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C.L. Emmons of Oranford, New Jersey, USA, is granted Patent No. US698480A for his invention of a new mechanical musical instrument in which a number of mechanical sounds are reduced in volume.
A new Harrison And Harrison Pipe Organ is installed in St. Joseph's Church, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, Europe.Country music star Moon Mullican is born as Aubrey Mullican in Corrigan, Polk County, Texas, USA.
Jim Peterman, organist with the Steve Miller Band, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Ray Brown's Orchestra, records Airmail Special and Rough Ridin' for Decca Records in New York City, USA. Organ on this session is played by Bill Doggett.
The Roy Eldridge Quintet records Roy's Riff, Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams, Rockin' Chair and Little Jazz for Clef Records in New York City, USA. The band includes Oscar Peterson on organ and Barney Kessel on guitar.
American music trade magazine Cash Box combines its pop and R'n'B charts, justifying the decision by pointing out that the current R'n'B charts are almost ninety percent pop in nature. [This decision will subsequently be reversed].
Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Regal, Gloucester, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.
Brenda Lee, with producer Owen Bradley, records Organ Grinder's SwingLet The Four Winds Blow, Hold Me and I'll Always Be In Love With You for Decca Records in Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features guitarists Hank Garland and Grady Martin, bassists Harold Bradley and Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Floyd Cramer, harmonica player Charlie McCoy, sexophonist Boots Randolph and the Anita Kerr Singers.
Jazz trumpeter Wild Bill Davison records the album Swinging Dixie in Manassas, Virginia, USA, for Jazzology Records.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans], play an evening gig at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by The Merseybeats.
Marvin Gaye records Wherever I Lay My Hat [That's My Home] for Tamla Records, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Quincy Jones records Soul bossa
nova at A + R Studios, New York City, USA, for Mercury
Records. The track is written, arranged, conducted and produced
by Quincy Jones, and recorded by Phil Ramone. [The track will
achieve its greatest public exposure when it is used as the theme
to the film Austin Powers - International Man Of Mystery thirty
five years later.]
Popular vocalist Vic Damone makes an appearance on tv's The Dick Van Dyke Show in the USA, portraying the humourously named Ric Vallone.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter, with The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra augmented by a marimba band, records Border Affair for Capitol Records in Mexico City, Mexico. 1962)
Visiting Liverpool, UK, on Beatles business, EMI producer George Martin is persuaded to see Brian Epstein's new discovery, Gerry And The Pacemakers in Birkenhead. Later, at The Cavern, he sees The Beatles and The Fourmost, and is introduced to the club's hat-check girl, Cilla Black.
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The musical Stop The World - I Want to Get Off, with songs by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, plays at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 555 performances.
The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, later to become Manfred Mann, play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Freddy Cannon performs Everybody Monkey on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
At The Odeon, Lewisham, England, UK, Chuck Berry begins a 24-date UK tour, supported by The Moody Blues, The Graham Bond Organisation and Long John Baldry.
Chuck Berry, The Moody Blues, The Graham Bond Organisation, Long John Baldry, Winston G and The Five Dimensions play at The U sher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Honeycombs and Tony Sheveton play the second of two nights at Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.
Steam Packet play at St Martin's Baths Hall, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
The Steam Packet play at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
Jimmy McGriff records the album Where The Action's At for Veep Records in The Front Bar, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
The Alan Price Set plays at The Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Top Ten singles on KAKC-Radio's Big 30 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, for the week started on this date are as follows :1. Playboy - Gene And Debbie (TRX)
2. Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith (Columbia)
3. Scarborough Fair - Simon And Garfunkel (Columbia)
4. Cry Like a Baby -The Box Tops (Mala)
5. Little Green Apples - Roger Miller (Smash)
6. The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann (Mercury)
7. Jennifer Juniper - Donovan (Epic)
8. Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (Warner Bros)
9. Soul Coaxin' - Raymond LeFevre Orchestra (Four Corners)
10. Lady Madonna - The Beatles (Capitol)
Paul Revere And The Raiders complete a three week tour of one-nighters with a show in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
The album Super Session, featuring Al Kooper, Steve Stills and Mike Bloomfield recorded live in studios in Los Angeles, California, USA, is released on Columbia Records in the USA.
Having stalled at No67 the previous year, a re-release of Vanilla Fudge's drastic re-interpretation of The Supremes' You Keep Me Hanging On enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. It will peak at No6.
The album Super Session, featuring Al Kooper, Steve Stills and Mike Bloomfield, enters the Billboard album charts in the USA, starting a brief craze for 'jam session' albums.
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Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and keyboard player Jon Lord, both of the group Deep Purple, jointly celebrate their engagements to their respective girlfriends Babs Hardie and Judy Fielding, on the roof terrace of The Dorchester Hotel, London, England, UK.
Founding member and keyboardist Mike Barson announces his departure from Madness. He plans to settle in Holland, Europe, with his Dutch wife, Sandra.
On his The Glory Boys tour, Rick Wakeman plays at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.Steve Winwood reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with Higher Love.
When Paul McCartney plays the third of five (non-consecutive) nights at the Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA, he is joined onstage by Stevie Wonder for a rendition of their duet hit Ebony And Ivory.The fourth Terrastock Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music journalist/entrepreneur Phil McMullen, comes to an end at the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. Artists appearing today, the last of the festival's three nights, include Bardo Pond, Country Joe McDonald, The Alchemysts, Six Organs Of Admittance and Bevis Frond.
French jazz pianist and organist Georges Arvanitas dies aged 74, in Paris, France, Europe.
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