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Jazz drummer and bandleader John Pochee is born in Sydney, Australia, Oceania. In a long career, he will work with The Last Straw, The Bernie McGann Quartet, The Bernie McGann Trio, The Judy Bailey Quartet and The McGann, Peter Boothman Quartet.
The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, sets off from The Armory, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA, with a line-up consisting of Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Ronettes, Little Eva, The Dovells, Myron Lee And The Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, The Jaynettes, The Thymes and Paul And Paula.
During a BBC live radio session for John Peel's Top Gear, Dave Edmunds' Love Sculpture perform a rock version of Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance so powerful that Peel plays it twice in the same show. When Parlophone Records hear it, they insist that Edmunds should record it as a single, so he does, gaining a No5 chart entry as a result.
The Cure, The Passions, Au Pairs, Section 25 and The Fall play at The Rainbow, London, England, UK, Europe.
Aztec Camera play at Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Go-Betweens.
The Smiths' British tour plays at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England, UK, Europe.When The Smiths' UK tour plays at the University of Leeds, Leeds, England, UK, Europe, road manager Phil Cowie has to rescue a fan from being beaten by bouncers during the first song, Hand In Glove.
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When The Smiths play at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK, Europe, vegetarian vocalist Morrissey flees the stage after being hit in the face by a string of sausages thrown by a member of the audience.
The Smiths American tour comes to a premature end after the gig at the Bay Front Center, Tampa, Florida, USA. The four remaining dates of the tour are cancelled. According to drummer Mike Joyce, "After the Tampa gig, it just got so crazy that we were really burned out."
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Robert Plant begins a European tour with a show at The Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands.
BBC3 radio in the UK begins a major eight-part series entitled The Myth Maker, in which jazz musician Ian Carr talks with record producer and manager George Avakian. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, Avakian was a major force in the expansion and development of the recording industry in the USA. Avakian worked with artists including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis and Ravi Shankar.
Pulp are photographed at Frank's Sandwich Bar, Addison Bridge Place, London W4, England, UK, Europe, for the cover of their single Common People.
It is announced that Tommy Lee of Motley Crue and domestic porn movie fame has signed with 604 Records, a Vancouver, Canada-based independent label part-owned by Chad Kreuger of Nickelback.
Vampire Weekend reach No1 in the UK's Independent Albums Chart with their second album, Contra on XL Recordings.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony play at The Independent, San Francisco, California, USA.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Sage, Gateshead, England, UK, Europe.
The Flaming Lips, The Tragically Hip, Eels, Beirut, Cypress Hill, Death Cab For Cutie, Malajube, The Low Anthem and Ellie Goulding play at The Osheaga Festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
It is announced that Caro Emerald's debut album, Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor, has been certified Platinum in the UK, making it the third best-selling independent record of the year in the UK. It has also been certified platinum in Germany, 6x Platinum in Holland, and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award for sales exceeding 1 million copies in Europe.
Indie alternative electro-pop band Little Dragon release a new single, Sunshine. 
Mike Doughty, formerly of Soul Coughing, plays at The City Winery, New York City, USA.Exit Calm release a new album, The Future Isn't What It Used To Be, on Club AC30 Records in the UK.
On their Drones World tour, Muse play at The Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, Netherlands, Europe. Also on the bill are Elbow, George Ezra, Faith No More and Body Count featuring Ice-T.
On their The M A N I A tour, Fall Out Boy play at The Electric Brixton, London, England, UK, Europe.
It is reported that according to a study by Cloud Cover Music, classic rock is the best music to listen to when you need to get the job done, followed by alternative and pop. Hip-hop, heavy metal, electronic dance music, and country are found to be the most distracting.
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