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The Beatles continue a week-long season of shows at The Winter Gardens, Margate, England, UK, Europe, supported by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas.
The Beatles play at The Futurist Theatre, Scarborough, England, UK, Europe. It is reported that around twenty girls passed out briefly during the show, overcome by the continuous screaming and crying in the 600 capacity venue. Also on the bill are The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, The Vernons Girls and The Kestrels.During a two week holiday to visit his sister, George Harrison of The Beatles sits in with a local band, The Four Vests, at The Bocce Ball Club in Benton, Illinois, USA, and The VFW Hall 3479 in Eldorado, Illinois. They perform several Carl Perkins and Buddy Holly songs.
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The Byrds release their debut album, Mr Tambourine Man, in the USA on Columbia Records. The album includes four songs by Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man, Spanish Harlem Incident, All I Really Want To Do and Chimes Of Freedom.
George Martin releases an instrumental version of Yesterday, written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, on Parlophone Records in the UK.
Jimmy Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] plays in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, as guitarist with Joey Dee And The Starliters.
Jokers Wild, a group including guitarist David Gilmour, later to join Pink Floyd, plays at Comberton College, Cambridge, England, UK.
The Beatles continue work on the song Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
A new, softly spoken deejay, John Peel, makes his first broadcast for offshore UK pirate radio station Radio London.
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The Syn, including future Yes member Chris Squire, play at The Cat Balou Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play two shows at Anaheim Convention Center, California, USA, with The Animals, Eire Apparent and Soft Machine.
The Move play at Southlands College, Wimbledon, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles release a new single, Lady Mad onna / The Inner Light, on Parlophone Records in New Zealand, Oceania.
The Lemon Pipers play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Journalist Derek Taylor returns from a sojourn in Los Angeles, California, USA, and joins Apple in London, England, UK, Europe, as The Beatles' press officer – a position he had held in earlier years.
Mad River and Seeds Of Time play at The Retinal Circus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Recording of the original soundtrack album for the hippy musical 
Mount Rushmore, supported by Rain, play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play at Swing Auditorium, National Orange Showgrounds, San Bernardino, California, USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA.
Lothar And The Hand People, supported by The Hallucinations, play the first of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jefferson Airplane play at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Iron Butterfly.
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Having stalled at No67 the previous year, a re-release of Vanilla Fudge's drastic re-interpretation of The Supremes' You Keep Me Hanging On enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. It will peak at No6.
The Country Joe And The Fish, Procol Harum and Ten Years After play the first of two nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
David Jacobs, a showbiz lawyer who worked for The Beatles, Liberace and others, is found hanged in his garage in Brighton, England, UK, Europe. Although his death appeared, superficially, to have been suicide, it was widely thought that his death might have been ordered by notorious London gangsters The Kray Twins.
At Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Collins, The Rascals, Peter Paul and Mary, Blood Sweat And Tears, Richie Havens, Harry Belafonte, Dave Brubeck and others perform in the Winter Festival For Peace, a benefit for the Vietnam Moratorium Committee. When Hendrix staggers off-stage halfway through his set, manager Mike Jeffery fires drummer Buddy Miles.
The Edgar Broughton Band plays at The Country Club, Haverstock Hill, London, England, UK, Europe.The Steve Miller Band, Country Joe And The Fish and Hamilton Face play the first of two nights at The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
Jefferson Airplane play in the Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, New York State, USA.
The Grateful Dead play at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, supported by Bruce Hornsby And The Range.
Will Sinnott of The Shamen drowns in a swimming accident off Gomera, near Teneriffe, where the band is making a video for the single Move Any Mountain.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles, California, USA, rules that Country Joe McDonald did not plagiarise the Kid Ory song Muskrat Ramble in order to create his anti-war anthem I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die.
Calne-based rock star Julian Cope [formerly of The Teardrop Explodes] publishes his book Japrocksampler, about Japanese pop and rock music.
The Pierces hold a party in The Malmaison Hotel, London, England, UK, to celebrate the release of their fifth studio LP, Creation.
Jorma Kaukonen plays the first of two nights at The City Winery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic play at The Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, with special guest Talia Keys.1961 |
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