Surf

William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Songwriter Cole Porter will make reference to the landing in his 1934 song Anything Goes, and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys will ruminate on the impact of that landing in his song Plymouth Rock And Roll Over, co-written with Van Dyke Parks.

The Regents perform Barbara-Ann on popular tv show American Bandstand, on WFIL-tv in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Beach Boys make their first television appearance, lip-synching their song Surfin' at The Olive Recreation Center, Burbank, California, USA, for the KTLA-tv show Dance Party. Also on the show are The Platters, The Olympics and Dick And Dee Dee.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys produces two tracks, Shoot The Curl and Surfin' Down The Swanee River, for The Honeys, a girl surf group featuring his future wife, Marilyn Rovell.

The Kingsmen release their version of the 1955 Richard Berry song Louie Louie on Jerden Records in the USA.

Brill Building-based songwriters James McGuinn and Frank Gari register copyright on their song Beach Ball. (McGuinn will go on to find fame as a founder member of The Byrds]. The song will go on to be recorded by The City Surfers, with McGuinn on guitar and Bobby Darin on drums.

The Beach Boys play at The Veterans Memorial Stadium, Santa Maria, California, USA, supported by The Honeys.

The Top Five singles in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this date are as follows :

1. Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto

2. Easier Said Than Done - The Essex

3. (You're The) Devil In Disguise - Elvis Presley

4. Atlantis - The Shadows

5. Surf City - Jan And Dean

The Beach Boys play at the Wayne County Fair, Homedale, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Beach Boys play at West View Park Danceland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Top Five Singles in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this day are as follows :

1. BAD TO ME - BILLY J. KRAMER And THE DAKOTAS

2. Hello Mudduh,Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman

3. Wipe Out - The Surfaris

4. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels

5. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez

The Surfaris record Louie Louie and Be True To Your School for Decca Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys and Paul And Paula spend the day in Sydney, Australia, promoting their imminent tour.

Bruce And Terry release a new single, Summer Means Fun / Yeah! on Columbia Records in the USA.

A case in the US District Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, is concluded out of court with Screen Gems paying $10,000 to record producer Lou Adler in respect of copyrights for ten Jan And Dean songs.

I Get Around by The Beach Boys enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No7.

The Beach Boys play at The Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California, USA.

The Beach Boys play at The Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Dick Dale and The Del-Tones record Who Can He Be?, Oh Marie and Angry Generation, for Surf records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Beach Boys are adding overdubs to their album Beach Boys Concert at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.

A teen-oriented music movie The T.A.M.I. Show is released to theatres in the USA, featuring live performances by Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, The Miracles, The Supremes, Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Barbarians, The Blossoms, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Jan And Dean, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas.

The Beach Boys play at The War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.

The Beach Boys play at The Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, USA.

The Beach Boys release a new single, All Summer Long, in the UK on Columbia Records.

The Beach Boys play at The Coliseum, Washington DC, USA.

The Beach Boys are working on the song She Knows Me Too Well at Western Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Hondells appear in their own hour-long tv special on Channel 9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The Beach Boys play at The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Beach Boys play at The Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Jan And Dean release a new single, I Found A Girl, in the UK on Liberty Records.

The Beach Boys release a new non-album single, The Little Girl I Once Knew, on Capitol Records in the USA. One of the songs many distinctive features is a seven second break of silence.

The Beach Boys play at the Curry Hicks Cage, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, with the Prince Spaghetti Minstrels, The Boss Tweeds and The Bold.

Peter Lacey is born in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK, Europe. He will emerge from the relative obscurity of years of session work on the British scene at the end of the millennium, with a rich, sophisticated melodic sound which drew comparisons to legends from the 60s era of pop music, notably Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach.

The Beach Boys play at Kobe Kokusai Kaikan, Kobe, Japan, Asia.

The Astronauts play the second of three nights at Dave Hull's Hull abaloo, 6230 Sunset, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Brian Wilson plays at The Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, England, UK, supported by The Magic Numbers.

Beach House play a sold-out show at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England, UK.

Jack Ely, guitarist and vocalist with The Kingsmen, dies aged 71 in Terrebonne, Oregon, USA, having long suffered from an undisclosed illness.

A.D.K.O.B., Ali Barter, Banoffee, Battles, Beach House, Big Scary, Blank Realm, CHVRCHES, DIIV, DMA's, East India Youth, FIDLAR, Flume, GoldLink, Grimes, HEALTH, Hermitude, High Tension, Hudson Mohawke, Japanese Wallpaper, METZ, Majical Cloudz, Methyl Ethel, Purity Ring, QT, Royal Headache, SOPHIE, Shamir, Silicon, Slum Sociable, The Internet, The Smith Street Band, Thundercat, Vince Staples and Violent Soho play at Laneway Festival, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.

Al Jardine of The Beach Boys plays the first of two nights at The Blue Note, Napa, California, USA.