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"Humourous musical entertainers" The Gipsies And Their Jester open for a week of performances at The Royal Pier Pavilion, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, Europe.
Eugene Stratton performs "ideal songs of coon life" as the bill-topper at the Cardiff Empire, Cardiff Wales, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are vocal duettists Brown And Roberston, Musical Burlesque Eccentriques Original Hombert And Renardo, The English Roses ("a bevy of Charming Girls") and others.
Mockin' Bird Hill by Les Paul And Mary Ford is the current No1 hit in the Popular Music Singles Chart in the UK.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe plays at The Brangwyn Hall, Cardiff, Wales, with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ottilie Patterson.
Phil Campbell, who will become the guitarist in Motorhead from 1984, is born in Pontypridd, Wales, UK, Europe.
Mecca, the UK's biggest ballroom chain, announces plans to replace some live music events with 'disc sessions'.
Shirley Bassey attends the opening of The Shirley Bassey Record Shop in West End Lane, London, England, UK, Europe. The shop is an extension of a bookshop owned by her husband, film producer Kenneth Hume, and the opening is also attended by Danny Williams, Shane Fenton and Jess Conrad.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales, UK, Europe.
Amen Corner fly from the UK to Germany, Europe, for three days of tv appearances in Bremen and Frankfurt.Mary Hopkin comes second in the San Remo Song Festival, San Remo, Italy, Europe, with the song Far From Sight.
Black Sabbath play at The Lafayette Club, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe, supported by Medicine Head. Radio 1 deejay John Peel subsequently claimed to have tried to sign the Sabs to his Dandelion label.
Badfinger play at The Starlight Room, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Midnight Express.
BBC Radio One's Kid Jensen show records a live session by unknown singer Howard Jones.David Gilmour of Pink Floyd takes part in a Guitar Greats night at the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. The show also includes Johnny Winter, Link Wray, Dave Edmunds, Dickey Betts, Neal Schon and Lita Ford.
Everything But The Girl and The Woodentops play at Exeter Univerity, Exeter, England, UK, Europe.The Alarm play at The Caley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, supported by The Faith Brothers.
The New Sweet play at The 
Marillion play the first of two nights at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Level 42 play at The University, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.The Everly Brothers play at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, England, UK, Europe.
Snooks Eaglin and Earl King headline the First Annual UK Blues Festival, St Asaph, Clwyd, Wales, UK.
The Mascara Story and Brigade play at The Barfly, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Sir Tom Jones headlines Elvis Forever, a concert celebrating the music of Elvis Presley, in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe. The line-up also includes KT Tunstall, Scouting For Girls, Imelda May, Fyfe Dangerfield, Jon Allen, Michael Ball, Mica Paris, Tony Christie, The Magnets, Fran Healy (of Travis), Craig David, Tony Hadley, Suzi Quatro and Marti Pellow.
Manic Street Preachers release their tenth album, Postcards From A Young Man in the UK on Columbia Records.
Mike And The Mechanics play at the CIA, Cadiff, Wales, UK, Europe. The group has recently added Andrew Roachford as a featured vocalist.
It is reported that rapper Flo Rida has been served a legal notice via Facebook that he faces a lawsuit from the Fat As Butter music festival in Australia. The suit results from Flo Rida's failure to appear at the festival in October 2011, despite having been paid $55,000 (£35,000). The festival's lawyers had such difficulty contacting him, that they sought and received permission from the court in New South Wales to serve the papers via Facebook.Ed Sheeran wins an Ivor Novello Award (Best Song Musically and Lyrically) for his song The A Team, at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ian Watkins, singer of Welsh band Lostprophets is remanded in custody after appearing in court at Cardiff Magistrates' Court, in Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe, accused of conspiring to rape a one-year-old girl.
A newly-published survey by the ICM Group reveals that one in ten young people in the UK bought a music cassette tape in the last month. This, and other findings, are taken to suggest that that many consumers still prefer physical music formats over downloading their sounds digitally.
Status Quo release an acoustic LP, Aquostic - Stripped Bare, featuring un-amplified versions of their hits.
Gerard Way, former frontman of My Chemical Romance, plays at The Students' Union, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Marina And The Diamonds play at The Students Union, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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