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Eric Charles Edwards is born in Wilsford, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe. After emigrating to Canada, he will find fame as country music star Alberta Slim. Nicknamed Canada's Yodelling Cowboy, he will write and record over one hundred songs, many with RCA Victor.
Ambrose And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.
Noel Coward begins a four-week engagement at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, accompanied by Carlton Hayes And His Orchestra and pianist/arranger Peter Matz.
Sammy Davis Jr begins a week of shows at The Empire, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Rumours appear in national UK newspapers of a romance developing between Cliff Richard and dancer Jackie Irving. (She will, in due course, marry Adam Faith.)
The Beatles play at The ABC, Hull, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vernons Girls, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, and others.
The Beatles play at The Futurist Theatre, Scarborough, England, UK, Europe. It is reported that around twenty girls passed out briefly during the show, overcome by the continuous screaming and crying in the 600 capacity venue. Also on the bill are The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, The Vernons Girls and The Kestrels.
Gerry And The Freelancers and Jonny And The Saints play at The Town Hall, Calne, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Carol Douglas And The Big Stampede play at The RamJam Club, Brixton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
Wynder K. Frogg plays at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Quik. Mick Weaver, leader of Wynder K. Frogg, will go on to become a revered session keyboardist, playing with artists including Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmore, Janis Joplin, The Searchers, Andy Fairweather Low, Ralph McTell and Taj Mahal.
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Gordon Waller, formerly of Peter And Gordon, releases a new single, Everyday, in the UK on Columbia Records. The single is a cover of a Buddy Holly composition.
Soft Cell give their final live performance at Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK, Europe. 
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at The International Centre, Fukuoka, Japan, Asia.
On their Warming Up The Band tour, Nightfly play at Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, England, UK, Europe. The recently-formed band includes former Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody and Zak Starkey, son of The Beatles' Ringo Starr.
Rita Coolidge is one of the stars of the Country Music Festival at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Playn Jayn play at The Garage, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
REO Speewagon play the second of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe,
Tenpole Tudor play at Scunthorpe Baths, Scunthorpe, England, UK, Europe.
Siouxsie And The Banshees play at The Arts Centre, Poole, England, UK, Euroipe, supported by Scientists.They Style Council play the first of three nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Black Britain.
The Poison Girls play at The Greyhound, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Alison Marsh and Wounded Soldier.Mike And The Mechanics, a side-project formed by Genesis member Mike Rutherford, have their first UK singles chart entry with Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground). It will peak at No21.
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Possibly the most hyped band in UK rock history, Sigue Sigue Sputnik release their debut single, Love Missile F1-11.Hysteria by Def Leppard reaches No1 in the Billboard Albums Chart in the USA for the first of six non-consecutive weeks.
Spiritualized play a live set as a Mark Radcliffe Session for BBC Radio 1 in London, England, UK, Europe.
The three-day long Glastonbury Festival begins at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK, featuring acts including Basement Jaxx, White Stripes, Magic Numbers, Coldplay, The Belly Dance Superstars, Razorlight, New Order, Brian Wilson, The Wailers, James Blunt, Beautiful South, Baaba Maal, Babyshambles, The Killers, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Ska Cubano, K.T Tunstall, Kaiser Chiefs, The Subways, Chas n Dave, The La’s, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal And Royksopp. Attendance is 153,000. Tickets cost £125 including programme.
On their Made In Germany tour, Rammstein play at The Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
On their 
Henry McCullough, best-known as the guitarist on many of Wings' earliest records, dies aged 72 in Ballywindelland, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, UK. He had suffered a major heart attack in 2012 which left him in a critical condition.
Acclaimed British guitarist and composer Allan Holdsworth dies aged 70 of cardiac hypertension at his home in Vista, California, USA. Holdsworth was a pioneer of progressive rock and jazz fusion, hailed by Eddie Van Halen as 'the best in my book'.
In the aftermath of the horrific Grenfell Tower Block fire in West London, England, UK, Europe, Adele attends a vigil with local people, and Rita Ora takes part in volunteer work including sorting through donations, putting similar items together in rubbish bags and loading bottles of water and food into vans.
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