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A new teen movie, Wild Wild Winter is released to cinemas in the USA, featuring performances by The Beau Brummels, Jay And The Americans, Dick And Dee Dee, The Astronauts and Jacki And Gayle. The movie is promoted with the tag-line "A Surfin' Snowball".
Illinois Jacquet is playing during his fifth week of shows at the Embers West, New York City, USA.
The Everly Brothers record June Is As Cold As December and Glitter And Gold in United Recording Corporation Studios, 6050 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on this session features guitarists James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Sonny Curtis and Don Lanier. Keyboards are played by Don Abney and Larry Knechtel.Bassists are Don Bagley and Lyle Ritz. Drummers are Jim Gordon and Hal Blaine with Gene Estes on percussion.
Marianne Faithfull is photographed by Terence Donovan in London, England, UK, Europe.
Today's edition of weekly UK music paper Record Mirror reports that The Fortunes are planning to complain to their MP about the poor treatment they received during their recent visit to the USA because of problems with their H1 Work Permits.
MGM extends its existing three film contract with Elvis Presley to include four more movies at a fee of $850,000 each.
Jazz drummer Charlie Smith dies aged 38 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, of a kidney infection. In an acclaimed career he had played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Hank Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Pettiford, Piano Red (blues), Billy Taylor and others.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play at The Flamingo, Redruth, England, UK, Europe.
The In-Crowd play in The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town by The Supremes peaks at No1 in the singles chart in Singapore, Asia.
The Nashville Teens play at Coronation Hall, Kingston, England, UK, Europe.
Lee Dorsey plays a live show in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Birds play in The Birdcage, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK, Europe.
Singer and percussionist Mario Enrique Rivera Godines is born in Pinar del Río, Cuba, Caribbean. He will become one of Cuba's most highly respected musicians.
Lee Dorsey plays at The Carnaby Hive, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Nashville Teens play a live gig in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
The Drifters play a live gig in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Beach Boys record God Only Knows, in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Capitol Records.
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The Young Rascals complete recording of their debut LP, The Young Rascals, for Atlantic Records in the USA.
The Lovin' Spoonful release a new single, Daydream, in the UK on Pye Records.
The Blues Project play the second of nine nights at The Caf
The Blues Project play the third of nine nights at The Caf
The Blues Project play the fifth of nine nights at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Grass Roots, The Sons of Adam and Big Brother And The Holding Company play the second of two nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
In Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, George Harrison of The Beatles records one of the most extraordinary guitar sequences of the period on the song I'm Only Sleeping. Record producer George Martin plays the rest of the song's musical accompaniment backwards on tape, while Harrison records his parts [a guitar duet featuring two different tones, one with and one without fuzz distortion]. When the completed tape is played forwards again, Harrison's guitar duet becomes reversed, but perfectly integrated with the rest of the track, giving the song a totally unique sound.
Davey Graham [aka Davy Graham], plays at St Andrews Folk Club, St Andrews, Scotland, UK, Europe. The show is recorded by an audience member, Geoff Harden, and will be released in 2008 as a live CD.
The Cheetah club, a new 2000 capacity discotheque, opens at 53rd Street and Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Entertainment options include dancing, a library, a movie room, and colour television. It will close in the 1970s.
The Grateful Dead and Big Brother And The Holding Compant play in the Aid the End Of Marijuana Prohibition benefit Ball at the California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and The New Tweedy Brothers play the first of two nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Chris Farlowe records the song Out Of Time in London, England, UK, Europe. The track, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, features Jimmy Page on acoustic guitar, and is produced by Mick Jagger.
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The Hollies release a new single, Bus Stop, on Parlophone Records in the UK. The song is composed by Graham Gouldman.
The Kinks record Little Miss Queen Of Darkness at Pye Studios in London, UK.
Local authorities in Syracuse, New York State, accuse Rolling Stones of desecrating the American flag, after Old Glory is reportedly dragged across the stage during the band's gig at the War Memorial Hall. Support acts on this show are The Standells, The McCoys (led by Rick Derringer) and The Tradewinds.
When The Yardbirds play at Tulsa Assembly Center Exhibit Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, vocalist Keith Relf falls sick, so Jim McCarty takes over. The band at this point includes both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.
The Grateful Dead play the second of two nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, with support act The Sopwith Camel.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the fifteenth night in a month of dates at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bassist Pete Quaife officially leaves The Kinks and is replaced by John Dalton.
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First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the twenty-seventh night in four weeks of dates at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Yellow Submarine by The Beatles reaches No1 in the pop singles chart in Germany, Europe.
A new folk club, The Troubadour, opens in Waterloo Street, Bristol, England, UK, Europe. It will remain active until 1971, staging shows by John Martyn, Sandy Denny, The Incredible String Band, Bert Jansch, Al Stewart, The Watersons and others, earning it the title of "the most famous and influential folk club" in the UK, outside of London.
The Nashville Teens play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, supported by The Meddy Evils.
Mod band The Action play at The New Yorker, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Moby Grape play the second of three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane play the seventh of fifteen nights at the Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA, supported by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
Moby Grape play the second of two nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, with Sons of Champlin, and the Morning Glory.
The Adderley Smith Blues Band plays at Catcher, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix and Sounds Incorporated play the sixth night of a 14–day run in 'Fame In 67' at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre, London, England, UK.
The Monkees play at the Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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