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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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Harry Belafonte is playing during a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Judy Henske is playing during three weeks of gigs at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano is playing during three weeks of gigs at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, pennsylvania, USA.
Jazz singer Sylvia Syms is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
Tony Martin is playing during ten days at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
The Dillards are playing during three weeks at The Shadows, Washington DC, USA.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a month-long series of shows at The Chez Paree Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This series of shows is considered to have contributed greatly to turning his flagging career around.
The Miles Davis Quintet is playing during eleven nights at The It Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Miracles record My Oh My What A Groove at Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Beatles make their debut on UK tv show Ready Steady Go! in Studio 9, Television House, Kingsway, London, England, UK, Europe. This edition is hosted by Dusty Springfield, who also interviews both Paul McCartney and John Lennon during their performance. During the show, Helen Shapiro p[erforms her latest single, Look Who It is to John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. The group is also interviewed by show host Keith Fordyce. During the show, Paul McCartney judges a competition in which four girls mime to the Brenda Lee song Let's Jump The Broomstick. He chooses Mel anie Coe as the winner. By an extraordinary coincidence, Coe will become the inspiration for McCartney's 1967 song She's Leaving Home, after McCartney reads a newspaper story about a teenage girl running away from home.
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A rock package tour arrives at the Vets Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, USA. For as little as $1.75 punters are treated to Sam Cooke, Dion, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Baby Washington, The Tymes, The Kingpins, Little Willie John and Freddie Scott.
Country music singer and recording artist Marion Worth plays in El Cajon, California, USA.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Dee Dee Sharp performs Wild! on weekly tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nat King Cole and Bill Cosby are guests on tonight's edition of The Jack Paar Program on NBC-tv in the USA.
The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4+2, The Checkmates and The End, play at The Gaumont, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe
James Brown records Oh Baby Don't You Weep at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, USA. During the recording session, producer Gene Redd criticizes Brown's piano playing as "musically incorrect". This will bring to a head Brown's disagreements with label owner Syd Nathan, causing this to be the last new recording Brown will make for King Records for over a year
Billboard magazine reports that hot-rodding songs are the latest teen fad in the USA, replacing surfing songs. Among the top hot rod tunes is The Beach Boys' Little Deuce Coupe, currently at No15 on the Billboard chart.
The Everly Brothers release a new single, The Girl Who Sang The Blues, on Warner Brothers Records in the USA.
Peter, Paul And Mary play the first of two nights at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson is the musical guest on tonight's edition of The Steve Allen Show on tv in the USA.
The Caravelles release a new single, You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry, on Smash Records in the USA.
Liverpool-born pop idol Billy Fury plays at the ABC, Croydon, England, UK, supported by Joe Brown And His Bruvvers, Marty Wilde, The Tornados, Daryl Quist, The Karl Denver Trio, Dickie Pride and The Ramblers.
The Yardbirds, including Eric Clapton on guitar, play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51 Club, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Downliners Sect.A package tour featuring Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Dee Dee Sharp, The Shirelles, The Checkerboard Band and others plays in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Guildford, England, UK, Europe
Roy Orbison plays at The Futurist, Scarborough, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Searchers, Bob Luman, Freddie And The Dreamers, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes and The Sons Of The Piltdown Men.
Cilla Black makes her major concert debut, opening a show for Gerry And The Pacemakers at The Odeon, Lewisham, England, UK, Europe. The show also features Del Shannon, but guitarist Jet Harris of the duo Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, pulls out, reportedly suffering nervous exhaustion following a car crash.
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