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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.
The album Roustabout by Elvis Presley reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA for one week.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Pretty Paper by Roy Orbison.
The first Dutch Top 40 is published, showing Zorba's Dance by Trio Hellenique at No1. The chart also contains three singles by The Beatles, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell and I Feel Fine.
Frank Ifield plays the last of six nights at the Odeon, Birmingham, UK.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders appear on UK radio show Saturday Club, with Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The Barron Knights and Marty Wilde.
The Spencer Davis Group plays at Club Noreik, Tottenham, North London, UK.
US-only album The Beatles Story reaches No7 in the Billboard Album Chart.
Steve Marriott, later to lead the Small Faces, starts a part-time job in the J60 Music Bar, a musical instrument shop, in Manor Park, London, UK.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Hollies, Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, The Rustiks, The Remo Four and Danny Williams appear in the eighth night of Gerry's Christmas Cracker at the Odeon, Liverpool, UK.
I Feel Fine by The Beatles enters the Dutch Top 40 singles chart where it will peak at No1.
I Feel Fine by The Beatles returns to No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, after having been deposed by The Supremes for one week.
Mike Berry And The Innocents play at Wolsey Hall, Cheshunt, Hertfordhire, UK.
The musical Zizi closes at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after 49 performances.
Downtown by Petula Clark enters the Billboard singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
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The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at the Roller Rink, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
The Beach Boys play at the Alan B Shepard Convention Centre, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
Joe Brown, Pearl Carr And Teddy Johnson and Billy Walker appear on UK tv series The Arthur Haynes Show.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Yeh Yeh by Georgie Fame.
UK tv show Discs A GoGo features The Dave Clark Five.
Laugh Laugh by The Beau Brummels enters the Billboard singles chart in the USA.
The Moody Blues play at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Birmingham, UK.
The Zombies, The Shangri-Las, The Nashville Teens, The Shirelles and others play the ninth of ten days of shows at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
The highest new entry in Cashbox magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is No Arms Can Ever Hold You by The Bachelors, entering at No80.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Girl Don't Come by Sandie Shaw.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Hollies, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, The Rustiks, The Remo Four and Danny Williams appear in the eighth night of Gerry's Christmas Cracker at The Odeon, Liverpool, UK.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Scala, Dartford, UK.
The Crickets record Thoughtless, in Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, USA, for Liberty Records.
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.
Mose Allison is headlining for three weeks at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Mel Torme is playing during two weeks at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Al Martino is playing during three weeks at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
Mary Wells is headlining at the Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Modernaires are playing during nine days at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.