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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.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 Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 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.Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
The musical Barbra Streisand is playing during a one-month engagement at The Blue Angel, New York City, USA.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
Bill Black And His Combo are playing during a three-week engagement at The Roundtable, New York City, USA. They are joined by rockabilly artist Jumping Gene Simmons as an extra vocalist.
Pat Boone is playing during a nine days engagement at The Twin Coaches, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elvis Presley is filming scenes for his tenth movie Kid Galahad in Culver Studios, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Claude Gray is playing at the recently-opened Loon Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Eric Dolphy Quartet, including McCoy Tyner, is recorded in an after-hours session at Studio 15, Munich, Germany, Europe. The session will be released as the LP Munich Jam Session. (Dolphy is in Munich because he is touring with John Coltrane).The Shirley Hall Dancers, The Rhythm Kings and Larry Wrice's Band are appearing in the All-Star Show Featuring The Twist at Roberts' Show Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Rabin Band, Barbara Kay, Colin Day, Ray Pilgrim, The Hound Dogs, Arthur Greenslade And His Swingin' Piano, Groovin' Don Sanford, Rockin' Rex Morris and The Razz-Ma-Tazzers provide live music on the BBC Light Programme radio show Go Man Go, a live broadcast from Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Marlene Dietrich plays the first of two nights at The Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Her musical director on these shows is Burt Bacharach.Frank Sinatra plays the third of four nights in Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia, Oceania, supported by Timi Yuro.
Members of The Pendletones (later to become The Beach Boys) sign applications for membership of The American Federation Of Television And Radio Artists.
Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys, with Owen Bradley as producer, record Danny Boy, Journey's End and Cotton Fields in Bradley Film And Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Helen Shapiro, Danny Williams, The Brook Brothers, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor and The Galliards, The Two Tones, The Red Price Combo, Joe Baker and Jack Douglas play at The Granada, Kingston, England, UK, Europe.
Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Johnny Duncan And The Bluegrass Boys, Jess Conrad and Sounds Incorporated play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe. The show is promoted by Don Arden.
A Seeger Family Concert (Pete Seeger and other family members) takes place at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bud Dashiell And The Kinsmen play at Glendale College, Glendale, California, USA. The show is recorded by Warner Bros and will be released as the live LP Sing Everybody's Hits - Live Concert Extraordinary.
Victor Silvester And His Ballroom Orchestra play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Jimmy Smith Trio is playing in The Sutherland Lolunge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Billy Fury, Eden Kane (backed by Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers), The Allisons, The Karl Denver Trio, Shirley Douglas and (somewhat confusingly) Mike Dee And The Jaywalkers play at The Granada, East Ham, London, England, UK, Europe. At this point in their career, Mike Dee's Jaywalkers include Ritchie Blackmore, later to play with Deep Purple, on guitar.
Bob Scobey And His Frisco Band are playing at Bourbon Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A five-and-a-half-hour, six group marathon entitled Big Beat Session, is headlined by The Beatles at The Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, Dale Roberts And The Jaywalkers, Derry And The Seniors, Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes and Steve Day And The Drifters. The evening also features the first of a 'Mr. Twist' competition.
Kay Starr records It Had To Be You, Cry By Night, P.S. I Love You, More Than You Know, My Kinda Love and What Do I See In Her? at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Miracles, The Vibrations, The Blue Notes and Joe Tex continue a two week season at The Uptown Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The results of the annual readers poll in UK rock weekly NME [New Musical Express] are published, with the following results :
- World Music Personality: Elvis Presley.
- World Male Singer: Elvis Presley.
- British Male Singer: Cliff Richard.
- World Female Singer: Connie Francis.
- British Female Singer: Helen Shapiro.
- World Vocal Group: Everly Brothers.
- British Vocal Personality: Adam Faith.
- British Vocal Group: The Springfields.
- British Small Group: The Shadows.
- Instrumental Personality: Bert Weedon.
- British Disc of the Year: Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton.
- New Singer: John Leyton.
Shiela Reynolds opens at The Cafe Bonaparte, in the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.