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Marianne Faithfull releases a new single, Come And Stay With Me, on Decca Records in the UK. The song is composed by Jackie De Shannon.

Singer-songwriter Peter La Farge writes to Moe Asch, head of Folkways Records in New York City, USA, thanking him for sending copies of The Town Hall Concert LP.


I Know A Place by Petula Clark enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.
Ray Davies of The Kinks files papers to create Ray Davies (Entertainment) Ltd., which will manage his songwriting income, not only from Kinks releases but from an increasing number of other artists. In the evening a launch party is held for The Honeycombs' latest single, a cover of the Ray Davies composition Something Better Beginning.

She's About A Mover by The Sir Douglas Quintet enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA.











TV rock show Where The Action Is features James Brown performing I Got You (I Feel Good) and Joey Paige performing Goodnight, My Love.


Andrew Hill records the album Compulsion!!!!! for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.



Them release a new single, Mystic Eyes, in the UK on Decca Records. The song is written by their vocalist, Van Morrison.



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