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Albert Poindexter is born in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. He will find success as country musician and songwriter, Al Dexter, perhaps best-known for his hit Pistol Packin' Mama.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.
British jazz and r'n'b drummer Bill Eyden, a
stalwart of Georgie
Fame's Blue Flames and other bands, is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, UK. Eyden will also play drums as a session man on
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Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum.
Lew Stone and his Band record Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart, Seein' Is Believin' and Haunting Me, in London, UK.
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra are playing during a six-week residency at The Raymor Ballroom, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Teddy Powell And His Orchestra begin a season at The Blackhawk, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lenny Herman And His Orchestra play during a six-week engagement at The Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
The first-ever Grammy Awards ceremony is held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, california, USA. Tequila by The Champs wins Best R'n'B Performance, Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini is Best R'n'B Performance, Perry Como is Best Male Vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald is Best Female Vocalist. The Chipmunks, however, win Grammys for Best Comedy, Best Engineering and Best Children's Recording.
Eddie Harris is playing during two weeks at The Birdhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Anita Kerr records I'm Afraid, Tell Tale, It's Only The Beginning, To Each His Own, O Little Town Of Bethlehem and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Taking time out from his current British package tour, Jerry Lee Lewis plays a solo show at The Gaiety Theatre, Grimsby, UK.
It's My Party by Lesley Gore is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the US, entering at No79.
Roy Orbison, Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Granada, Bedford, UK.
Paul Anka, accompanied by and songwriter Sammy Cahn, flies from Rome, Italy, Europe, to Paris, France, where they are met by Anka's wife Anne. They check in to the Plaza Athenee Hotel, where Cahn and Anka begin several days of working on an upcoming live appearance Anka is to make at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Bill Wyman (bass), Ian Stewart (keyboards), Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page (guitars) and others play four songs together during a jam at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, UK.
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The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Archie Bell And The Drells, Eddie Floyd, Dee Dee Sharpe and The Sweet Inspirations play during a week-long series of shows the Atlantic Records Show Of Stars at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Led Zeppelin begin a 34 date North American tour in front of 49,000 fans at Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, to support their album Houses Of The Holy.
Weather Report play the second of two nights at The Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Bob Dylan is in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama, USA, working on songs including Gotta Serve Somebody, with Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on guitar.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.
On their Ken Babbs Presents Films And Memories Of The Late, Great Psychedelic Pioneer Neal Cassady at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California, USA.
Eek A Mouse plays at Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Steve Gibbons Band plays at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.The Sarah Jane Morris Duo, Fran Landesman, John Agard and Ralph The Haet play at New Merlin's Cave, London, England, UK, Europe.
Kiss, Faster Pussycat and Slaughter begin a North American tour in Lubbock, Texas, USA.Big And Rich release their debut album, Horse Of A Different Color, on Warner Bros in the USA.
Taylor Swift and former president Bill Clinton are among the famous faces attending Time magazine's 100 Most Influencial People Gala in New York City, USA.
Bono of U2 attends the New York premiere of AIDS documentary The Lazarus Effect at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA.
Anthrax play at Beale Street Music Festival 2014, Tom Lee Park, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Alter Bridge, 311, Kid Rock, Staind, Theory Of A Deadman and others play at Carolina Rebellion 2014, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, USA.
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