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The Duo Moriche y Rosales, a vocal duet with piano with guitar, record Cancion Minera, Los Repatriados and Los Pendientes for OKeh Records in New York City, USA.
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley record C.C. And O. Blues for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Country-blues singer Jimmie Davis records Sewing Machine Blues, Red Nightgown Blues, Saturday Night Stroll and Davis' Salty Dog for Bluebird Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Platters play at the The Gaumont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with Ronnie Aldrich And The Squadronaires.
Package tour The Biggest Show Of Stars for 1957, featuring Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Paul Anka, The Spaniels, The Bobettes, Jimmy Bowen and Buddy Knox plays in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
The Prestige All Stars record Blues I Like To Hear and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
R'n'b singer/guitarist Lowell Fulson records So Many Tears, Why Don't You Write Me, Hung Down Head and Pay Day Blues in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dave Dee and The Bostons [later to find fame as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich], play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mark Twain And The Saxons.
The Regency Dance Band plays at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Danny And The Detonators.Paul Simon writes to Swindon Folk Singers Club, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, to ask if they can give him any gigs, for his usual fee of
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The Astrals play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Christmas Pantomime at The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, features the My Boy Lollipop girl Millie Small, plus Jess Conrad, Jimmy Wheeler and Des Lane.
Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Bobby Vee, Tony
Jackson And The Vibrations, Heinz and The Zombies play at the The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
The Kinks play at The Odeon, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads. N.B. At this point in their career The Yardbirds have recently parted company with guitarist Eric Clapton and replaced him with Jeff Beck.
The Thoughts featuring Tiffany, plus Ricky and The Gamblers play in The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.The
Downliners Sect play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by Four Hits And A Miss.
The Marmalade play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Emotions.
The Ferris Wheel play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.The Bee Gees, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, The Foundations and The Grapefruit play at the The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Glass Menagerie, play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
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Pretty Things play at the City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by the Pink Fairies.
King Crimson play at Starkers (in The Town Hall), Devizes, Wiltshire, UK.
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Brinsley Schwarz play at Starkers, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK. The band features Nick Lowe, who will become a successful solo act in the 70s and 80s.
The Albion Band plays at Cricklade Theatre, Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Sting plays at The Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia, USA.The Boothill Foot-Tappers play at Salisbury College, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Calne-based rock star Julian Cope (formerly of The Teardrop Explodes) presides over the second day of the Cornucopea Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, London, England, UK. The two-day event features performances by Cope, Krautrock legends Ash Ra Tempel, electronic extremists Coil and blues rock veterans The Groundhogs.
Madonna sends her best wishes to Elton John following his description of her as 'a miserable cow' for not attending his wedding reception.
Josh Ritter and Ed Harcourt headline the first day of the End Of The Road Festival in Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Chicken Shack with Stan Webb play live at City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.Wiltshire-based duo Morales Watts play in the Bear Hotel, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Rick Wakeman plays in a 'grand piano concert' at The Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Having been recently diagnosed with enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, Swindon-born Steven Wells dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, aged 49. Under the name Seething Wells he had been a ranting punk-era poet, often playing as a support act to northern English punk bands, including The Fall, The Mekons and Gang Of Four, along with fellow ranters Attila The Stockbroker, Swift Nick and Porky The Poet. He also carved out a career as an acclaimed writer for the NME [New Musical Express].
After pleading guilty to drink-driving and careless driving following a concert in July, Pete Doherty of Babyshambles is fined £2,050 in Gloucester Crown Court, Gloucester, England, UK, Europe, and given an 18-month driving ban. Shortly after, he is arrested and charged with heroin possession.
Sting flies into Rabat, Morocco, Africa, in his private jet to see Carlos Santana perform at the Mawazine Festival. Sting will play at the festival two days later.Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters play at The Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley, Massachusetts, USA.
On his Moon Landing World Tour, James Blunt plays at Le Galaxie, Amnéville, France, Europe.1923 |
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