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The Kinks, Unit 4+2, The Pretty Things and The Roulettes appear on the UK's Radio Luxembourg show Ready, Steady, Radio!
RCA Records announces that Elvis Presley's total record sales now stand at 78m.
The Loose Ends play two gigs in a single day - one at Gala Baths, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK, Europe, and another at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London.
The Dave Clark Five release a new album, The Hits Of, in Canada on Capitol Records.
US tv rock show Where The Action Is features The Wonder Who (actually The Four Seasons) performing Don't Think Twice It's Alright and Ben E. King singing Stand By Me.
The Yardbirds play the third of four nights at The Hullabaloo Club, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Small Faces play a live gig in Gent, Belgium, Europe.
Aged just 16, Stevie Wonder signs a contract to play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Get Out Of My Life, Woman by Lee Dorsey is the highest new entry in the Cashbox chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No79.
Phillip Laney Stewart II is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will achieve success as an R'n'B songwriter and producer, as well as becoming the co-founder of Groove Asylum Recording Studio, Redzone Entertainment and Triangle Sound Studios.
The Velvet Underground and Nico attend a party with Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick and others in the home of Stephen Shore in New York City, USA.
The Beatles single Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.
Loading Zone play at the Open Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Exciters play a live gig in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The LP Harem Holiday by Elvis Presley enters the UK album chart where it will peak at No11.
Lee Dorsey plays a live show in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Nashville Teens appear on the Rediffusion tv show Five O'Clock Funfair, in England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions play at The Place, 67 Bryan Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe.
The television documentary A Boy Called Donovan is broadcast on ITV in the UK.
The Alan Price Set play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Drifters play a live gig in Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich release a new single, Hold Tight, in the UK. It will peak at No4.
A feature by Tony Barrow in US magazine KRLA Beat reports that major tours in the UK are "showing no profit".
During their Winter Concert Tour, Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass are playing in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
In Detroit, Michigan, USA, The Supremes record Bob Dylan's song Blowin' In the Wind for Motown Records but the track is not released until 1969 on their album Cream Of The Crop.
Brother Dave Gardner is playing during four nights at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
Influential American music trade publication The Gavin Report accuses the songs Eight Miles High by The Byrds and Rainy Day Women Nos12 And 35 by Bob Dylan of encouraging the use of drugs, stating, 'In our opinion, these records imply encouragement and/or approval of the use of marijuana or LSD. We cannot conscientiously recommend such records for airplay.'
The Beatles play their last ever UK live gig at the 1966 NME Poll Winners Concert in The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK. Other acts on the bill include Small Faces, Spencer Davis Group, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, The Rolling Stones and The Who.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie and Spider John Koerner play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
When A Man Loves A Woman by Percy Sledge enters the UK Pop Singles Chart where it will peak at No4 during a seventeen-week run on the chart. After hearing the song, Gary Brooker of Procol Harum will be inspired to write a similarly styled ballad, to words by lyricist Keith Reid, using a Bach organ melody for the backing. The song will be called A Whiter Shade Of Pale.
In London, England, UK, Europe, for two Royal Albert Hall gigs, Bob Dylan is filmed by D. A. Pennebaker during an early morning limo cruise around Hyde Park with John Lennon.
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Soul-jazz-blues organist Lonnie Smith records Lonnie's Blues, Keep Talkin', What Do You Think?, Bright Eyes and Minor Truth for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Beatles play a live concert at The Grugahalle, Norbertstrasse, Essen, West Germany, Europe.
Stevie Wonder releases a new single, a cover of the Bob Dylan song Blowin' In The Wind, in the USA.
Herman's Hermits, supported by The Animals, play in Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
The First Central Park Music festival continues in Central Park, New York City, USA, with acts including The Blues Project, Jimmy Reed and The Dirty Shames.
Eddie Wolfgramm is born in Torrance, California. One of nineteen Wolfgramm siblings, he will play saxophone and percussion in the family's successful gospel/soul/pop group The Jets.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of three nights at the IDES Hall, Pescadero, California, USA.
Otis Redding plays at Tiles Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Rick'n'Beckers.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the twenty-sixth night in four weeks of dates at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gerry and the Pacemakers enter the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with Girl On A Swing, which will peak at No28 during a four-week run.
British jazz trumpeter Ken Colyer plays at the Auditorium Maximum, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany.
Stacy Lattisaw is born in Washington, DC, USA, In the 80s she will become a successful recording artist.
The Doors continue with a month-long residency at Ondine's, New York City, USA.
The Adderley Smith Blues Band plays at Catcher, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane play the fourteenth of fifteen nights at the Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother And the Holding Co., and Congress of Wonders play the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Sparrow (later to become Steppenwolf) play the second of two nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are the Sons Of Champlin and The Youngbloods.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London, England, UK, Europe.
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