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Jose Alfredo Jiminez is born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico, Central America. He will become a popular singer-songwriter in the ranchera style. His songs are an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage, comparable to Woody Guthrie's influence on American folk music.
John Henry Deutschendorf Jr is born in Roswell, New Mexico, USA. He will find international fame as country singer and songwriter John Denver.Although neither has actually divorced their previous spouse, country singer Margaret Whiting marries jazz piano player Lou Busch, a.k.a. Joe 'Fingers' Carr, in Chihuahua, Mexico.
The Walt Disney animated film Cinderella, including the songs A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, So This is Love, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Work Song, and Cinderella, is released to cinemas in Mexico.
US music trade magazine Billboard lists The Coasters' debut single, Down In Mexico, as a 'best buy?, adding that the track is 'getting excellent R + B and pop reaction? in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Durham and St. Louis.
The Coasters make their Billboard singles chart debut in the USA with Down In Mexico.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets record Not Fade Away and Everyday at producer Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, USA. Not Fade Away is based on Bo Diddley's influential Hambone guitar riff, as heard on his song Mona.
Buddy Holly plays rhythm guitar on a recording session by vocalist Jim Robinson at producer Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, USA.
Mafia boss Carlos Marcello is extradited from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, to Guatemala, South America, as an illegal immigrant. His family-owned Jefferson Music Company dominated the juke box, slot machine and pinball trade in the New Orleans area. Marcello is known to have used his Mafia contacts to try to persuade Frank Sinatra to use his friendship with the Kennedy family to negate the deportation order. He is also known to have close ties with the Ku Klux Klan.
Nat King Cole, accompanied by The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra, records La Feria De Las Flores, Guadalajara and La Golondrina for Capitol Records in Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the fifth night in a three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the fifth night in a three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Bill Haley And His Comets continue with their three-week season at The Terrazzo Cafe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Chubby Checker plays the fourth of ten nights at the National Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Steve Cordova is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He will play drums in the bands Fear Of God and Savage Wisdom.
The Outer Limits release Don't Need You No More backed with Walkin' Away, on Goldust Records of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. (This band should not be confused with the English band of the same name which was functioning around the same time).
Bill Deal And The Rhondels begin three weeks of live dates and promotional activities in Mexico.Bob Dylan is in Durango, Mexico, Central America, filming for the movie Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, with Kris Kristofferson and director Sam Peckinpah.
On his Slow Train Coming tour, Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at the Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
On his Slow Train Coming tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at The Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.The Rolling Stones fly to Mexico, North America, to make videos for She Was Hot and Too Much Blood.
Ozzy Osbourne plays at Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, supported by Motley Crue.
After a life peppered with violent incidents, Sergeant Barry Sadler of the US Green Berets, famed for his 1966 No1 hit The Ballad Of The Green Berets, is shot in the head in Guatemala. It will take a further three months for him to die.
Debbie Harry, aka Blondie, plays at Paolo Soleri Amphitheater, Santa fe, New Mexico, USA.
Bandleader, musician and actor Teddy Stauffer dies aged 82 in Acapulco, Mexico, Central America. He was known as Germany's "swing-king" of the 1930s.On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of five nights at the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico.
Iron Maiden come to the end of their The X Factour Tour with a show at Auditorio Coca Cola, Monterrey, Mexico, North America.
Pete Pumiglio dies in New Port Rickey, Florida, USA. He had achieved success as a jazz alto saxphonist and clarinetist player, best known for his work with Joe Venuti's Blue Four and The Raymond Scott Quintette.
On her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, Cher plays at Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays at the NMSU Practice Field, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
During their Viva La Vida tour, Radiohead play the first of two nights at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico.
During their Viva La Vida tour, Radiohead play at Estadio Tres De Marzo, Guadalajara, Mexico, North America.
On his My World tour, Justin Bieber plays the second of two nights at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico.
On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play the second of two nights at The Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Lady Gaga is a bridesmaid at her best friend Bo O'Connor's wedding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, North America.Revered flamenco-jazz guitarist Paco de Lucia dies aged 66 in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. He is reported to have died of a heart attack while playing with his children on a beach.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga release an album of duets, Cheek To Cheek, in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Ukulele master and teacher Hiram Kaailau Bell performs live at The Ukethon in The Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, USA. The event is being held in celebration of the fact that the Ukulele was introduced to San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play the second of three nights at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz holds a press conference at The Presidente Intercontinental Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
On their The Book Of Souls World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America.On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play the second of two nights at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, North America, supported by Noel Gallagher's High FLying Birds
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