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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 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 comedy film Bye Bye Birdie has its premiere in New York City, USA. The film, based on Elvis Presley being drafted into the US Army, stars Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke, with Jesse Pearson as fictitious pop idol Conrad Birdie (a pun on Conway Twitty), along with Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell. TV show host Ed Sullivan appears as himself.
The Hollies record their debut single, (Ain't That) Just Like Me, during an audition at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rick Nelson sings the Ray Charles song I Got A Woman on his parents' tv show The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet in the USA.
Frank Ifield plays at The Globe, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, Mark Wynter and Julie Grant play the fourth night in a week of shows at The Empire, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe
The Cyril Davies All Stars play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles record another live radio session for BBC show Side By Side at the BBC's Paris Studio, London, England, UK, Europe. In the late afternoon, The Beatles play in Roxburgh Hall, Stowe School, Stowe, England, in a public school gig booked by one of the pupils, David Moores, later to become chairman of Liverpool Football Club.
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The Case Of The Lover's Leap, an episode of the tv detective series Perry Mason, airs for the first time in the USA. The show centres on a murderer who fakes his own suicide in order to escape justice and, years later, it will inspire Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy to write the song Suicide.
Sammy Davis Jr. plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Empire, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play at The Grand, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe.