60s Beat

Calypso-style pianist Lionel Belasco records Chick A Biddy Rag and Teresita, for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA, for their West Indian (Trinidad) marketing genre. He also records Junk Man Rag, Bajan Girl, Buddy Abraham, Little Brown Boy and other tracks, but these recordings will be destroyed and Belasco will re-record them on September 7.

The Rolling Stones play at The Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.

The Beatles play at The ABC, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Kestrels, The Trebletones, Freddie Starr And The Midnighters, Barry Barnett and Glenda Collins. The compere is comedian Alan Field. A crew from Italian television network RAI films The Beatles from the cinema balcony.

The Rolling Stones play at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Brian Auger Trinity play the evening session at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, with Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames doing the All-Nighter.

Shane Fenton And The Fentones play at The Club Noreik, Tottenham, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Beatles begin a three-week season at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe, supported by Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan.

George Harrison and John Lennon of The Beatles are on holiday in Papeete, Tahiti, with their wives.

Sie Liebt Dich (the German language version of She Loves You) by The Beatles is issued in the USA by Swan Records.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr of The Beatles are on holiday in the Virgin Islands.

The Beatles film soundtrack album A Hard Days Night begins the last of three-weeks at No1 in UK magazine Record Retailer's album chart.

Memphis Slim, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithfull and Long John Baldry appear on BBC2 tv show The Beat Room in the UK.

Tommy Tucker, Christine Holmes, The Cherokees, Troy Dante And The Infernos, The Naturals and Wayne Gibson And The Dynamic Sounds appear on BBC2 tv show The Beat Room in the UK.

The Migil Five appear on UK tv show The Five O'Clock Club.

The Applejacks play at The Royal, Tyldesley, UK.

Have I The Right? by The Honeycombs reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.

The Who play at The Florida Rooms, Brighton, UK.

The Moody Blues play at The Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland, UK.

Jeff Beck auditions to become the new guitarist in The Yardbirds, replacing Eric Clapton. The audition is held in The Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, UK, where The Yardbirds are rehearsing.

At RCA Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, The Rolling Stones put the finishing touches to their next single, The Last Time.

The Undertakers play in The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.

Radio station KHJ in Los Angeles, California, USA, switches from an adult-oriented music format to a more youth-tragetted hits playlist format. Within a year KHJ will emerge as the most popular station in Los Angeles.

Dean Ford And The Gaylords record The Name Game (a cover of an American hit by Shirley Ellis), in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, with producer Bob Barratt. The group will find greater success after evolving into The Marmalade.

The Beatles are filmed at various locations around London, England, UK, including New Bond Street and Blandford Street, for the film Help!

The Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play another show in their 21-date UK tour, at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.

The Fourmost play at La Dolce Vita, Newcastle, England, UK.

The Who play at The Town Hall, High Wycombe, England, UK, followed by an All-nighter at Club Noreik, London, England, UK, where they are recorded live for broadcast the following night on Radio Luxembourg's show Ready Steady Radio!

Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.

The Zombies, Billy Fury, Lulu, and The Small Faces appear on BBC-tv show Gadzooks, filmed in the BBC Television Theatre, Shepherds Bush, London, England, UK.

Lou Johnson, Sonny Childe And The TNT, The Loose Ends and Duke Lee play at El Partido, Lewisham, England, UK.

Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Unit 4 + 2, Mark Wynter and Elkie Brooks play a charity show in Cliff's old school, Cheshunt Secondary Modern, North London, England, UK, Europe.

Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones sends a signed photo to a fan called Chrissy. Jones also apologises that Chrissy could not find his house and includes a clue as to where he is living.

Filming of The Rolling Stones for French avant-garde director Jean-Luc Godard's documentary film One By One continues at Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The film will eventually be released under the title Sympathy For The Devil.

The Bee Gees record Edison in Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, USA.

The Nice play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by East Of Eden.

The Beatles press officer, Derek Taylor gives American music business mogul Allen Klein John Lennon's telephone number, and as a result John and Yoko Ono meet with Klein in the Harlequin suite of The Dorchester Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe. They are very impressed with him, and John decides on the spot to make him his personal adviser. There and then he writes to Sir Joseph Lockwood, the chairman of EMI: "Dear Sir Joe: From now on Allen Klein handles all my stuff."

The Pretty Things record a live session for the BBC Radio 1 show Top Gear at Maida Vale Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.

Paul McCartney plays the first of two nights at The Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America.

British jazz and r'n'b drummer Bill Eyden, a stalwart of Georgie Fame's Blue Flames and other bands, dies in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK, after a lengthy illness. Eyden was also the session man who played drums on A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum.

It is reported that Paul McCartney has removed all of his solo back catalogue from EMI Records and signed a contract with the independent Concord Music Group to handle its re-release.

Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, La Roux and actor Gary Oldman perform live in a David Bowie Birthday tribute show at the O2 Academy, Brixton, London, England, UK.