Religion

Louis Eugene Walcott is born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He will begin his career as a calypso vocalist under the name of The Charmer, but will go on to become Louis Farrakhan, leader of The Nation Of Islam movement.

Christopher Tidmarsh is born in Hoxton, London, England, UK, Europe. He will find a measure of success in the 1960s as singer Neil Christian, leader of Neil Christian And The Crusaders.

Bing Crosby, with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra, is heard performing You're Just In Love, Autumn Leaves, and May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You, on the Chesterfield Cigarettes Radio Show in the USA.

Tonight's edition of The Perry Como Show on CBS-tv in the USA features Perry Como, The Fontane Sisters and The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra. Songs performed during this episode include Crying In The Chapel and Something Good Will Come From That.

Carter Stanley (of The Stanley Brothers) tells a crowd in Luray, Virginia, USA, that Flatt and Scruggs refused to play at the All Day Bluegrass Festival because The Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe were there.

The Supremes record (He's) Seventeen, Save Me A Star and Heavenly Father for Tamla Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

It is reported that the Irish Republic's only radio station, Radio Eireann, has banned the song Michael, in versions by The Highwaymen and Lonnie Donegan. Reasons for the band are not available at the time of the announcement.

Female rockabilly star Wanda Jackson marries former IBM programmer Wendell Goodman, who will also become her business manager.

The Famous Davis Sisters record Here's My Heart, Earnestly Praying, Jesus Loves Me and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.

Little Richard releases a new single, Ride On King Jesus, on Mercury Records in the USA.

The Sleepy Hollow Hogstompers play at The Boar's Head Coffeehouse in the Jewish Community Center, San Carlos, California, USA. [Hogstomper Jerry Garcia will go on to form The Grateful Dead.]

Controversial stand-up comedian (and recording artist) Lenny Bruce is ordered to be confined at the State Rehabilitation Center at Chico, California, USA, for treatment of his drug addiction.

Dominique by The Singing Nun reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.

The Christmas No1 single in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA is Dominique by The Singing Nun.

Porter Wagoner, with Chet Atkins as producer, records I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning, Little Cabin Home On The Hill, Cotton Fields, Blue Moon Of Kentucky and other tracks at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.

Loretta Lynn releases her tenth LP, Who Says God Is Dead!, on Decca Records in the USA.

The Osborne Brothers record What A Friend We Have In Jesus, Jesus Sure Changed Me and Light At The River in Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.

At the urging of Barbra Streisand, whose application to buy a 20-room apartment at 1021 Park Avenue, New York City, USA, was recently rejected on what she feels is probably an anti-Semitic basis, State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz launches an investigation into the practices of the city's co-op boards, which control such purchases.

Indian religious leader Srila Prabhupada writes to George Harrison of The Beatles acknowledging receipt of his $19,000 contribution towards publication of Prabhupada's book, Krsna.

Bob Dylan spends his 30th birthday visiting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, Europe.

Radio station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California, transmits a documentary entitled The Jewish Bob Dylan in which Bernard Timberg analyzes the songs of Bob Dylan from the perspective of Jewish themes and imagery contained in his lyrics.

918 people die in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, in an incident sometimes described as a mass-suicide and sometimes as a massacre. The incident is described in the 2008 song Reverend Charisma by Wedlock. It is worth noting that a band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, made up its name as a combination of the name of a Rolling Stones guitarist with the Jonestown incident. Other songs inspired by this horrific incident include The Riverflow by The Levellers, Jonestown Mind by The Almighty, Jimmie Jones by The Vapors, Jonestown by Concrete Blonde and Ballad of Jim Jones by The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

On their Boy tour, U2 play to an audience of eighty people in the 270-capacity Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

U2 play at the Iron Horse, Northampton, England, UK, Europe.

U2 play at the University, Loughborough, England, UK, Europe

U2 play at the City Hall, St Albans, England, UK, Europe.

The Shout play at The Clarendon, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Jesus Couldn't Drum.

Bob Dylan has a video shoot for his song When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky, at the gymnasium of The First Methodist Church, Hollywood, California, USA.

The second West End Revival of Godspell is playing at The Fortune Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. This revival stars Davy Jones, formerly of The Monkees, as Jesus.

When The Pogues perform their politically controversial song Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six on the Ben Elton Channel 4 show Friday Night Live, the show cuts to advertising before the song is finished.

The 21st Annual GMA Dove Gospel Music Awards are held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Winners include :

Steven Curtis Chapman : artist, male vocalist and songwriter of the year

Sandi Patti : female vocalist of the year.

BeBe and CeCe Winans : group of the year

David Mullen : new artist of the year

Thank You by Ray Boltz : song of the year

Pat Boone plays the second of five nights at Drury Lane Dinner Theatre, Evergeen Park, Illinois, USA.

On his HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson arrives at Mumbai airport in India, where he is greeted by actress Sonali Bendre, who puts the traditional Hindu "tilak" mark on his forehead.

Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction spends the seventh of eight days in the Sudan, North West Africa, as part of a mission, organised by he humanitarian group Christian Solidarity International, to free Southern Sudanese slaves from their Northern masters.

Forbes Magazine lists Britney Spears as the world's No1 most powerful celebrity. Other music stars further down the list include Madonna, U2, 'N Sync and Mariah Carey.

Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless and Good Tiger play at Stage AE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York State, USA, supported by Beck.

On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play at The University Of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona, USA, supported by Beck.

Edwin Hawkins, the four-time Grammy-winning leader of The Edwin Hawkins Singers, dies aged 74 at his home in the Bay area of San Francisco, California, USA. He had been suffering with pancreatic cancer.

The Yves Lambert Trio is among the musicians playing at WemsFest, Emsworth Baptist Church, North Street, Emsworth, Hampshire, England, UK, Europe.