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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.Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Mills Brothers are playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Blenders are playing during week at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.Murray The K's Holiday Revue plays during ten days at The Brooklyn Fox Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring Ben E. King, Little Stevie Wonder, Jan And Dean, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Gene Pitney, The Miracles (including Smokey Robinson), Paul And Paula, The Angels , The Dovells, Jay And The Americans, The Tymes, The Chiffons, and Randy And The Rainbows.
The Top Five Singles in Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this date are as follows :
1. Sweets For My Sweet - The Searchers
2. Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary
3. Candy Girl - The Four Seasons
4. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
5. Twist And Shout - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes
1. Sweets For My Sweet - The Searchers
2. Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary
3. Candy Girl - The Four Seasons
4. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
5. Twist And Shout - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes
Shane Fenton and The Fentones play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe. supported by The Rebels. In the early 1970s, Shane Fenton will re-launch his career under the name Alvin Stardust.
Terry Lynn Ellis is born in Houston, Texas, USA. She will find success as a member of the singing group En Vogue.
The Gary McFarland Sextet records Sandpiper, Amour Tormentoso and Schlock-House Blues for Impulse! Records in RCA Studios, New York City, USA.
The Beatles play in The Gaumont, Taunton, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mike Berry And The Innocents, Freddie Starr And The Midnighters, Ian Crawford And The Boomerangs and Rocking Henry And The Hayseeds.
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Elvis Presley spends a second day filming a dance sequence based on the Ray Charles song What'd I Say, with his co-star Ann Margret at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas.
The musical comedy film Bye Bye Birdie opens at cinemas in Italy, Europe. 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.
Applejack, the new single by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, an instrumental duo formed by ex-members of The Shadows, enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No4.
Songwriter Dallas Frazier moves to from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where he will write a string of hits, including Jack Greene's There Goes My Everything, The Oak Ridge Boys' Elvira, George Jones' If My Heart Had Windows and Gene Watson's Fourteen Carat Mind.
Sonny Stitt And Paul Gonsalves record Perdido, Stardust, Theme From Lord Of The Flies and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Basic tracks for the songs We Shall Overcome and Trouble In This Land are recorded in Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Liz Lands and The Voices Of Salvation gospel group will complete their vocal parts at Greystone Ballroom in Detroit four days later.
Craig Breedlove, driving the jet-propelled three-wheeled vehicle Spir it Of America, sets a new world land speed record of 407.4mph at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. His record-breaking feat is immortalised in The Beach Boys song Spi rit Of America.
The Rolling Stones play at The Strand Palace Theatre, Walmer, near Deal, Kent, England, UK, Europe. Support band is The Paramounts, who will go on to be rather better known as Procol Harum.The Mojos play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Detours, featuring Pete Townshend, who will go on to form The Who, play at The Oldfield Tavern, Greenford, UK, Europe