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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.Two new songs by The Beach Boys, Surfin' Safari, and Judy, are copyrighted by Guild Music in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jackie Wilson, The Five Royales, The Corsairs and Big Maybelle play the fourth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eleventh night of two weeks at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Despite criticism that there are some serious technical problems with the signal, KSFR Radio in San Francisco, California, USA, begins broadcasting its classical music format in multiplex stereo. [KFSR will, in due course, be re-named KSAN and will switch to album-oriented rock music].
Little Stevie Wonder releases a new single, I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues, on Tamla Records in the USA.
Carl Perkins plays the first of fifteen nights at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jackie Wilson, The Five Royales, The Corsairs and Big Maybelle play the fourth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eleventh night of two weeks at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Ray Charles releases a ground-breaking new album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, in the USA.
Frank Sinatra plays a "Benefit Concert for the Children of London" at The Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers play the twelfth night of a two-week season at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chubby Checker plays the first of ten nights at the National Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Time magazine runs a brief item about folk singer Joan Baez, declaring. "The most gifted of the newcomers is New York-born Joan Baez, 21, who has sold more records than any other girl folk singer in history, and who last week had two albums perched high on the pop charts. Songstress Baez boasts a pure, purling soprano voice, an impeccable sense of dynamics and phrasing, and an uncanny ability to dream her way into the emotional heart of a song.".Jazz trumpeter Wild Bill Davison records the album Swinging Dixie in Manassas, Virginia, USA, for Jazzology Records.
Bobby Darin plays the tenth of twelve nights at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Two new Beach Boys songs, Surfin' Safari and Judy, are copyrighted by Guild Music in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tony Meehan, former drummer with The Shadows, is appointed as A + R man for Cliff Richard and The Shadows' new company, Shad-Rich.
Tony Meehan, former drummer with The Shadows, is appointed as A + R man for Cliff Richard and The Shadows' new company, Shad-Rich.