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The Beatles release a new single, I Feel Fine/She's A Woman, in Japan on Odeon Records.
Anti-nuclear protest song What Have They Done To the Rain by The Searchers peaks at No13 in the UK. The song is composed by Malvina Reynolds.
Susan Barrett, Vic Dana, Jerry Fuller, Dobie Gray, Jackie And Gayle, Little Anthony And The Imperials, and The Walker Brothers appear on the first edition of tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles and Cilla Black attend a party in Hampstead, London, UK, thrown by Melody Maker journalist Bob Dawbarn, where they try out a new dance, The Skip.
When T-bone Walker plays at The Marquee, London, future rock guitar god Jeff Beck is in the audience. Support band is Rod Stewart and the Soul Agents.
In a concert billed as "Honest-To-Goodness-String-Music-Of-The-Hills", The New Lost City Ramblers and Elizabeth Cotten play at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.B.B. King, The Drifters, Baby Washington and The Radiants play at The Royal Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra record Chelsea Bridge, The Opener, Fade Up and other tracks at Fine Studios, New York City, USA, for Reprise Records. Most of the tracks will appear on the LP Concert In The Virgin Islands.
Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald are the musical guests on tonight's edition of The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
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Elvis Presley releases a new single, Crying In The Chapel, on RCA Records in the USA. It will peak at No3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
The Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play another show in their 21-date UK tour, at The Granada, Kingston-on-Thames.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the seventh of nine consecutive nights at The Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at The Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.
The Modern Folk Quartet, David Troy, Casey Anderson and The Yachtsmen Quartet play in the Disneyland After Dark Hootenanny, Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bobby Bare records A Little Bit Later On Down The Line, Got Leavin' On Her Mind and Try To Remember, in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with Chet Atkins as producer. Musicians on the session include guitarists Fred Carter, Jr., Wayne Moss and Ray Edenton, with bassist Norbert Putnam, drummer Jerry Carrigan, Onie Wheeler on harmonica, Hargus Robbins on piano, Floyd Cramer on vibes and The Anita Kerr Singers.
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Frank Sinatra, Count Basie And His Orchestra and The Oscar Peterson Trio play at The Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ernest Tubb With The Texas Troubadours records Waltz Across Texas for Decca records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Gospel musician and recording artist Lonnie Hunter is born in Harvey, Illinois, USA.
Frankie Laine releases a new single, A Girl, on Capitol Records in the USA. As a promotional device, 5,000 cigars, tagged 'It's A Girl' are distributed to disk jockeys in 25 major markets across the USA.
Sound Of The Seventh Son are playing at The Crescendo, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band includes Jimmy Greenspoon, who will find greater success as a member of Three Dog Night.
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Marlene Dietrich plays the fifth of six nights at the The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK.
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Yesterday by The Beatles enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1, during a nine-week run.
Songwriter Todd Park Mohr, leader of Big Head Todd And The Monsters, is born in Denver, Colorado, USA.
San Francisco-based innovator Bill Ham demonstrates a complex system of lights and slides which he calls a "light show". This will become a vital ingredient for rock shows in the psychedelic era.
Jazz saxophonist Benny Golson with the Stan Tracey Quartet plays at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, UK, Europe. The performance is recorded and will be released as the LP Three Little Words.
Jazz trumpeter Ruby Braff plays in a Tribute To Harold (Shorty) Baker concert at Luigi's, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Birds, including guitarist Ron Wood, play at The Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
A Silver Disc is awarded in the UK to the single (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones.
The Who play in The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by the Mark Leeman Five. Attending this gig is Simon Brogan who will, in due course, book The Who to play at Leeds University where they will record the Live At Leeds album.
The Gonks play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Bunch.Jan |