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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.
Jamaican newspaper The Star runs a feature about the popularity of the Hully Gully dance craze.Jim And Jesse record The Voice Of My Darling, Uncle Will Played The Fiddle, Heartaches And Flowers and Fireball at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Russian newspaper Komsomolskaia Pravda reports that, "Dozens of cases are known in which possessed dancers of rock'n'roll and The Twist, obsessed and infuriated, have demolished the buildings where they were gathered, have broken windows and chairs and, out in the streets, have staged riots."
An article in UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] asks whether Elvis Presley is making too many movies, and thus neglecting his music.
Leroy Van Dyke records Love Letters In The Sand, Sugartime, Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes and other tracks, Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Doo-wop group The Rivingtons release a new single, Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, on Liberty Records in the USA. A subsequent 1963 hit, Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen, will be largely inspired by Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
McKinley 'Soul' Mitchell records All Of A Sudden and I Found An Angel, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for One-Derful Records.
The Beatles play a lunchtime show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, and an evening show at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey, England, UK, Europe.Brook Benton plays the first night in a week of shows at Roberts' Show Bar, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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And The Americans perform She Cried on tv
pop show American
Bandstand, recorded at WFIL-tv in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elvis Presley flies to Los Angeles, after having taken a short break at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Ray Charles plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Maxine Brown plus Don And Juan.
An article in UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] asks whether Elvis Presley is making too many movies, and thus neglecting his music.Ray Charles plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City,USA, supported by Maxine Brown plus Don And Juan.
Two Faces Have I by Lou Christie is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA, entering at No78.
Blues guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Johnson records Bow Legged Baby, Blues After Hours and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Bluesville Records.
Etta Jones records You Don't Know My Mind, I Wonder, and other tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.