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Charles Manson is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Manson will find notoriety as a hippy cult leader in California in the 60s, responsible for the deaths of actress Sharon Tate and others in a massacre said to have been at least partly inspired by Manson's interpretations of The Beatles' song Helter Skelter. Manson, keen to establish a career as a singer-songwriter, also attached himself to Dennis Wilson of The Beach BoyS for some time but Wilson managed to extricate himself from Manson's clutches.

Dick Dale performs his song Let's Go Trippin' live for the first time during a gig at The Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa, California, USA. This is considered by some to have been the first step along the road to the surf music craze of the early 1960s.

Jan Berry of Californian vocal duo Jan And Dean, signs a contract with Brill Building-based publisher Nevins-Kirshner for services rendered as a writer and producer.

The Beach Boys record a four-song demo tape including Surfin' Safari, Surfer Girl and 409 for Capitol Records' A+R man Nik Venet [aka Nick Venet], Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. 1962)

Johnny Carson makes his debut as the new host of The Tonight Show in the USA. His first late-night guests include Tony Bennett, Joan Crawford, and Mel Brooks. Carson's remarkable career as a tv host will inspire the 1977 song Johnny Carson by The Beach Boys.

The Beach Boys, having already released one single on the label, now formally sign a recording contract with Capitol Records, at the Capitol Tower in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Beach Boys play at Kern County Fairgrounds, Bakersfield, California, USA, with The Illusions.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys files for copyright on a song tentatively called Baa Baa Black Sheep, whose melody is based on the nursery rhyme. The song will later be recorded as And Your Dream Comes True.

Jan And Dean record Honolulu Lulu, in United/Western Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Liberty Records.

Little Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, The Wailers, Freddy Cannon, Nino Tempo And April Stevens, Dee Dee Sharp, Ray Stevens, The Vice Roys and Gail Harris play at the Opera House, Seattle, Washington, USA.

The Beach Boys release a new single, Be True To Your School / In My Room on Capitol Records in the USA.

Be True To Your School by The Beach Boys is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No73.

The Surf Bunnies release a new single, Surf City High, on Goliath Records in the USA.

The Top Ten Singles on Radio Station 4BCT in Brisbane, Australia, Oceania, on this date are as follows :

1. DANCE ON - KATHY KIRBY

2. Washington Square - The Village Stompers

3. Maria Elena - Los Indios Tabajaras

4. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs

5. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison

6. Hangin' Five - The Delltones

7. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

8. Flipped Over You - Paul And Paula

9. It's All In The Game - Cliff Richard

10. She Loves You - The Beatles

The Beach Boys appear on the Australian tv show Surf Sound, in Sydney, New South Wales.

Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, The Surfaris, Paul And Paula and The Joy Boys play in The Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand.

The Top Ten records as played by WABC Radio, New York City, USA, for the week ended on this date are as follows : 1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (Capitol)
2. She Loves You - The Beatles (Swan)
3. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore (Mercury)
4. Java - Al Hirt (RCA)
5. I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield (Philips)
6. Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
7. What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) - The Tams (ABC-Paramount)
8. Who Do You Love - The Sapphires (Swan)
9. Please Please Me - The Beatles (Vee-Jay)
10. Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords (Columbia)

Surf pop duo Jan And Dean enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Dead Man's Curve, which will peak at No8 during a fourteen-week run.

The latest Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars plays at The Honolulu International Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, with artists including Paul Petersen, Gene Pitney, The Coasters, Brian Hyland, Major Lance, Bobby Freeman, The Dixie Cups and The Rip-Chords.

The Beach Boys appear on tv's Red Skelton Show in the USA.

The Beach Boys release a new single, Don't Worry Baby, in the USA.

The Top Ten records played on WKNR Radio, Detroit, Michigan, USA, for the week ending on this date are as follows :

1. Memphis Tennessee Johnny Rivers
2. Love Me With All Your Heart Ray Charles Singers
3. Any Old Time/Walk On By Dionne Warwick
4. I Get Around The Beach Boys
5. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying Gerry And The Pacemakers
6. A World Without Love Peter And Gordon
7. My Boy Lollipop Millie Small
8. She's the One The Chartbusters
9. No Particular Place to Go Chuck Berry
10. Just Ain't Enough Love Eddie Holland

The Beach Boys have a recording session in Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the tracks When I Grow Up and She Knows Me Too Well.

The Animals, Jan And Dean, Chuck Berry and Del Shannon play the eighth of ten nights at The Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

The Animals, Jan And Dean, Chuck Berry and Del Shannon play the ninth of ten nights at The Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

The Beach Boys perform I Get Around on the tv series Age Tendre Et Tete De Bois, in Paris, France, Europe.

The Beach Boys play at the Njordhallen, Oslo, Norway, Europe.

The Barracudas record Yank Me (Doodle) and Free For All for Volt Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Dance, Dance, Dance by The Beach Boys peaks at No8 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.

The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is The Jolly Green Giant by The Kingsmen, entering at No72.

The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Righteous Brothers play at Legion Field Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

The Beach Boys play in The Ballpark At Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Maine, USA.

The Beach Boys add their vocals to the backing tracks for The Little Girl I Once Knew in Western Recorders Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Two Beach Boys albums, Surfer Girl and Surfin' USA, are certified gold by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for sales of 500,000 copies each.

The Beach Boys play at Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

The Beach Boys play at The Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, supported by Lindy And The Lavells, The Viscounts and The Defiants.

While on tour in Japan, The Beach Boys are photographed wearing Samurai outfits at Samurai Studios in Kyoto. On this day they also play at the Kyoto Kaikan Hall, Kyoto, Japan, Asia.

The Turtles play the second of two nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Beach Boys are working on the songs Tears In The Morning and Slip On Through, for the album Sunflower in leader Brian Wilson's home studio in Bel Air, California, USA.

The Surfadelics, Surfin' Lungs and The Vibes play at The Out Club, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe.

Surfin' Dave plays at The Rock Garden, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Absent Legends.

The Beach Boys play at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK.

Dr Eugene Landy, controversial therapist and business adviser to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys dies of pneumonia while also suffering from lung cancer, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.