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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson records Please Call Today and The Wrong Kind Of Girl, in the USA.
Gene Vincent, supported by Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, begins a UK tour at The Granada, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Having won a legal battle to free himself from Keen Records, Sam Cooke signs a new recording contract with RCA Victor in the USA.
Blues recording artist Frank Goldwasser, aka Paris Slim, is born in Paris, France, Europe.
Clive And The Cyclones play at The Majestic Ballroom, Milton Street, Swindon,Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Darin plays the third night in a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Elvis Presley's dermatologist, Laurens Johannes Griessel-Landau, having been sacked for making homosexual advances to Elvis's friends in Bad Nauheim, Germany, Europe, flies back to London aboard BEA Flight491.
Sammy Davis Jr records Face To Face, Get On The Right Track Baby and Till Then, in the USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.