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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Kathy Kirby, Jerry Lordan, Peter Elliott and The Four Jones Boys play at The Lonsdale Theatre, Carlisle, UK.
WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, adopts a Top 40 rock 'n roll format. The first song played is Alley-Oop by The Hollywood Argyles.
Caryl Chessman is executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison, San Quentin, California, USA, for rape kidnapping and robbery. A phone call advising of a stay of execution arrives too late to save Chessman's life. Chessman's story inspired the 1960 song The Ballad Of Caryl Chessman by Ronnie Hawkins, which was released two months before the execution.
Many radio stations in the USA ban rock'n'roll records citing the ongoing payola scandal as their reason. [censorship]
Emile Ford and The Checkmates release a new single, You'll Never Know What You're Missing, in the UK.
Revered Chicago, Illinois, USA, jazz club, Jazz Ltd, moves into a much bigger premises at 164 East Grand.
Harry Belafonte, Odetta, Miriam Makeba and TheChad Mitchell Trio play at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
A Sunbeam Alpine motor car, owned by UK pop idol Cliff Richard, is stolen in Derby, UK.
Ben E. King is dumped by his manager, the former jazz trumpeter George Treadwell, for complaining about low wages.
Elvis Presley begins filming for the movie G.I. Blues, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.