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Male vocal duet Collins And Harlan record Nigger Loves His Possum for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Blind Willie Johnson records You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond, God Moves On The Water and other tracks for Columbia Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy records Hard Headed Woman, Dying Day Blues, I Wanna See My Baby and Serve It To Me Right for ARC in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Western Cherokees record There's A Room In My Heart, Have You Ever Been Kissed?, Rosie and Til The Cows Come Home at Clifford Herring Sound Studio, 1705 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Comedian, singer and actor George Robey dies, just over a week after suffering a stroke, at his home in Saltdean, East Sussex, England, UK, Europe. He had been one of the greatest music hall performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his name became known to thousands of rock music fans because of the Finsbury Park pub named after him, The Sir George Robey, which presented live music until 2004. Artists appearing there included Bad Manners, Blur, Billy Bragg, Carter USM, Desmond Dekker, Fairport Convention, Gong, Hawkwind, Bert Jansch, Roy Harper, Ralph McTell, and They Might Be Giants.Louis Prima and his Orchestra record The Music Goes 'Round And Around, for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Gospel group The Ward Singers, record Rock Of Ages, Get In A Hurry and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.
The teen-oriented movie Hey Let's Twist, starring Joey Dee And The Starliters, Teddy Randazzo and Jo Ann Campbell is released to cinemas in Finland, Europe.
The Rolling Stones recent Olympic Studios recording of the Chuck Berry composition Come On is played for executives at Decca Records in London, England, UK, Europe, who consider it not quite good enough but ask the band to re-record in the company's own studios.
The Honeys release their third single, Pray For Surf, on Capitol Records in the USA. The track is arranged and conducted by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, produced by Nick Venet.
The Walker Brothers get their first UK press coverage in the form of a brief interview with journalist Chris Welch in Melody Maker, partly about their connections to P.J. Proby.
The Paramounts, later to become Procol Harum, sign an agency contract with NEMS Enterprises, owned by The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein.
Gary Lewis And The Playboys record She's Just My Style at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. It will peak at No3 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. They also record Sure Gonna Miss Her which will peak at No9.
J.J. Johnson And His Orchestra record Once In A Liufetime, Sunrise, Sunset, Sew The Buttons On and More Than One Way for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
As Purple Haze enters the UK single chart, Jimi Hendrix sells a blue-white Stratocaster guitar at Selmer’s Music Store, Charing Cross Road, London, UK. Paul Kossoff, later to form Free, is working as a sales assistant in the shop. In the evening, The Jimi Hendrix Experience (billed as Jimmi Hendrix Experience) plays at The Guildhall, Southampton, earning a fee of £175.
The compilation LP A Man And His Soul by Ray Charles is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Pee Wee King disbands his long-time group, The Golden West Cowboys, but intends to continue performing live on a weekends-only basis.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, are recording a cover version of the Ray Charles composition A Fool For You, for Motown Records at Hitsville Studios, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Janis Joplin signs her Last Will And Testament in Beverly Hills, California, USA, in the presence of three witnesses.
AIR Studios, founded by Sir George Martin (best-known as the producer for The Beatles) opens it first facility, consisting of four studios, on the fourth floor of 214 Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sammi Smith reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA with her version of the Kris Kristofferson composition Help Me Make It Through The Night.
The Cure spend the fifth of seven days mixing their second album, Seventeen Seconds, at Morgan Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones announces that he has signed a solo recording contract with Virgin Records.
Nine Inch Nails release Head Like A Hole, the second single taken from their debut album Pretty Hate Machine, in the USA. 
New York City's legendary punk rock night club CBGB's (home to The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads etc) launches its own commemorative chocolate bar, plus a 16-piece truffle collection – the CBGB's Punk Rock Box.
It is announced that Pink Floyd is to re-unite to play at the upcoming London Live8 concert.
Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Incubus, Iggy And The Stooges, NOFX, Funeral For A Friend, Alakline Trio, Bloc Party and others play at the Carling Weekend, Leeds, England, UK.
Devizes-based singer-songwriter Jon Amor releases a new album, Stories From The Crooked Room, on Number 31 records.
Blink 182 come to the end of a British tour with the second of two nights at the O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by You Me At Six.
Kings of Leon play at a private New Year's Eve party for 400 guests hosted by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich on the Caribbean island of St Barts.
Cole Swindell remains at No1 in the 
Eggs Laid By Tigers release the album Under The Mile Off Moon on ILK Records in the UK. The songs are all musical settings of texts by Dylan Thomas.
It is announced that the remainder of Natalie Merchant's concerts for the month of July 2014 have been postponed due to illness.
After 13 weeks at No1, Girl Crush by Little Big Town makes country music history by breaking the record of weeks spent at the top of the Billboard Country Music Singles Chart by a group of three or more members, surpassing long-time record holders The Browns and their 1959 song The Three Bells.
Rapper Soulja Boy pleads not guilty to two felony gun possession counts, following his arrest in December 2016 when police found a gun at his home in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, and arrested him for a probation violation.
Sweet Gum Tree release the album Sustain The Illusion via The Orchard / Plastic Head Records.
The Killers headline the second night of the BBK Live Festival in Bilbao, Spain, Europe. Also on the bill are Phoenix, Fleet Foxes, Royal Blood, Explosions In The Sky and others.
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