Manager

Coal miner Harry Lauder marries Ann Vallance, the daughter of a colliery manager at Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He will go on to become internationally famed as singer Sir Harry Lauder.

Deborah Ann Downer is born in Oakland, California, USA. During the 1980s and 1990s, as Debbie Abono, she will become a manager of San Francisco Bay Area death metal and thrash metal bands including Possessed, Forbidden, Exodus and Skinlab.

Irving Azoff is born. He will find success as a personal manager in the music industry, looking after artists including The Eagles, Steely Dan, Van Halen, Journey, Christina Aguilera and Neil Diamond.

Jerry Lee Lewis hires a new manager, Nashville-based Oscar Davis who had formerly managed Hank Williams.

US President Lyndon Johnson writes to Elvis Presley's manager, Col. Tom Parker, thanking both for the recent charity concert which raised funds for amemorial to the USS Arizona, which had been sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour.

Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Adelphi, Slough, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.

Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Granada, Aylesbury, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.

The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein writes to UK promoter Larry Parnes quoting a rate of

Former Decca Records publicist Tony Barrow joins Brian Epstein's NEMS Organisation, thus beginning work as PR man for The Beatles.

John Lennon of The Beatles, and the group's manager Brian Epstein, return to London, England, UK, from a holiday in Paris, France, Europe.

Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, receives an invitation for the band to appear on the prestigious Royal Variety Performance later in the year.

Eddie Fisher writes a letter to Elvis Presley and his manager Colonel Parker at Paramount Studios , Los Angeles, California, USA, thanking them for their Christmas card.

Bobby Jameson releases a new single, All I Want Is My Baby, on Decca Records in the UK. The song is written by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones and their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham.

US promoter Sid Bernstein visits The Beatles manager Brian Epstein at the Waldorf Towers, New York City, USA, to pay a $100,000 advance for the group's upcoming Shea Stadium concert.

The Rolling Stones' manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, launches his own record label, Immediate.

In the Superior Court, San Jose, California, USA, a $530,000 (about £185,000) breach of contract law suit is filed by Tempo Productions against The Beatles and their Californian promoters, Mr. Pauli Catalana and Mr. Norman Weiss. The suit contends that Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, agreed orally with Tempo to stage a concert in San Mateo county on or about 31 August, but that Catalana and Weiss persuaded Epstein to repudiate the contract.

At The Hilton Hotel, London, England, UK, The Rolling Stones have business meetings with entrepreneur Allen Klein, who is keen to become their manager.

Allen Klein, co-manager of The Rolling Stones, announces in weekly UK rock paper the NME that, "I believe the whole group scene is going to disappear in six months with the exception of entertainers like The Beatles, The Stones and The Animals."

The Mamas And The Papas record California Dreamin' for Dunhill Records at Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, with producer Lou Adler. The band is accompanied by P.F. Sloan on guitar, Joe Osborn on bass, Hal Blaine on drums and Larry Knechtel on keyboards.

The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein provides Sullivan Productions in New York City, USA, with the first print of the tv-film, The Beatles At Shea Stadium.

Derek Lassiter is born in the Bronx, New York City, USA. He will find success as a singer, actor, poet and publishing manager.

An injunction recently taken out by Peter Eden and Geoff Stevens, the former managers of folk-rock singer-songwriter Donovan, in an attempt to stop him from working, is refused by the courts in London, England, UK, Europe.

Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix and Sounds Incorporated play the seventh night of a 14–day run in 'Fame In 67' at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre, London, England, UK.

While Chuck Berry is performing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, two fans clamber on stage. The safety curtain is lowered, almost hitting Berry, so theatre owner Brian Epstein fires house manager Michael Bullock. John Lennon and Ringo Starr of The Beatles are in attendance.

Janis Joplin is added to the list of artists confirmed for the Woodstock Festival, with a fee of $15,000. On the same day, Johnny Winter's manager, Steve Paul, confirms that his artist will play at Woodstock for a fee of $7,500.

When pub rock band The 101ers, with lead vocalist Joe Strummer, play at The Golden Lion, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe, rock manager Bernie Rhodes gives Strummer 48 hours to decide whether or not to join a new band he is forming. The band will find success as The Clash.

London-based music business manager Malcolm McLaren sends $50,000 bail money to secure the release from jail of Sid Vicious in New York City, USA. Vicious is released into the care of his mother.

Rolling Stone magazine reports that a New York District court has thrown out music manager and entrepreneur Allen Klein’s appeal against his April 1979 conviction for filing false income tax returns, relating to sales of The Beatles' albums.

Allen Klein, former manager of both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, begins a two-month jail term at New York City's Metropolitan Corrections Center, for income tax evasion.

A jury at The Old Bailey, London, UK, finds controversial music business manager/entrepreneur Don Arden not guilty on all charges relating to false imprisonment and blackmail of Harshad Patel, the former book-keeper/accountant of Arden's company Jet Records.

Known car thief and burglar Spencer Goodman, who had murdered Cecile Ham, the wife of Bill Ham, manager of rock group ZZ Top, a month earlier, is arrested after a high-speed car chase in Colorado, USA. He will die by execution in 2000.

Nils Stevenson, road manager for The Sex Pistols and Siouxsie and the Banshees, dies in London. On the same day, The Rolling Stones' Licks World Tour plays at the First Union Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Morrissey announces that he has discontinued his relationship with prominent rock manager Irving Azoff and his company Front Line Management Group.

Gerry Bron, British record producer, band manager and owner of Bronze Records, dies aged 79.

Rene Angelil, the husband and manager of Celine Dion, dies of throat cancer, aged 73, in Henderson, Nevada, USA.

Singer, rapper and songwriter Lil Peep is found dead aged 21, from an overdose of the pain medications fentanyl and alprazolam, on his tour bus when his manager goes to check on him in preparation for this night's performance at a Tucson, Arizona venue

Justin Bieber releases the official video for Yummy, his first single in five years. On the same day he joins the video-sharing social network service TikTok. He soon finds himself criticised for "excessive" promotion of the song during its release week, which includes the release of autographed CD variants, seven different videos, an official Yummy game, online interactions involving Bieber asking fans to buy the song and Bieber's manager Scooter Braun encouraging fans to mass-purchase the song. Yummy debuts at No2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA, blocked from the top spot by Roddy Ricch's The Box.