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Pianist Meade Lux Lewis records Honky Tonk Train Blues for Paramount Records, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Herman Parker Jr is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. He will find success as blues vocalist Junior Parker.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders release their first single, Hello Josephine, on Fontana Records in the UK.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders plus The Fourmost play atThe Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.The All-Stars 64 package tour plays at The Empire, Liverpool, UK, featuring John Leyton, The Rolling Stones, Mike Berry, Jet Harris, Billie Davis, Bern Elliott And The Fenmen, and The Paramounts - who will become better known as Procol Harum.
Roy Orbison, Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Odeon, Nottingham, UK.
Granada Television in Manchester, England, UK, Europe, records The Blues and Gospel Train, a programme directed by John Hamp featuring Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rev. Gary
Davis and others. For filming, the company transforms the disused
Wilbraham Road railway station into "Chorltonville", giving it the supposed appearance of a southern U.S.-style station.
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Teen-oriented movie UK Swings Again (re-titled Go-Go Big Beat! in the USA) is released in the UK, featuring Millie Small, The Animals, The Four Pennies, Lulu And The Luvvers, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Applejacks, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The Wackers, The Tornados and The Hollies. The film, cobbled together from many sources, also features songs written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles as performed by The Cheynes, which incuded Mick Fleetwood on drums. threats of court action quickly followed the premiere. Lawsuits will follow over the marketing of the movie (e.g. the Beatles' name was larger than that of The Cheynes) and rights to the use of the songs, as a result of which Go Go Big Beat will disappear soon after its release.
A Folk Festival to mark the farewell appearance of The Watersons takes place at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, with artists including Roy Harper and Al Stewart. (The Incredible String Band were also booked to play but had to cancel because of illness)
The Who play at The Student's Union, College Of Technology, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Ferris Wheel play at The The NME's 1968 Poll Winners Concert is held at Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe, with The Rolling Stones headlining, and also featuring Dusty Springfield, The Bee Gees, Lulu, The Shadows, The Association, Scott Walker, The Herd, Amen Corner, Love Affair, Status Quo.
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The Rolling Stones are working on the song Honky Tonk Women in Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. Young guitarist Mick Taylor of John Mayall's Blues Breakers is present as a session player.
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The Cure, The Passions, Au Pairs, Section 25 and The Fall play at The Rainbow, London, England, UK, Europe.
Altered Images, Roman Holliday and The Smiths play at Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Smiths' interrupted British tour resumes at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, UK, Europe.Moondance play at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, su[pported by The Rockin' Robeys.
Run DMC, Public Enemy and Derek B play the first of two nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
All Around The World by Lisa Stansfield is certified as a platinum single by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Verve release a new single, Bittersweet Symphony, in the UK. The use of a sample from a track by Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham will involve them in a costly battle with rock entrepreneur Allen Klein.
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Contemporary Flamenco guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela release the album Live – Manchester And Dublin, in the UK on Rubyworks Records.
Troubled former 60s pop idol Wayne Fontana sets fire to a debt collector's car while the man is still inside the vehicle. The debt collector had arrived at Fontana's home in Glossop, Derbyshire, UK, to collect £527.12 relating to a disputed parking fine.
Peter Lopez, the lawyer who represented music business clients including Michael Jackson, The Eagles, Andrea Bocelli and Michael Buble, is found dead at his home in Encino, California, USA, apparently having committed suicide by shooting himself. Lopez was married to the actress Catherine Bach.
Former 60s pop idol Wayne Fontana is handcuffed and arrested by police for failing to appear in court in Wakefield, Yorkshire, over an alleged unpaid speeding fine, just minutes before he is due on stage at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK, as part of The Solid Silver 60s nostalgia package tour.
When Take That play the second of eight nights at The City Of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, Progress Live tour, a malfunction of the tour's mechanical robot leaves Mark Owen and Howard Donald stuck 10m in the air above the rest of the band until they can be brought down on ladders.
Influential British record producer Martin Rushent dies aged 63. Rushent was best-known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks.
On their A 19-year-old man from Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, dies in Raigmore hospital after collapsing during The Rockness Festival in the Scottish Highlands. He is thought to have taken drugs.
Prince plays at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, England, London, UK, Europe, where his audience includes Adele, Noel Gallagher, Rita Ora, Jamie Cullum, Nile Rogers, Rizzle Kicks and others.
John Grant, accompanied by The Royal Northern Sinfonia, plays at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play the first of two nights at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK.
On the European leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, supported by Kvelertak.
During a solo tour to promote awareness and donations for The Trussell Trust charity, which supports a network of foodbanks around the UK, Glenn Tilbrook plays at The Lowry, Salford, Manchester, UK, Europe,
1960s music star Wayne Fontana dies of cancer at the age of 74 in Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, England, UK, Europe. He is best-remembered for having been lead vocalist on the 1965 hit single Game Of Love with The Mindbenders.1927 |
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