, records One Note Samba, Bim Bom and other tracks in 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Jazz saxophonist Ken McIntyre records Sendai, Cosmos and Arisin', for United Artists Records at Sound Mixers studio, New York City, USA.
B.B. King, The Drifters, Maxine Brown, Gene Chandler and others play the third of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Roy Orbison releases a new single, Leah/Working For The Man, on Monument Records in the USA.
B.B. King, The Drifters, Maxine Brown, Gene Chandler and others play the sixth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Pressure Point, a new movie starring Bobby Darin and Sidney Poitier, opens in the USA.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Billy Kramer And The Coasters. [Kramer will find success after re-naming himself Billy J. Kramer and finding a new backing group, The Dakotas.
The Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Contours, The Marvelettes, Martha And The Vandellas and Little Stevie Wonder, plays a date in The City Auditorium, Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Johnny
Kidd And The Pirates appear on UK tv show Thank Your Lucky
Stars, to promote their new single A Shot Of
Rhythm And Blues.
Jazz trumpet player Jonah Jones opens at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, for a three-week residency.
Cliff Richard appears on the ATV show Sunday Night At The London Palladium, in London, UK.
Everybody Loves A Lover by The Shirelles enters the Billboard singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No19.
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Rick Nelson gets engaged and gives a diamond solitaire ring to his fiancee, Kris Harmon, at his parents' home.
Mary Wells performs Two Lovers on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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