Africa

Nashville-based country and pop songwriter Marijohn Wilkin is born in Kemp, Texas, USA. In a long career she will compose hits for Lefty Frizzell, Wanda Jackson, The Kingston Trio, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Dave Matthews and many more. Wilkin will also be instrumental in convincing Kris Kristofferson to leave the US Armed Forces and become a full-time musician.

Cherry Wainer is born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She will find success as a Hammond organist, best-known as a member of Lord Rockingham's XI.

Jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela is born in Witbank, South Africa.

Mtutuzel 'Dudu' Pukwana is born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Gwynneth Ashley Robin, one of South Africa's most popular singers in the 70s, is born.

Cliff Richard And The Shadows play a show for black audiences only in The Alhambra Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa. Box office receipts go to local charities.

The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, later to become Manfred Mann, play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.

The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Honeycombs and Tony Sheveton play at The Capitol Theatre, Perth, Australia.

Manfred Mann play at The Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, UK.

Manfred Mann record You Gave Me Somebody To Love at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK. In the evening, the band plays at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK.

Manfred Mann play at The New Brighton Tower, Wallasey, Cheshire, UK.

Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela are playing at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Manfred Mann play at The Astoria, Rawtenstall, England, UK.

The two-day long Boston Globe Jazz festival begins at The War memprial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Gary Burton.

My Name Is Jack by Manfred Mann enters the UK Pop Singles Chart, where it will peak at No8 during an eleven-week run. The song is set in 'The Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls', which was a real place, located in The Kirkland Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.

John Lennon of The Beatles pays a £1,344 fine on behalf of South African rugby players who have been making a protest while playing in Scotland, UK, Europe.

Manfred Mann Chapter Thee play the last of four nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.

Mongo Santamaria and the Hugh Masekela Band play the twelfth of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Donations to The Live Aid charity hit the £50m mark. The charity is aimed at alleviating the effects of famine in Ethiopia, Africa.

Eric Clapton concludes a world tour with a free concert in Mozambique, Africa.

Baaba Maal plays during three nights at S.O.B.'s, New York City, USA.

An aeroplane carrying Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down as it prepares to land in Kigali, Rwanda, Africa. This action will set in motion 100 days of mass murder which have come to be known as the Rwandan Genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsi people will die at the hands of Hutu tribesmen. According to co-writer Isaac Slade, The Rwandan Genocide inspired the storyline of the song Heartbeat by his band The Fray.

Michael Jackson begins the South African leg of the HIStory World Tour, with the first of two nights at Greenpoint Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, to an audience of 36,000.

On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, to an audience of 47,000.

Popular singer Eve Boswell dies aged 76 in Durban, South Africa.

Karl Denver dies of a brain tumour in a hospice in Manchester, England, UK, Europe. Denver came to fame in the UK as leader of The Karl Denver Trio, best-remembered for their 1961 hit single, Wimoweh,

Dave Matthews And Friends play at The Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Emmylou Harris.

The Dave Matthews Band attend a news conference in New York City, USA, to launch a search for an environmentally aware roadie to work with the band. The event is part of the Lick Global Warming campaign run by ice cream manufacturers Ben And Jerry’s.

Chantal Chamandy releases a new single, You Want Me, in the UK on Nova Records.

The Dave Matthews Band plays at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, Colorado, USA.

Gregg Kofi Brown releases a new album, Together As One, in the UK on Nicolosi Productions. The album features contributions from Sting, Gabrielle, Des-Ree and others.

The Dave Matthews Band plays at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Bridge School Benefit Concert, featuring Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, Los Invisibles featuring Carlos Santana, Beck, Mumford And Sons, Diana Krall and Jenny Lewis plays the first of two nights at The Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, USA.

Bono of U2 appears on stage during the opening night of the Mali Desert music festival in Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa. Nevetheless, his presence does not resurrect the now flagging fortunes of the festival, previously a major world music event, because of terrorist threats.

On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa.

A feature in the influential Forbes magazine predicts that streaming will become the primary way that most people consume their music.