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Hugh Mendl is born in London, England, UK, Europe. He will become a celebrated record producer with Decca Records, responsible for Lonnie Donegan's first recordings, which launched the skiffle craze and led to the birth of British rock'n'roll. In the 1960s, he will be instrumental in bringing David Bowie and Genesis to Decca and will produce The Moody Blues' album Days of Future Passed.Angus Murdo McKenzie is born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe. He will find fame as Karl Denver, leader of The Karl Denver Trio, best-remembered for their 1961 hit single, Wimoweh.
Ella Logan records I Was Doing All Right, Love Is Here to Stay, Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? and Jingle (Bingle) Bells for Brunswick Records.
The musical comedy Banjo Eyes, starring Eddie Cantor, with music by Vernon Duke, is presented at The Hollywood Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 126 performances.
Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man by Lonnie Donegan spends the last day of two weeks at No1 in the UK pop music singles chart.
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen and Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas appear in the BBC Light Programme radio show Bandbox in the UK.
A World Without Love by Peter And Gordon reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA. The song is written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
The Alex Harvey Soul Band plus Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK.
The Hurricanes play at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, supported by The Red Hawks.
Long John Baldry, The Brian Auger Trinity, Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll play in The King's Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
Steampacket play at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.) All of them will go on to find greater success after the group splits up.
The Cream spend the third of eleven days of recording in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, working on the album Wheels Of Fire. It will become the first platinum-selling double album.On their second tour of North America, The Cream play at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Blood, Sweat And Tears.
On their second tour of North America, 
The Writing On The Wall play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, supported by Easy Leaf.Drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones are arrested in Nice, France on drugs charges. They are later cleared on all charges.
UK punk band The Rezillos make their live debut with a show at Edinburgh College of Art, in Scotland.
Rush play the first of two nights at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Stage Dolls play at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
The 
Probably because of their reputation as an anarchic live band, The Jesus And Mary Chain are forbidden from playing at The Limit Club, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe. The gig was intended to be the first of the band's mini-tour, and no specific reason for the cancellation is forthcoming from the local council who imposed the ban.
Barbara Dickson plays at The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.
Working Week play at Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland, UK, Europe.
On his Rei Momo solo tour, David Byrne of Talking Heads plays at The Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
In heavy snow, The Cure, with director Tim Pope, complete the filming of a video for the song Pictures Of You in Ballachulish, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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The three-day-long Glastonbury Festival begins at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK. Acts appearing on the first day include Bush, Dandy Warhols, The Doves, Idlewild, Lost Prophets, Thea Gilmore and Hawksley Workman And The Wolves, Nelly Furtado, Ash, Faithless, Coldplay, Queens Of The Stone Age, Garbage, Spiritualized, The Waterboys, Joe Brown and Dot Allison.
It is announced that Apple's 
The Live8 Concert in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, (and several other cities worldwide), features artists including Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Dido, Keane, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Muse, Razorlight, Scissor Sisters, Paul McCartney, Joss Stone, Stereophonics, Sting, Robbie Williams, U2, Stevie Wonder, R.E.M., The Cure, Velvet Revolver, Bob Geldof, The Killers and Snow Patrol.
Franz Ferdinand play a second night at Alexandra Palace, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Editors and The Rakes.21st Century Breakdown by Green Day reaches No1 in the Japanese Oricon Album Chart.
On her 
Gerry Rafferty collapses at home in Poole, England, UK, Europe, and is admitted to the intensive care ward of the Royal Bournemouth hospital. Rafferty is best-remembered for his hit single Baker Street, and for Stuck In The Middle With You which he recorded with his band Stealers Wheel.
On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play the second of three nights at The O2 Arena, London, UK.
Sir Elton John holds his 14th annual White Tie and Tiara Ball at his mansion in Windsor, England, UK, Europe. Profits from the fundraiser go to the Elton John AIDS foundation. Music world guests include Jon Bon Jovi, Lulu, Shirley Bassey, Peter Andre and Myleen Klass.
Travis play at Kulturarena 2014, Theatervorplatz, Jena, Germany, Europe.1919 |
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