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January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do".
January 7 - Gary U.S. Bonds[?] files a $100,000 lawsuit against Chubby Checker, claiming that Checker stole "Quarter to Three" and turned it into "Dancin' Party." The lawsuit is later settled out of court.
January 11 - The Whiskey-a-Go-Go[?] night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened.
January 12 - Bob Dylan portrays a folk singer in The Madhouse of Castle Street, a radio play for the BBC in London.
February 16 - The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK
February 16 - Paul Anka marries Marie-Ann DeZogheb[?]
February 22 - The Beatles form Northern Songs[?] Publishing Company.
March 5 - Patsy Cline is killed in small plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, while on her way to Nashville, Tennessee from St. Louis, Missouri.
April 29 - 19 year old Andrew Loog Oldh[?] signs a contract with The Rolling Stones, becoming their manager. Oldh had seen the band in concert the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London.
The Beatles record their first album, Please Please Me
The Righteous Brothers begin performing together;
Lonnie Mack[?] begins his musical career;
The Kinks form
Herman's Hermits form
Philips introduce the Musicassette at the Berlin Funkaustellung
Coxsone Dodd opens the first black-owned recording studio in Jamaica
Lord Shorty[?]'s "Clock and Dagger" is widely considered the first soca recording

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