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The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is playing during four weeks at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill is Vicki Frazer.In their suite at the Hotel George V in Paris, France, Europe, manager Brian Epstein informs The Beatles that they have secured their first No1 in the USA with I Want To Hold Your Hand.
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Matthew Welsh, Governor of Indiana, USA, asks local radio stations not to play The Kingsmen's hit Louie Louie, because he suspects that the lyrics may be obscene.
The Cavern in Liverpool, UK, initiates a Junior Cavern Club at lunchtime, with a personal appearance by Billy J. Kramer.
The Whirlwinds play at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe. Their guitarist, Graham Gouldman, will go on to greater success as a songwriter and member of 10cc.
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Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, The Surfaris, Paul And Paula and The Joy Boys play the second of two nights in The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys register copyright on the song I'm Waiting For The Day which will appear on the Pet Sounds album two years later.
Johnny
Tillotson performs Worried Guy on weekly tv pop show American
Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Herman and the Hermits - later to become Herman's Hermits - play at St. John's Church Hall, Old Trafford, Manchester, UK, supported by The Vikings.
American music trade magazine Billboard magazine reports that Elektra Records has signed Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, folksinger Phil Ochs.
Bluegrass group The Kentucky Colonels play at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA. Their steel guitar player, Clarence White, will go on to play for The Byrds.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, UK.
Bob Dylan pre-records performances of The Times They Are A-Changin', A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll and other tracks for the CBC tv show Quest, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
When a group called Johnny Devlin And The Detours appears on UK tv
pop show Thank
Your Lucky Stars, Pete Townshend decides to change the name of his group from The Detours to The
Who.
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The Squires, featuring lead guitarist Neil Young, play at Glenwood Community Club, Winnipeg, Canada.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows are in the Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, working on the film Wonderful Life.
I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA on its way to No14.
Stop And
Think It Over by Dale
And Grace is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering
at No64.
The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Seekers, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes and others play in the Valentine Charity Pop Show at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Gerry De Ville And The City Kings, Hermie And The Hermits (later to become Herman's Hermits) and Pat Wayne And the Beachcombers play at the Oasis Club, Lloyd Street, Manchester, UK.