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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.Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play at The Warren Theatre [aka The Warner Theatre], Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Because They're Young, by Duane Eddy moves from No10 to No4 in the Cash Box chart of best-selling pop singles in the USA for the week ending on this day.
Tonight's edition of tv 's Dick Clark Show moves from its usual studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to do a special edition from Chicago, Illinois, USA, featuring Brenda Lee, Freddy Cannon and Jack Scott.
Entering at No68, I'm Getting Better by Jim Reeves is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
A riot breaks out at the Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, when upwards of 12,000 teenagers and college students arrive for the festival only to find that all the tickets are already sold and every hotel room in the town is booked. Hundred of teenagers try to storm the event, and police are called in to calm things down.
Alley-Oop by the Hollywood Argyles rises from No15 to No2 in the Cashbox chart of US pop singles for the week ending on this day.
Sid Phillips And His Band play at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe. Marlene Dietrich has the second of two days of recording sessions in Berlin, Germany, Europe, with Burt Bacharach as her orchestral director.
The Silver Beetles play at The Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey, UK. They will, in due course, change their name to The Beatles.
The Mills Brothers play the second of three non-consecutive nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA.
Ricky Nelson plays the first of two nights at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 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.