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Package tour A Star Spangled Night arrives at The Gaumont Ballroom, Bradford, England, UK, Europe, starring Billy Fury, Eden Kane, The Karl Denver Trio, The Allisons, Chas McDevitt And Shirley Douglas, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Dave Sampson and Gordon Peters. The tour is promoted by impresario Larry Parnes.
The Beatles play an evening gig at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by The Remo Four and Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes.
The Beatles manager Brian Epstein books in to the Green Park Hotel, London, UK, at the start of a week-long visit to London seeking a recording deal for the band.
Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers record their version of the Chris Montez hit Let's Dance in Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Freddie and The Dreamers, Tommy Roe and Liverpool band The Searchers play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
The New Yorker magazine publishes an interview with Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles. This is regarded as the first serious article in the USA about The Beatles and their manager. The Beatles continue their three week series of concerts at L'Olympia, Paris, France.
Vee Jay Records run a full page ad in Billboard Magazine in the USA promoting the company's albums Introducing The Beatles, The Beatles And Frank Ifield on Stage, and Please Please Me.
The Beatles single Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That is released in Canada on Capitol Records.
Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles, is elected vice president of Leeds University Law Society, Leeds, UK.
Dave Clark Five, Mark Wynter, Susan Maughan and compere Alan Field play the last night in a week of shows at The Empire, Liverpool, UK.
Adam Faith, Eden Kane, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Dave Berry and The Undertakers play at The Rank, Stockton, UK.
Chuck Berry (backed by The Nashville Teens) plays at The Woolwich Theatre, Woolwich, UK, supported by Carl Perkins (also backed by The Nashville Teens) and The Animals, Kingsize Taylor and The Dominoes, and The Swinging Blue Jeans.
John Lennon of The Beatles calls in interior designer Kenneth Partridge to re-design his recently-purchased Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, home.
Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, announces the NEMS artists who will be in pantomime in 1965, including Cilla Black (Little Red Riding Hood), Gerry and the Pacemakers (Cinderella) and Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas (Mother Goose).
Singles reviewed in today's edition of UK music weekly NME (New Musical Express are as follows :
The Toys : A Lover's Concerto (Stateside)
The Searchers : When I Get Home (Pye)
Billie Davis : No Other Baby (Piccadilly)
Val Doonican : A Million Miles from Nowhere (Decca)
Jackie Trent : It's All in the Way You Look at Life (Pye)
Bobby Darin : Gyp The Cat (Capitol)
Lou Johnson : A Time To Love, A Time To Cry (London)
P.F. Sloan : Sins of a Family (RCA)
Ivan Meads : Sins of a Family (Parlophone)
Roger Miller : Kansas City Star (Philips)
The Fortunes : Here It Comes Again (Decca)
Swinging Blue Jeans : Crazy 'bout My Baby (HMV)
The Spokesmen : The Dawn of Correction (Brunswick)
Moses K. and the Prophets : I Went out with My Baby Tonight (Decca)
Professor Longhair : Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Sue)
The Sunrays : I Live For The Sun (Capitol)
Doug Kennedy : Julie (Columbia)
The Meddyevils : Find Somebody to Love (Pye)
The Toys : A Lover's Concerto (Stateside)
The Searchers : When I Get Home (Pye)
Billie Davis : No Other Baby (Piccadilly)
Val Doonican : A Million Miles from Nowhere (Decca)
Jackie Trent : It's All in the Way You Look at Life (Pye)
Bobby Darin : Gyp The Cat (Capitol)
Lou Johnson : A Time To Love, A Time To Cry (London)
P.F. Sloan : Sins of a Family (RCA)
Ivan Meads : Sins of a Family (Parlophone)
Roger Miller : Kansas City Star (Philips)
The Fortunes : Here It Comes Again (Decca)
Swinging Blue Jeans : Crazy 'bout My Baby (HMV)
The Spokesmen : The Dawn of Correction (Brunswick)
Moses K. and the Prophets : I Went out with My Baby Tonight (Decca)
Professor Longhair : Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Sue)
The Sunrays : I Live For The Sun (Capitol)
Doug Kennedy : Julie (Columbia)
The Meddyevils : Find Somebody to Love (Pye)
Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana, Billy Fury, The Fortunes, Little Frankie and The Country Gents play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe.One day after the new Beach Boys album, Pet Sounds, goes on release in the USA, Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles attend a private listening party for Pet Sounds held at The Waldorf Hotel, London, England, UK.
The Beatles record Good Night at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles are recording Sexy Sadie in London, England, UK. Europe. The song is inspired by the alleged inappropriate amourous advances to women made by celebrity guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the group stayed with him on his ashram in Rishikesh, India, Asia.
Barb Ulviden of Northern Illinois publication, The Northern Star, writes a feature which reports Californian college gossip that Paul McCartney of The Beatles died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike. This is the second published account of what will become known as the 'Paul Is Dead' myth.
Delaney And Bonnie and Friends play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. Eric Clapton is in their band, and George Harrison of The Beatles is in the audience. After the show, Harrison goes backstage and agrees to join the tour.
The Rainbow Bar And Grill is opened on West Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, by a group of investors including record producer Lou Adler. Its first event is a party for Elton John. Regulars at the location will include John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper, Harry Nilsson, Grace Slick, Robert Plant and others.
Paul McCartney and Wings' new single Band On the Run enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
UB40 play at Rotters Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by Illustration.
Zak Starkey, son of The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr, marries Sarah Menikides in Bracknell, Berkshire, England, UK, Europe, without informing his parents.
The Bob Dylan spends the third of four days participating in a Ringo Starr recording session at Three Alarm Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
135 girls are reported to have fainted during tonight's Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, gig by Curiousity Killed The Cat.
As a preview for his upcoming world tour, Paul McCartney plays an unannounced show at The Playhouse, London, UK, for fan club members plus staff of EMI and MPL.
Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield enter the UK singles chart with Heart And Soul, which will peak at No75 in its week of entry.
Beatlejazz, a group specialising in jazz interpretations of The Beatles songs, release their debut album, A Bite Of The Apple.
In the wake of the World Trade Center attack, 1200-station US radio network Clear Channel Communications bans all music by Rage Against The Machine and issues a don't-play list of 150 songs, ranging from Nena's hit 99 Red Balloons to John Lennon's Imagine, which includes the lyric, "I hope someday you'll join us/And the world will live as one."
The Stands play at The Academy, Birmingham, England, UK.
Paul McCartney and Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers are among the celebs attending the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium, in Hollywood, California, USA.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California, USA.Sir Paul McCartney And Wings attends a screening of the Wings' documentary Rock Show at BAFTA in London, UK, with Nancy Shevell.
Catfish And The Bottlemen play a sold-out gig at The Guild Of Students, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
On their 3-D Concerts tour, Kraftwerk play at The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
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