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Billed as "A Glorious Galaxy Of Stars", Kara The Great, The Three Faust Sisters, Arthur Buckner, Jacques Inaudi, Girard And Gardner, The Three Westons, Alf Holt, Mr And Mrs Gardner Grane and The Biograph are providing the entertainment at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra record Laura and Stardust Boogie for Capitol Records at Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Louis Jordan's Tympany Five plays during two weeks of shows at The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Coasters, The Isley Brothers and Betty Carter play the fourthnight of a week at the The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Bob Dylan participates in a 12-hour radio broadcast from Riverside Church, Manhattan, New York City, USA, a Hootenanny Special, which also features Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Eric Von Schmidt. Afterwards, he meets seventeen year old Suze Rotolo, who will become his girlfriend, and the inspiration for Dylan songs including Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Boots of Spanish Leather and Tomorrow Is a Long Time.
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Elvis Presley is on location in Idyllwild, California, USA, filming scenes for his movie Kid Galahad.
Barbra Streisand releases The Second Barbra Streisand Album, on Columbia Records in the USA. It will spend a total of 74 weeks on the Billboard album chart.
The Bluegrass group The Kentucky Colonels begin a week of shows at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, USA. Their steel guitar player, Clarence White, will go on to play for The Byrds.
Jazz organist and pianist Earl Grant records Willow Weep For Me, Georgia On My Mind, Satin Doll, Stardust and other tracks for Decca Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The teen beach movie musical Bikini Beach, starring Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Little Stevie Wonder and The Pyramids, is released in the USA.
The Kingsmen perform Louie Louie on tv show Shindig! in the USA. This edition also features The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, Willie Nelson, Dave Berry, Billy Preston and Jody Miller.
The Beach Boys record Alley Oop and Devoted To You at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their Capitol Records LP Beach Boys Party.
Popular US bluegrass group The Kentucky Colonels do their last performance together. Guitarist Clarence White will go on to play with The Byrds.During sessions for the album Lumpy Gravy, Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention record the song Sunday at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, but it will not be released.
Nico is playing at The Dom, New York City, USA, with Jackson Browne as her accompanying musician. Browne will be inspired by Nico to write his song The Birds Of St. Marks about her.
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band spend the second day of recording the album Strictly Personal for Blue Thumb Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Three Dog Night and Smokestack Lightning play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Merle Haggard releases a new single, Okie From Muskogee on Capitol Records in the USA. Critical of marijuana smokers and long-haired men, it will become not only one of the most successful but one of the most controversial of Haggard's career. It was said he wrote the song after becoming disheartened by watching hippie anti-Vietnam War protests on tv, but in interviews he was always careful to avoid explaining what the song meant to him.
Peter Green, lead guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, reveals in an interview in UK music weekly the NME, that he intends to give away all of his money to help the starving people of the world.
Bob Dylan leaves California on a plane bound for Chicago, Illinois, USA, where he is shortly to begin his first tour in eight years.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers play at The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at Ottawa Civic Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
On their Mirage tour, Jermaine Jackson begins a legal suit in Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, to dispute fees charged by the Moultrie Accountancy Corp during The Jacksons' Victory Tour.
On their North American tour, The Smiths fly from New York City to San Francisco, California, USA.
On their Mother's Milk tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, USA.
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On the Escape From New York tour, The Ramones, The Tom Tom Club, Debbie Harry and Jerry Harrison play at The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA.
MC Trouble, the first female rapper signed to Motown Records, dies in her sleep at the home of a friend in Los Angeles, California, USA. Having been born with epilepsy she required daily treatment to prevent seizures. Her death came while she was making her second LP.
Michael Jackson’s attorney, Thomas Mesereau, releases a statement to the effect that others claiming to speak for the beleaguered star are not authorised to do so.
Lionel Richie appears on tv's The Late Show with David Letterman at The Ed Sullivan Theater New York City, USA.
Suzanne Vega plays the last of four 25th Anniversary concerts in which she performs her second LP, Solitude Standing, in its entirety. This concert is held at The Barbican, London, England, UK, Europe. The show is recorded and will be released as a live 2-CD set, entitled Solitude Standing : Live at the Barbican.
Cole Fonseca plays at Biscuits And Blues, San Francisco, California, USA.Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bishop play at Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, New York State, USA.
On their 113-date Concrete and Gold tour, Foo Fighters play at The Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, supported by Bob Mould.
Dustbowl Revival play at The 9.30 Club, Washington DC, USA, with Birds Of Chicago.1902 |
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