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Mr Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band play at McIlroy's Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. On the same day they also play at the Trad Jazz Club, Walcot Common Room, Walcot, Swindon.
The Ray River Jazz Band play at the Trad Jazz Club, Walcot Common Room, Walcot, The Springfields (including Dusty Springfield), The Temperance Seven, Ronnie Hilton, Danny Williams, Michael Hill, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas and The Vernons Girls appear on weekly UK tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars.
The Byrds, Chubby Checker, Bobby Vee and Ian Whitcomb tape an edition of tv show Hollywood A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Peter And Gordon, Tom Jones, Ian Whitcomb, The Shirelles, Them and others play the second of two nights in the Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars at The Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.TV show Thank Your Lucky Stars in the UK, features The Animals, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Danny Williams and Ian Whitcomb.
Falsetto vocalist Tiny Tim makes his TV debut on the series premiere of Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In in the USA.
The music-oriented movie You Are What You Eat opens in New York City, USA. The film includes Tiny Tim, Paul Butterfield, Barry McGuire and The Electric Flag.
Peter Yarrow [of Peter, Paul And Mary], Tiny Tim, Barbara Acklin, Paul Peterson, The New York Rock And Roll Ensemble [and The Beatles on film] are seen in the local New York tv special Pickle Palace hosted by The Pickle Brothers.
Tiny Tim, supported by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, plays at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. John Lennon and Ringo Starr of the Beatles are in the audience.
Live and nationwide on US tv's Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, ukulele-strummer Tiny Tim [40] marries his beloved Miss Vicky Budinger [18]. The show attracts 45 million viewers, and is only beaten in the year's tv ratings by the Moon Landing.
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Tiny Tim plays the first of five nights at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Sha Na Na play the first of two nights at Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio, USA, supported by Bruce Springsteen.
Vinnie Taylor, guitarist with Sha Na Na, dies of a heroin overdose, aged 25, in a hotel room in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
The Guess Who and Sha Na Na play as part of The Summer Of Stars concert series in Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Showaddywaddy play the first of three nights at Goldiggers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Showaddywaddy play the last of three nights at Goldiggers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Elton John puts most of his massive art and pop collection up for auction at Sothebys Auction House in London, England, UK, Europe.
The 60s Golden Greats nostalgia tour, featuring Bobby Vee, The Searchers and Chris Montez, plays at the Winter Gardens, Margate, UK.The 60s Golden Greats nostalgia tour, featuring Bobby Vee, The Searchers and Chris Montez, plays at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, UK.The 60s Golden Greats nostalgia tour, featuring Bobby Vee, The Searchers and Chris Montez, plays at The Pavilion, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
The 60s Golden Greats nostalgia tour, featuring Bobby Vee, The Searchers and Chris Montez, plays at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, UK.The 60s Golden Greats nostalgia tour, featuring Bobby Vee, The Searchers and Chris Montez, plays at the Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales.While playing at a gala benefit in The Woman's Club of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Tiny Tim suffers his second heart attack on stage and he dies shortly after at the Hennepin County Medical Center. His remains are entombed in a mausoleum in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
In London, England, UK, Europe, Paul McCartney secures a court order preventing Christie's auction house from selling his handwritten lyrics to The Beatles' song Hey Jude.According to a report released today, more songs - over 220 - have been written about Elvis Presley than about any other artist.
A nude photograph of Madonna, taken in 1979, sets a new record when it sells for $37,500 (£26,000) at Christie's auction house in New York City, USA.
eBay bids for tickets to Michael Jackson's upcoming Memorial Event in the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, reach as high as US$3,000. Most offers, however, are in the $100 to $200 range.
An studded glove worn by Michael Jackson during his Bad Tour, is bought for $300,000 (£191,220) at an auction in Julien's, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. A military-style jacket worn by John Lennon for a 1966 Life magazine photo shoot, sold for $240,000 (£153,000), and also on sale at the same event were an X-ray of Albert Einstein's brain and a pair of Marilyn Monroe's empty prescription bottles.
The yellow door from Paul McCartney's childhood home at 20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, is sold at auction for $7,700.On the Superstars Of Soul nostalgia tour, Ben E. King and Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Jam House, Birmingham, UK.
On the Superstars Of Soul nostalgia tour, Ben E. King and Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at Concorde 2, Brighton, UK.
On the Superstars Of Soul nostalgia tour, Ben E. King and Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Playhouse Theatre, Harlow, UK.
Frank Sinatra's first driving licence, obtained in 1934, is put up for acution by RR Auction of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It will fetch a price of $15,757.
It is reported that a pine tree, planted in 2004 in Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California, USA, in honour of George Harrison, guitarist of The Beatles, has died as a result of an infestation by ... beetles.
Annie Lennox releases her new album, Nostalgia, as a CD, DVD and digital download on Blue Note Records in the USA. The album consists of cover versions of classic songs.Annie Lennox releases her new album, Nostalgia, as a CD, vinyl LP, DVD and digital download in the UK and France, Europe. The album consists of cover versions of classic songs.
A statistical report by data analytics engineer Jason Crease confirms that, as widely believed, 2016 included an unusually high number of celebrity deaths. According to Crease's figures the number of celebrity deaths in 2016 is likely to occur only once in every 200 years.
The newly established Patsy Cline Museum, located on the second floor of The Johnny Cash Museum building at 119 3rd Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, opens to the public.
In a video shared on Cody Simpson's Instagram Stories, he is shown in bed this morning with Miley Cyrus watching old clips of Elvis Presley.
A green Fender Telecaster, purchased for £75 by Francis Rossi of Status Quo in Glasgow in 1968 for £75, is offered for auction in the Entertainment Memorabilia Sale at Bonhams Knightsbridge, London, England, UK, Europe, with an estimate of £100,000 - 150,000. It had been in Rossi's ownership for more than 50 years.1947 |
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