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The Everly Brothers release a new single, Crying In The Rain, on Warner Bros Records in the USA. The song is written by Howie Greenfield and Carole King.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant and Tony Marsh.
Folk music-based tv show Hootenanny on ABC in the USA, comes to an end. Producers of the show had blacklisted Pete Seeger early in its run, thus earning boiycotts from almost every significant folk act of the era, including Bob Dylan Joan Baez, Peter Paul And Mary and The Kingston Trio.
The Searchers, The Zombies and The Isley Brothers play at The ABC, Chesterfield, UK. Dionne Warwick, injured in Glasgow, Scotland, the previous day, has now dropped out of this tour.
Trini Lopez, Lesley Gore, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Dionne Warwick and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders appear on tv pop show Hullaballoo in the USA.
Zydeco accordian star Clifton Chenier records Louisiana Blues for Arhoolie Records in Gold Star Studios, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lightnin' Hopkins, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Memphis Slim play the first of ten nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Byrds play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Muddy Waters and Fleetwood Mac. At some point over these two nights, Muddy Waters becomes ill.
Traffic move into Sheepcott Farm, Aston Tirrold, Berkshire, England, UK, Europe, and set to work creating music for their next album, Mr. Fantasy.
The Isle Of Wight Festival begins at Wootton, Isle Of Wight, UK. Bob Dylan and The Band are rehearsing at Forelands Farm, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, UK. Over the next three days there will be appearances by Bob Dylan, The Who, The Band, The Nice, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, Free, Joe Cocker, Fat Mattress, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Family, The Pretty Things, Marsha Hunt, Battered Ornaments, Aynsley Dunbar, Blodwyn Pig, King Crimson and The Edgar Broughton Band.
Simon And
Garfunkel record the song The
Only Living Boy In New York, in New York City, USA, for
Columbia
Records.
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Dion plays at Le Hibou, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Joni Mitchell announces that she will retire after tonight's gig at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Mary Hopkin releases a new single, Knock Knock Who's There, in the UK on Apple Records. Two days earlier, the song had come second in the Eurovision Song Contest. Although it will peak at No2 on the UK chart, Hopkin is known never to have liked the song, claiming to have found it humiliating to sing at the Song Contest.
Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal play at Pierce Field, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
'Atomic skiffle' performer Floyd plays at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, subject of the 1975 Bob Dylan song Hurricane, is finally freed from jail when the Federal District Court of Newark, New Jersey, USA, rules that his murder convictions were based on "racism rather than reason."
On his Never Ending Tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of three nights at The Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Second day of the two day long Rock En Seine Festival takes place at the Domaine Nationale De Saint Cloud, near Paris, France, Europe. Artists appearing today include Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Robert Plant, Goldfrapp and Herman Dune. 
Ryan Adams And The Cardinals, Debbie Harry, Jesse Malin, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, Joseph Arthur and Butch Walker perform at the Mojo Aid Hurricane Relief concert in Irving Plaza, New York City, USA, for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Laura Marling headlines Celtic Connections with The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens plays at Fairport Convention's Annual Cropredy Festival in the UK.
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.
The Sunflower Superjam 2011 Charity gig, featuring members of Deep Purple, Robert Plant, Joe Bonasmassa, Gary Moore, Rick Wakeman, Paul Weller, Newton Faulkner and more, takes place at The Royal Albert hall, London, England, UK. The show is a benefit for children with cancer.
On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play at The Tabernacle, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, supported by Ed Sheeran.
When singer-songwriter Fiona Apple plays in The Newmark Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA, she has a tense encounter with a heckling audience member, after which she has the woman thrown out of the hall.
Neil Young plays the second of two nights at Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
highly respected record producer Snuff Garrett dies of cancer, aged 77, in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Garrett was the man behind a number of hits for Bobby Vee (including Devil Or Angel and Rubber Ball) as well as sides for Del Shannon, The Ventures, Johnny Burnette and Sonny And Cher. 
On her Delirium World Tour, Ellie Goulding plays at The Radio 1 Big Weekend, Poderham Castle, Exeter, England, UK, Europe.
Passenger, supported by Gregory Alan Isakov, plays at The Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.
Tune-Yards release a new LP, I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, on 4AD Records in the UK.
On his ÷ Tour, Ed Sheeran plays the last of three days at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand, Oceania, supported by Six60 and Mitch James.
On the second North American leg of his ÷ Tour, Ed Sheeran plays at The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, supported by Snow Patrol and Lauv.
Aimee Mann plays at The Academy Of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Johnny Rogan, among the most prolific and well-regarded music biographers of his generation, dies unexpectedly aged 67 in London, England, UK, Europe. His body will not be found until several days later in his London flat.
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