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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.
Nina Simone plays the eighth night of a two-week season at Annie's Room, London, England, UK.
UK tv show Scene At 6.30 features The 
Mississippi Fred McDowell records Red Cross Store Blues, Gravel Road Blues and other tracks in Berkeley, California, USA.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos record Only You (Can Break My Heart) for Capitol Records in the USA. It will give Owens his seventh No1 single on the Billboard Country Music Chart.
She's So Fine, on Parlophone Records, becomes the first of five No1 hits for The Easybeats in Australia, Oceania.
Judy Garland spends the first of four days rehearsing in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for an upcoming appearance on The Andy Williams tv show.
That Means A Lot by P.J. Proby (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles), is released as a single in the USA.
The Beach Boys release a new album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) on Capitol Records in the USA.
Avis Connor, the mother of Gram Parsons, dies of cirrhosis of the liver caused by heavy drinking, on the day of her son's graduation from Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
A feature in The Corpus Christi Times reports on the burgeoning success of Motown Records as a force on the Detroit, Michigan, financial scene. The feature states that Motown all-girl trio The Supremes recently earned $100,000 each from record sales in the previous six months, and the company as a whole grossed about $10m in the past year. According to the feature, Motown has become the second-largest producer of singles in the USA, immediately behind Capitol Records.
The Small Faces undertake their first ever recording session at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK. They work on What'cha Gonna Do About It?, which will become their first single.
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Newcastle band The Animals play their first headlining gig at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, supported by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds.
Gordon Waller of folk-pop duo Peter And Gordon is fined £5 in court at Dundee, Scotland, UK, after pleading guilty to having spat on Dundee resident Louisa McKenna during a traffic altercation.
The Greenwood County Singers, The Legendaires, John Denver and The Yachtsmen Quartet play in the Hootenanny at Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lightnin' Hopkins plays the sixth of thirteen nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rising Sons [including Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal].
Count Basie performs at St. John Terrell's Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA.
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.