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Odis Lemuel Echols Sr. is born in Enloe, Texas, USA. He will find success as gospel vocalist Odis 'Pops' Echols, notably with The Stamps Quartet and The Echols Brothers.Dame N elly Melba signs a recording contract with the Gramophone Company. She drives a hard bargain, insisting that her records sell at a higher rate than any other recording artist, with an unprecedented advance.
Lloyd Glenn is born in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He will become a popular blues-oriented session pianist, working with Kid Ory and Big Joe Turner. Glenn will also prove to be a fine musical arranger whose solo career will feature several r'n'b hits in the USA during the early 50s.Sippie
Wallace, aka The Texas Nightingale, records Dead Drunk Blues, Lazy Man Blues, The Flood Blues and Have You Ever Been Down?, for
Okeh
Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Cornet on this session is
played by Louis
Armstrong.
Don Williams is born in Floydada, Texas, USA. His easy-going vocal style will score Top 10 hits every year from 1974 to 1991, including I Believe In You, You're My Best Friend and Tulsa Time.
Western Swing band Bob Wills and
His Texas Playboys record Take Me Back To Tulsa, in Dallas, Texas, USA, for Okeh Records .
Drummer Kenny Buttrey is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He will become a member of the groups Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry, and an in-demand session player for Elvis Presley, Simon And Garfunkel, Neil Young, the Pointer Sisters and Kris Kristofferson. He will also play on the Bob Dylan albums Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline.
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys record New Spanish Two-Step in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Okeh Records.
The Lovett Sisters record Little Dirty Face, Bacon And Eggs, Come Home To Me and Mexican Polka, at Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Avenue, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner and Floyd Dixon play at Fair Park Auditorium, Lubbock, Texas, USA. In the audience is local musician Buddy Holly.
Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Three, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Carl Perkins, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western play at The Cimasrron Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
The Crickets record Surfin' Special, April Avenue and Don't Breathe A Word, in United Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Liberty Records.
The Crickets record Right Or Wrong and You Can't Be In-Between, in Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, for Liberty Records.
R'n'b vocalist Otis Williams records It Just Ain't Right and It'll Never Happen Again for Federal Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Jack Crystal (concert promoter and co-founder, with Milton Gabler, of Commodore Records) dies, aged 54, of a heart attack in a bowling alley in Long Beach, Long Island, New York State, USA.
The Greatest Record Show Of 1963, starring Brook Benton, Dion, Trini Lopez, Timi Yuro, Lesley Gore and The Ken Thorne Orchestra plays at The Odeon, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Roy Orbison records Too Soon To Know, Lonesome Number One and Sweet Dreams in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
New releases entering the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA this week include The Electric Prunes' I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night, The Monkees‘ I’m A Believer, The Blues Magoos‘ We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet and Keith’s 98.6.
George Jones records Bringin' It Home, The Old Rugged Cross, Where The Soul Never Dies and other tracks at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 
The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, plays the first of two nights at The Catacombs, Houston, Texas, USA.Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Sly and the Family Stone play the fifth of six nights at Bill Graham's new Fillmore West, formerly known as The Carousel Ballroom, in San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Richie Havens, Illinois Speed Press and Siegel Schwall.
Joan Baez, Big Brother And The Holding Company, The Everly Brothers, The Byrds, Country Joe And The Fish, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, The Mothers of Invention, Buffy St. Marie and Wilson Pickett play at The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, USA.
Janis Joplin performs To Love Somebody, written by The Bee Gees on the Dick Cavett Show on tv in the USA.
Billy Preston releases a new single, All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give It To You) in the USA. The track is produced by George Harrison of The Beatles.
Miles Davis records several versions of the song Willie Nelson in Columbia Records Studio, New York City, USA.
Jimi Hendrix, The Steve Miller Band, The Grateful Dead and Cactus play at Temple University Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It is noteworthy that this is the first public live gig for Cactus.
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Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge attend the private party after the premiere of the movie A Star Is Born, on the third floor of Dillon's Disco, 1081 Gayley Avenue, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their Abracadabra by the Steve Miller Band returns to No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
Heart play in Dallas, Texas, USA.
On their 
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic in Austin, Texas, USA, features the first live performance by country supergroup The Highwaymen, feraturing Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. Also appearing at the Picnic are Neil Young, Hank Snow and June Carter Cash.
On her Who's That Girl tour, Madonna plays at The Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA, supported by Level 42.
On their World Violation tour, Depeche Mode play the first of two nights at The Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, Texas, USA.
On his In Step tour, Stevie Ray Vaughan plays at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, Colorado, USA.
Bette Midler releases a new single, From A Distance, on Atlantic Records in the USA. It will peak at No2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, and will win a Grammy for Song Of The Year in 1991. The song, written by Julie Gold, was previously recorded by Nanci Griffith.
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A funeral service for Luther Vandross is held at the Riverside Church, New York City, USA. Mourners attending the service include Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Usher and Patti LaBelle.
The four day long Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington, continues with performances by Elvis Costello, Common, The Pharcyde, Talib Kweli, Son Volt, Bo Diddley, Damien Jurado, The Duhks, The Posies, Israel Vibration, Midival Punditz, Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, Hothouse Flowers, Marlena Shaw, Billy Preston, Pepper, The Locust, Jesse Sykes And the Sweet Hereafter, Juana Molina, Mary Gauthier, Pretty Girls Make Graves, STREB and Marc Broussard.
On her It is officially announced that a rare Australian horsefly has been named Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae, in honour of Beyonce because of a spectacular gold patch on its abdomen, which reminded researchers of the singer's 'bootylicious behind'.
On his Cowboy Rides Away tour, George Strait plays at LSU Tiger Stadium Bayou Country Superfest, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Jake Bugg, Gary Numan and The 1975 are among the artists performing today at The SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, USA.On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at Starplex Pavilion, Dallas, Texas, USA, supported by The Struts.
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