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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 musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
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 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, featuring Butterfield on vocals and harmonica, Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars, Mark Naftalin on organ, Jerome Arnold and bass and Sam Lay on drums, is playing during a month of live shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ketty Lester plays during two weeks at Annie's Room, London, England, UK, Europe.
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.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week stay at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Judy Garland is playing during a two-week engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, backed by the 30-piece Louis Basil orchestra. She is paid $50,000 per week.
The musical Anya is performed at The Ziegfield Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just two weeks.
The Small Faces play in The Regency, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
Lothar and The Hand People play in the Student Union, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at the Community Theater, Berkeley, California, USA. During the day, he holds a press conference at KQED-tv Studios, San Francisco. In the course of the press conference he categorises himself as "a song and dance man".
Saxophonist Jackie McLean records the LP Consequence for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey, USA.
The Who play the last of their numerous gigs at The Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at the opening of a new music club, Mr. McCoy's, in Middlesbrough, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Crawdaddies.
The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Paul and Barry Ryan, Gary Farr and the T-Bones, the Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK
Gary McFarland and his Orchestra record Mexicali Rose, South Of The Border and other tracks for Impulse Records in New York City, USA.
The Beatles single, We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper, is released in Germany, Europe, on Odeon Records.
Unit 4 + 2 release a new single, You've Got To Be Cruel To Be Kind, on Decca Records in the UK.
Richard and Mimi Farina play the second of two nights at Club 47, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Kinks play at Wimbledon Palais, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Lettermen play at Murray State College, Murray, Kentucky, USA, to an audience of 1700.
The Rising Sons, featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, record Last Fair Deal Gone Down in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Roy Orbison plays at at Lethbridge Exhibition Pavilion, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Jackie Wilson records Do You Wanna Dance, Soul Galore, Let Me Build, I've Got Get Back and All My Lovin' for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Lalo Schifrin records his arrangement of Yesterday, composed by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records.
The Beatles release a new album, Rubber Soul, and a new single, Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out, in the UK, Europe, on Parlophone Records.
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The Bobby Fuller Four play at P.J.'s, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beatles set off on their final UK tour, supported by The Moody Blues, The Koobas, The Paramounts and Beryl Marsden. The first gig is at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow, Scotland and, en route, George's Gretsch Countryman guitar falls from the car and is destroyed.
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At the Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA, Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards is knocked unconscious after receiving an electric shock from an unearthed microphone.
The Alan Walker Group plays at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Supremes play at The Winter Formal, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. This is their first appearance on a campus.
Paul Simon plays at The Town Hall, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe, supported by The 3 City 4, John Renbourn, Piers Hayman and Peter Cox. The show marks the first anniversary of The Trapdoor Folk Club.
The Who appear on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! at Wembley Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, performing My Generation. They also release their debut album, My Generation. In the evening they play at Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Hedgehoppers Anonymous release a new single, Don't Push Me, on Decca Records in the UK.
Jimmy Powell And The Five Dimensions play at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
US tv rock show Where The Action Is features Herman's Hermits performing I'm Henry VIII I Am.
Carla Thomas releases the single Comfort Me on Stax Records in the USA.
Jimmie Davis with Owen Bradley as producer, records My Altar, Rivers, Sometimes A Mountain and A Day Without A Prayer in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ornette Coleman plays at Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany, Europe.
UK pop paper the NME reports that drummer Viv Prince has left The Pretty Things.
The Hollies release a new single, If I Needed Someone, in the UK. The song is written by George Harrison of The Beatles.
Dusty Springfield plays at Tito's, Stockton, UK, Europe.
The Art Woods play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, supported by Boz And The Boz People.
The Applejacks release a new single, I'm Through, on Decca Records in the UK.
Gerry And The Pacemakers return to The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, for the first time in four years.
The End play at Mansfield College, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.
Sheb Wooley (aka Ben Colder) records Bubba Hoo Baba Dee, I'll Leave The Singing To The Bluebirds and The Sun Also Rises in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Paupers play at El Patio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.