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Oscar James Gibson is born in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He will find success in the 1960s as soul vocalist and recording artist Bobby Marchan.
Gary Bartz is born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He will find success as a jazz saxophonist and clarinet player working with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, and Jackie McLean. His own group, The Ntu Troop, will combine soul, funk, African music, hard bop, and avant-garde jazz.
Sam Cooke records Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Don't Get Around Much Any More, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, and Trouble In Mind, at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Mar-Keys release their debut single, Last Night, on Satellite Records in the USA. In due course, Satellite will re-name itself as Stax Records. The Mar-Keys will evolve into Booker T. And The MGs and, as well as scoring hits like Green Onions in their own right, they will be the backing band for every artist on the Stax label - including Otis Redding, Sam And Dave, Eddie Floyd and Rufus Thomas.
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Brook Benton plays the second night in a week of shows at The Roberts Show Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.The Johnny 'Hammond' Smith Quintet records Soul Grits, There'll Never Be Another Love and other tracks for New Jazz records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Little Stevie Wonder steps out on a club stage for the first time at The Latin Quarter, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Sam Cooke makes a live appearance on tv's Tonight Show, hosted by Johnny Carson, in the USA.
Elvis Presley begins filming a dance sequence based on the Ray Charles song What'd I Say, with his co-star Ann Margret at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas.
Brian Poole And The Tremeloes release their cover version of Do You Love Me, in the UK. The song was originally a hit for Motown band The Contours in the USA in 1962.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays at The Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, featuring 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, plays in Sioux City, Iowa, USA.
Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Gary 'US' Bonds, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at The Odeon, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Mike Berry and The Mojos, play at The Hippodrome, Brighton, UK.
Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, The Zombies, Bobby Vee and Heinz begin a 12-date UK tour at The Odeon, Stockton, Cleveland.
Peter And Gordon, Tom Jones, Ian Whitcomb, The Shirelles, Them and others play the first of two nights in the Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars at The Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
When The Small Faces play at the Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, they have a new keyboardist, Ian 'Mac' McLagan, playing with them live for the first time.
Sonny And Cher, Donovan, Jan And Dean, Bob Lind, The Knickerbockers, The Mamas And The Papas, The Modern Folk Quintet, Otis Redding and The Turtles play in a sold-out benefit concert at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA. All profits go to the Braille Association Of America.Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix and Sounds Incorporated play the twelfth night of a 14–day run in 'Fame In 67' at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre, London, England, UK.
Tammi Terrell collapses onstage while performing with Marvin Gaye at Hampden-Sydney College, near Farmville, Virginia, USA. Gaye quickly responds by grabbing her by the arms and helping her offstage. Soon after, doctors will diagnose a malignant tumour on the right side of her brain.
Following the previous day's two shows at Brisbane Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania, The Who, Small Faces and Paul Jones return to Sydney and check in at the Sheraton Hotel.
When their car skids on an icy turnpike and hits a truck, Eddie Kendricks and Otis Williams of The Temptations are hospitalised in Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Small Faces record a live session for BBC radio show Top Gear, at BBC Studio 1, Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Aretha Franklin releases her new single, Think, in the UK, her record company, Atlantic, hosts a press reception at The Revolution Club in London.
Jerry Butler records Hey, Western Union Man and Can't Forget About You, Baby, at Cameo-Parkway Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with production duo Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
The Faces release their debut album, First Step on Warner Bros Records in the UK.
Prince plays a benefit concert at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA.
On her Foreign Affair - The Farewell Tour, Tina Turner plays the first of two nights at Forest National, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
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It is confirmed that Mary J.Blige will be performing live at tomorrow night's Mobo Awards ceremony at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK.
Whitney Houston drops into the rehearsals for Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party in Los Angeles, California, USA, to give vocal tips to performers Brandy And Monica. Later, she attends r'n'b singer Kelly Price's pre-Grammy party at the Hollywood nightclub Tru, where she briefly sings Jesus Loves Me as a duet with Price. It will prove to be her final live performance.
Keith Grant, known for his work as a recording engineer at Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, on tracks by The Beatles, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker and others, is found dead on his boat at Sunbury-on-Thames, UK, with a beer in his hand. Grant was not only an engineer, he co-designed and co-owned Olympic.
The Steve Cropper Band plays the last of three nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, Europe.It is reported that British Culture Minister Matt Hancock is to raise concerns with London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the Metropolitan Police's use of the controversial Form 696 which requires venues in London, England, UK, Europe, to supply the names, stage names, addresses and phone numbers of all promoters and artists participating in an event - particularly if a night "predominantly features DJs or MCs performing to a backing track". Originally introduced in London, the form has since been adopted by sixteen other police authorities, and fears are widespread that it has racist implications and is intended particularly to target black and Asian musics such as Grime and hip-hop.
On his 214-date 24k Magic World Tour, Bruno Mars plays the second of two nights at The Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines, Asia.
Stockholm-born, London-based singer-songwriter Fatima plays at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.1930 |
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