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While out walking along the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (later the Missouri Pacific Railroad) where it crosses Big River outside of Irondale (Washington County, Missouri), William Helms finds a five-day-old baby in a suitcase, evidently having been thrown from a passing train. Helms and his wife foster the child, and name him William Moses Gould Helms. Within a few months, The Rev. J.T. Barton will be inspired to write the song Ballad Of The Iron Mountain Baby, telling the story of the child. It will become a popular folk song and a new treatment of the story, entitled Sarah Jane And The Iron Mountain Baby, will be released in 2013 on the LP Love Has Come For You by Steve Martin And Edie Brickell.
Music hall star George Formby Jr records In The Congo and All Going Back, for Dominion Records in London, UK.
Strawberry Field Salvation Army children's home opens in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, UK. The place will inspire the 1967 song Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles, because John Lennon grew up near the home and one of his childhood treats was the annual summer garden party in the grounds of Strawberry Field. Strawberry Fields, in the plural, was Lennon's nickname for the wooded area behind the building.
Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad is born in the village of Bjørkåsen, in Ballangen near Narvik, Norway, Europe, to a Norwegian mother, Synni Lyngstad, and a German father, Alfred Haase, a sergeant in the Wehrmacht, not long after the end of the Second World War during the German occupation of Norway. She will grow up as one of thousands of children known as Tyskerbarnas (or German children), the result of a bizarre Nazi experiment to 'enrich' the Aryan gene pool. Anni-Frid will find fame as a member of Abba.
The Bing Crosby Show, on the CBS Radio Network in the USA, features Crosby performing Them There Eyes, Quizas, quizas, quizas, Play ball, Mocking Bird Hill and Any Town Is Paris When You're Young. Additionally, Bing and Gary Crosby duet on the songs When You And I Were Young, Maggie Blues and Moonlight Bay.
The current No1 single in the UK, based on sheet music sales, is Too Young, based on the combined sales of versions by Nat King Cole and Jimmy Young.
Open Up Your Heart [And Let The Sun Shine In] by Stuart Hamblen and The Cowboy Church Sunday School enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No8.
Shortly after high school graduation, teenager [and future country music star] Jeannie C. Riley marries her childhood sweetheart Mickey Riley.
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Doll by The Four
Seasons enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA on
its way to No1.
The Beach Boys are in Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, adding vocals to the backing tracks for When I Grow Up (To Be A Man).
The Beach Boys have a recording session in Los Angeles, California, USA, working on a version of the song I'm So Young. the song was first recorded in 1958 by Cincinnati r'n'b vocal group The Students.
Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles marries his childhood sweetheart, hairdresser Maureen Cox, at Caxton Hall, London, UK. The couple depart for a house in Brighton, loaned to the couple by showbiz lawyer David Jacobs.John Lennon of The Beatles has a meeting with his estranged father, Freddie, at Kenwood, Weybridge, England, UK, Europe, during which they reconcile some of their differences.
Young Girl by The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2 during a thirteen-week run.
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During a concert by The Rolling Stones, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane, and Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young, at Altamont Speedway, Livermore, California, USA, audience member Meredith Hunter is beaten to death by Hells Angels in front of the stage. The Grateful Dead also attend the concert but refuse to play shortly before their scheduled appearance due to the increasing violence at the venue. The Dead's song New Speedway Boogie is inspired by the media response to Altamont. The fifth verse of Don Mclean's American Pie is widely regarded as a reference to The Stones at Altamont. Blue Oyster Cult's Transmaniacon MC makes several direct references to Altamont.
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The hit single Don't Cry Daddy by Elvis Presley is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. The song was composed by Mac Davis.
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died by Tom T. Hall reaches No1 in the Billboard country singles chart in the USA. The song is said to be based on Hall's memories of his childhood neighbor and boyhood hero, Lonnie Easterly.
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The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson spend the second of two days recording a tv special, entitled Goin' Back to Indiana.
It is announced that 26-year-old bass guitarist Alan Longmuir is leaving teen sensations The Bay City Rollers on the grounds that he is considered too old to remain in the band. He will return to the group in 1978.
On their Misplaced Childhood tour, 
On their Misplaced Childhood tour, Marillion play at Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan, Asia.
Jon Bon Jovi marries his childhood sweetheart Dorothy Hurley on the steps of Graceland Chapel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
It is announced that The Southland Corporation, owner of the 7-Eleven and Hoagy's Corner Delis store chains, has introduced a policy of trying to chase away undesirables - i.e. teenagers hanging out in their store parking lots - by loudly playing music by easy-listening artists including Mantovani from loudspeakers outside the stores.
Darren Burn is found dead, aged 30, on the bathroom floor of his flat in London, England, UK, Europe. Unable to cope with the failure of his teenybop pop idol career, he had taken an overdose of his Dotheipin anti-depressant tablets.Gregory, the recently-born son of Prince and his wife Mayte, dies at the Children’s Health Care Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, because of severe birth defects (skeletal abnormalities). Gregory was a little over one week old.
Gregory, the recently-born son of Prince and his wife Mayte, dies at the Children’s Health Care Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, because of severe birth defects (skeletal abnormalities). Gregory was a little over one week old.
In a survey published by Parents' magazine in the USA, Ozzy Osbourne comes third, after Mel Gibson and Will Smith, in responses to the question, 'Which famous dad would be most likely to change a diaper or handle a night feeding?'
The Rev Jesse Jackson makes a public announcement declaring that he believes the jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation case is flawed, because it contains no African-Americans.
Katherine Jackson is officially named the permanent guardian of Michael Jackson's children at a hearing in which she also drops her appeal to gain control of her superstar son's estate.
It is announced that Robbie Williams has been signed up as a Goodwill Ambassador for the charity Caudwell Children to mark their 10th anniversary. Other ambassadors for the charity include Rod Stewart, Elizabeth Hurley and Joan Collins.
During a break in her rehersals for the closing FIFA World Cup
cermony, Shakira meets girls from three different African nations on behalf of the 1GOAL Education For All campaign in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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It is revealed that Lady Gaga has been chosen as godmother to Elijah, the second adopted son of Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish. Gaga is already godmother to their first child, Zachary.Ed Sheeran is named an official ambassador for East Anglia's Children's Hospices, during a visit to The Treehouse, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK, Europe. The charity supports youngsters with life-shortening illnesses and their families. During the visit, Sheeran takes part in a Music Therapy session.
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1970s hitmaker Tony Orlando visits the West Bank, Jerusalem, homes of three missing Israeli teenagers believed to have been abducted a few days earlier by the militant group Hamas. Orlando's visit is a gesture of support.
Entertainer and pop hitmaker Rolf Harris is found guilty in Southwark Crown Court, London, UK, on twelve counts of indecently assaulting four girls in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Beyonce posts a pic of her husband Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy on Instagram with the caption, "My favourite hue is JayZ Blue". This is interpreted by media observers as a response to recent rumours that the couple's marriage is on the rocks.
Robin Thicke and his ex-wife Paula Patton attend a family therapy session with their six-year-old son Julian in Los Angeles, California, USA. The couple has been embroiled in a legal dispute over Thicke's visitation rights with their son. 
Speaking at a press conference in New York City, USA, Sir Elton John announces that he plans to retire from touring, after his next tour (Farewell Yellow Brick Road), in order to spend more time with his children, Zachary and Eiljah, and with his husband David Furnish.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith launches the first gala event for his charity Janie's Fund, which provides support to vulnerable girls in the Atlanta Metro Area of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who are survivors of abuse and neglect. Janie's House has residential accommodation for up to 30 girls annually with access to 24-hour medical care and therapeutic support. Janie's Fund, named after the Aerosmith song Janie's Got A Gun, which is about child abuse. The fund has raised $2.5m since it launched in 2015. Co-chair supporters for the event include Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Andrea Bocelli, Bo Derek, Britney Spears, Sir Elton John, Jim Carrey, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe & Marjorie Walsh, Kate Hudson, Lionel Richie, Sharon Stone, Whoopi Goldberg and Yoko Ono.
Pink releases an announcement about her new video for the song Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, which highlights her work with The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "As a UNICEF Ambassador," she states, "I am proud to work with an organization that supports and empowers women and children around the world."
In an interview with the UK's Daily Mirror, Ellie Goulding reveals her admiration for schoolchildren protesting against political inaction on climate change and speculates that if social madia had been around when she was a child, they would have made her feel less confident in herself.1902 |
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