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Brill Building songwriter Carole King scores her first UK singles chart entry with It Might As Well Rain Until September, which will peak at No3.
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Jackie Wilson records What Kind Of Fool Am I, Georgia On My Mind, You Don't Know Me, Lonely Teardrops and other tracks for Brunswick Records in Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
I Got You Babe by Sonny And Cher reaches No1 in the UK singles chart, where it will remain for two weeks.
The Rolling Stones spend the ninth day in a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.
The Beach Boys and The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi play at Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
The final edition of The Beatles cartoon series is broadcast in the USA on ABC tv.
Reggae Tune by Andy Fairweather
Low enters the UK popular singles chart, where it will peak at
No10 during a run of eight weeks.
The Rolling Stones play at Pavillon De Paris, Porte De Pantin, Paris, France, Europe.Weekly UK pop newspaper the NME (New Musical Express) reports that bassist Alan Cartwright has quit Procol Harum.
Squeeze play the second of three nights at The Rat Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Cure debuts its new line-up, including bassist Simon Gallup and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley, at Eric's, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Michael Jackson attends a dinner in Washington DC, USA, in honour of three young people who won a nationwide contest to write essays on an anti-drink-and-driving theme.
Bob Dylan's album Knocked Out Loaded enters the UK pop albums chart where it will peak at No35 during a five-week run.When Robert Cray plays at The Mean Fiddler, London, England, UK, Europe, Eric Clapton makes a guest appearance for several numbers.
Madonna arrives at Heathrow Airport, near London, England, UK, Europe, where she is accorded a fan welcome the like of which had not been seen since the heyday of The Beatles.Bon Jovi play at The Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, supported by Skid Row.
On his Rei Momo solo tour, David Byrne of Talking Heads plays at Constitution Hall, Washington DC, USA.
Eric Clapton plays the last of three nights in Great Woods Center for the Performing arts, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.
German promoter Marcel Avram, who won a $5m lawsuit against Michael Jackson three years earlier for the star's failure to perform at two millennium concerts, announces that he intends to bring another lawsuit against Jackson.
The life and work of singer-songwriter Billy Bragg is chosen as one of the specialist subjects by a competitor on UK tv quiz show Mastermind.
The Contribution, featuring members of Railroad Earth, String Cheese Incident and New Monsoon, plays at The Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California, USA.
On the second leg of his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays the second of two nights at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, supported by Bert Jansch.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band is the headline act at The Isle Of Wight Festival, Isle Of Wight, England, UK.
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On their Singing For Strangers tour, folk-pop duo Hudson Taylor play at Plug, Sheffield, UK.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones attends the New York premiere of the tv series Vinyl at The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, USA.
On a tour in support of his third album, Gilded, Blair Dunlop plays at The Plough, Torrington, England, UK.
Madonna loses a legal custody battle in the State Supreme Court, New York City, USA, with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie over which of the pair should look after their son Rocco. It is decided that the boy should continue to live with his father in London, England, UK, Europe. Shortly afterwards, Madonna posts an image of herself in a black hoodie, with an image of a crown over her head and the word "bitch" scrawled across her front, on social media outlets. This is interpreted as a 'defiant' response to the court decision.During the Asia / Oceania leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan, Asia, supported by Baby Metal. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
Natasha Bedingfield reveals in a British tabloid newspaper that she is pregnant with her first child with husband Matt Robinson, who she married in 2009.
I Am Kloot's songwriter and frontman, John Bramwell, releases his solo debut LP, Leave Alone The Empty Spaces.
During the Second European leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany, Europe. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
Touring in support of his album Colour In The Sky, Jon Amor plays at Roots Sessions at Sound Knowledge, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
On the European leg of their This House Is Not For Sale tour, Bon Jovi play at The Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.1962 |
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