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At Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, Europe, Dalida receives a Juke Box Global Oscar as the year's most-played artist on juke boxes.
Surf-guitar innovators Dick Dale And The Del-Tones play at The Harmony Park Ballroom, Anaheim, California, USA.
Vee-Jay Records send lacquers of Please Please Me and Ask Me Why by The Beatles to Audio Matrix, Inc., in the Bronx, New York City, USA, to prepare the metal parts necessary to manufacture a 45rpm single for release in the USA.
The Joe Pass Quartet records Days Of Wine And Roses, But Beautiful and other tracks at Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.




Country vocalist Bill Anderson records From A Jack To A King, Little Band Of Gold, Restless and Happiness at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent and Heinz Burt play at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.




Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret, the co-star in his fifteenth movie, Viva Las Vegas, are having a love affair.
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The Rolling Stones record Bye Bye Johnny [written by Chuck Berry] and You Better Move On [written by Arthur Alexander], at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Beatles record the last three editions of BBC radio series Pop Go The Beatles, in Aeolian Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Former hat-check girl at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, Cilla Black releases her first single, a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles', called Love Of The Loved. She also makes her debut appearance on popular tv show Ready, Steady, Go!.
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The Page 7 and The Angels are the musical guests on tonight's adition of the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-tv in the USA.
Margie Singleton records Old Records for Mercury Records at Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Singleton also joins Faron Young to cut Keeping Up With The Joneses.
Peter, Paul And Mary enter the UK Singles Chart with Blowin' In The Wind. The song will prove a major hit and will introduce the name of its composer, Bob Dylan, to a much wider audience.
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Gerry And The Pacemakers, Del Shannon, Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, The Bachelors, Duffy Power, Cilla Black, Bryan Burdon and The Blue Diamonds play at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.


Don Gibson, with a band including Chet Atkins and Velma Smith [gtrs], Junior Huskey [bass], William Ackerman [drums], Jerry Smith [piano] and The Jordanaires, records Do You Know My Jesus, If I Can help Somebody and other tracks in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Martha And The Vandellas record A Tear For The Girl in Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Thank Your Lucky Stars has an all-Merseyside special edition, hosted by Bob Wooler, deejay of The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. The Beatles perform I Want To Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, Twist And Shout and She Loves You. The show also features Cilla Black, The Searchers, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, The Breakaways, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Billy Butler, Tommy Quickly and Janice Nicholls.
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