Mojo (UK)

ALSO THIS MONTH

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EGAD, FABS 1 The Beatles (Paul and John above) record She Loves You and I’ll Get You at Abbey Road Studios. She Loves You had been composed in a Newcastle hotel room a few days earlier. DINAH WEDS 2 Dinah Washington weds Dick ‘Night Train’ Lane, the Detroit Lions halfback. It was her sixth marriage and the second for Lane. EDUCATING LIBERACE 2 Barbra Streisand makes her Las Vegas debut at the Riviera Hotel where she opens for Liberace. The candelabra keyboardis­t is a Streisand fan after seeing her at NY’s Bon Soir nightclub and on The Ed Sullivan Show. BASEBALL, Y’ALL 6 The New York Mets hire several rock and R&B acts, including Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp, to play before their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. STONES ZONE 6 The Rolling Stones make their second appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars and perform Come On. CHI-TOWN WIPEOUT 13 It’s reported that the surf music craze has hit Chicago despite the fact that nearby Lake Michigan has no surf. JUDY CAN’T FAIL 17 Judy Henske tapes her guest portion of TV’s Judy Garland Show singing God Bless The Child. SURF PANGS 20 Jan & Dean top the US singles chart with Surf City. It was written by Brian Wilson with a working title of Goody Connie Won’t You Come Back Home. Glen Campbell is listed as on the session. MOPTOPS HIT FOR DEL 29 Del Shannon becomes the first American to enter the US charts with a Lennon & McCartney cover – From Me To You.

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