Marian Anderson became the first black singer to be hired by New York's Metropolitan Opera Company.
RCA Victor announced that they had already received 500,000 advance orders for Elvis' Christmas album.
Due to a dispute over a hotel bill Cass Elliot from The Mamas And The Papas spent the night in a London. Cass was being charged with stealing two hotel blankets, two keys, and an unpaid hotel bill. A TV and concert appearance had to be cancelled. The charges against Mama Elliot were later dropped.
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Judee Sill - US guitarist, singer, songwriter Martin Murray - lead guitar; Honeycombs Tony Silvester - singer; Main Ingredient
Dead on October 7th, 2008
Johnny Kidd/Frederick Heath (30) - UK frontman and singer with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates; hit songs from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, and are remembered for appearing onstage in pirate costumes, complete with eye-patches. He was one of the pre-Beatles British rock and rollers to achieve worldwide fame (car crash; near Radcliffe, Manchester, while on tour).
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