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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.
Irish blues band Them, featuring vocalist Van Morrison, play at The Crown, Morden, UK.
The Kinks play at The Rag Ball in The University, Manchester, UK.
The hit single Downtown by Petula Clark is awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in the USA.
A package tour headlined by Roy Orbison and featuring Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin Berries and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, plays at The ABC, Hull, UK.
Del Shannon, The Shangri-Las, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits and others play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.
The Moody Blues play the second of two nights at The Parr Hall, Warrington, and also at Stafford Hall, Altrincham, UK.
Adam Faith And The Roulettes release a new album, It's Alright, in Canada on Capitol Records.
Helen Shapiro plays the second night in a week of shows in the La Strada Club, Sunderland, UK.
Anne Shelton, Keely Smith and Julie Grant appear in tv pop show That's For Me, presented by Anne Nightingale on Rediffusion tv in the UK.
The Tridents, featuring guitarist Jeff Beck, play at Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, UK, as backing group for US folk-blues musician Jesse Fuller.
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A package tour featuring P.J. Proby, The Fourmost and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes begins at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
The Zombies play at The Pavilion, Bath, UK.
The Beach Boys release the album Today! on Capitol Records in the USA.
UK teen idol Billy Fury makes his American tv debut on Shindig! in the USA.
In London, UK, The Rolling Stones record a live session for BBC radio show Top Gear.
Chad And Jeremy (Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde) sign a new recording contract with CBS Records in the USA.
The Byrds play at Ciro's, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Manfred Mann release a new album, The Manfred Mann Return, in Canada on Capitol Records.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Ice Rink, Streatham, UK.
Birmingham's Spencer Davis Group plays its first headlining gig at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK.
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The Beatles continue filming their second movie, Help!, provisionally titled Beatles 2, in New Providence, Bahamas, Caribbean. On this day they are filmed at Café Martinique on Paradise Island. Ringo is also filmed on a schooner moored offshore.
Blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield and his ad-hoc band, The Group, has a second audition with Columbia Records' A+R boss, John Hammond in New York City, USA. Demo tracks, including I Got My Mojo Workin' are recorded with producer Bob Morgan but will not be released by the label. Charlie Musselwhite plays harmonica on the session.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.