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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 highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is I'll Keep On Holding On by The Marvelettes, entering at No64.
Jokers Wild, a group including guitarist David Gilmour, later to join Pink Floyd, plays at The Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, England, UK.
The Small Faces play at The Cavern In The Town, off Leicester Square, London, UK, where they are seen by two influential rock managers, Don Arden and Kit Lambert. Arden invites them to his Carnaby Street office for discussions.
Eddie Rambeau enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Concrete And Clay, which will peak at No35.
UK music paper Record Mirror shows Bumble Bee by The Searchers as the week's top EP (extended player).
Pete Townshend of The Who tells the UK pop weekly, Melody Maker, that, "We think the mod thing is dying. We don't plan to go down with it, which is why we've become individualists."
I Can't Help Myself by The Four Tops reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA for the first of nine weeks.
The Cromwellian Club in London, UK, begins a new policy of booking top r'n'b acts from the USA, with an appearance by The Soul Sisters.
Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs release a new album, The Versatile Flatt And Scruggs, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Johnny Rivers releases a new single, Seventh Son, in the USA. The song is a cover version of a Willie Dixon composition.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that Frank Sinatra Jr. has joined his father and sister as an artist on Reprise Records, the company started by Frank Sr.
Wooly Bully by Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs peaks at No2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA. It will go on to sell 3m copies worldwide.
John Coltrane comes to the end of a one-week residency at Pep's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Back In My Arms Again by The Supremes reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of his next movie, Frankie And Johnny, at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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The Byrds enter the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with their folk-rock cover of the Bob Dylan song Mr Tambourine Man, which will peak at No1, during a ten-week run.
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The Rolling Stones, The O'Jays and Jody Miller appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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 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.