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An inquest into the death of rock'n'roll idol Eddie Cochran opens at Bristol Assizes, Bristol, England, UK. On learning that vital witnesses are still in hospital, the Coroner adjourns the inquest until 23rd May.
Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers continue with a three-week engagement at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand.
Barbra Streisand plays the twelfth night in a month-long engagement at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.Now certified as having sold 500,000 copies each in the USA, Ray Charles' album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music and its first-released single, I Can't Stop Loving You, are both awarded gold discs by the R.I.A.A.
When Bob Dylan plays at The Bear, Chicago, Illinois, USA, he meets Mike Bloomfield for the first time. Bloomfield will become his guitarist when he makes his change to electric music, and will play on Like A Rolling Stone and many other tracks.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Kentucky Colonels release the album Appalachian Swing in the USA on World Pacific Records. The group includes Clarence White who will go on to play guitar with The Byrds.
Count Basie records Your Cheatin' Heart, Call Me Irresponsible, Oh Soul Mio and Shangri-la, for Reprise Records in Los Angeles, California, USA. The tracks will appear on his album Pop Goes The Basie.
TV rock show Where The Action in the USA Is features James Brown performing Out of Sight; Jody Miller performing Silver Threads And Golden Needles; Steve Alaimo performing It's Not Unusual.
The Dillards, Steve Gillette, The Roadrunners and the Yachtsmen Quartet play in the Disneyland After Dark Hootenanny, Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at the Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Barbra Streisand reluctantly signs a four-picture deal with music biz entrepreneur Ray Stark to ensure that she gets cast in the film version of Funny Girl.
The management company looking after The Byrds sends a letter to influential American music business magazine The Gavin Report demanding that the publication should print a 'correction' of its 'defamatory statements' which had claimed that the group's song Eight Miles High was advocating the use of illegal drugs.
The Grateful Dead play the last of three nights in The Thelma Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Fleetwood Mac play the first of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, where their live shows are being recorded. Also on the bill is The James Gang.
At the American Music Awards in ABC-tv Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, The Bee Gees collect the trophies for Favourite Band and Favourite Album.
Jazz bandleader Harlan Leonard dies aged 78 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was best-known as leader of his band The Rockets.Californian teenager John McCollum commits suicide while listening to the Ozzy Osbourne song Suicide Solution. His parents will later sue Osbourne.
Los Angeles-based soul/mod revival band The Untouchables play at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
A clean-shaven, short-haired and portly David Crosby is released from jail, and declares, "I'm extremely happy. Thank you all for coming. I'm off drugs and happy to be."
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of two nights at Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, California, USA.
Professor Haakan Borglund of Uppsala University in Lund, Sweden, Europe, claims the woman Michael Jackson has married is not really Lisa Marie Presley but a double.
Linkin Park announce that because of the unsatisfactory state of their contract negotiations with Warner Brothers they will not be starting work on their next album at any time in the foreseeable future.
On her Living Room tour, Carole King plays at The Time Warner Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Devo play at The House Of Blues, Anaheim, California, USA.
Britney Spears takes time off from her Circus World Tour to visit Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida, USA, with her children.
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Jackson Browne plays at The Leukemia Ball, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., USA.
Taylor Swift and former president Bill Clinton are among the famous faces attending Time magazine's 100 Most Influencial People Gala in New York City, USA.
Harry Connick Jr. And His Big Band with The Los Angeles Philharmonic play the second of two nights at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Crosby, Stills And Nash play at The Route 66 Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
When Justin Bieber holds his 19th birthday party at Cirque Du Soir nightclub in London, England, UK, Europe, he and his entourage are thrown out because some of their party are underage.
Fall Out Boy and Taylor Swift provide entertainment at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Lexington Avenue Armory, and at the after party at TAO Downtown in New York City, USA.
Britney Spears plays at The Planet Hollywood Theater Of The Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Beck plays 
Megadeth and Gojira are among the acts playing on the third and final day of Rock Off 2014, Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe.
On the European leg of his All The Hits All Night Long tour, Lionel Richie plays at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, UK.
Janet Jackson and a bunch of girlfriends attend J Cole's concert at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Haim are among the music business celebrities attending the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, USA.
It is reported that Taylor Swift has sold $180m (£132m) worth of tickets for her Reputation Stadium Tour in just seven days. If her ticket sales continue at this pace, the tour is said to have the potential to earn a staggering $450m (£331m) - making it one of the highest-grossing tours of all time.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play the second of two nights at Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play the Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.1960 |
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