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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 Small Faces play their third live gig, at a wedding reception in Loughton, Essex, UK.
Ruby Braff, Ben Webster, Stan Tracey, Joe Turner, Buck Clayton and the Humphrey Lyttelton Band play in The Jazz From Kansas City concert at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK.
The Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play another show in their 21-date UK tour, at The Gaumont, Hanley, England. Later in the night, The Yardbirds are to be found partying at The Cromwellian in London, England, UK.
Spurred by his recent commercial success, 
Carmell Jones records Jay Jawk Talk, Dance Of The Night Child, Beepdurple, Willow Weep For Me, What Is This Thing Called Love? and Just In Time for Prestige Records at RLA Sound, New York City, USA. (Some sources say this session was held at Rudy Van Gelder studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.)
The Animals return to the UK after a Scandinavian tour, and bring in a new keyboard player, Dave Rowberry, to replace the recently departed Alan Price.
Nine of the Top 10 hits in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA are by British or Australian acts, with Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter by Herman's Hermits, at No1. The only American Top 10 single is Count Me In by Gary Lewis And The Playboys at No2.
Jazz pianist Tony Zano records Restless, Take Me Along, How To Handle A Woman and other tracks for Starmaker Records at Tamarac Sound Compoany, Troy, New York State, USA.
Murry Wilson, father of three members of The Beach Boys, writes a letter to them, criticising what he perceives to be their failures as men, and lambasting their mother Audree for 'trying to raise you boys almost like girls, just as she was raised by her mother'. Murray was also the group's manager in its early days.
Rick And The Ravens, an r'n'b group including Ray Manzarek, later to play keyboards for The Doors, play the second of two weekend shows at Turkey Joint West, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Thee Midniters Band, Li'l Willie G, The 4 Queens, Ricky Shade, The Slauson Brothers, Mark And The Escorts, The Impalas Band and The Sisters play in the Teen Dance And Show at St. Alphonsus Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at Fourth Dimension folk club, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
Billy Fury plays at The Theatre Royal, Norwich, UK, supported by The Pretty Things, Dave Berry, The Zephyrs and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.
The Rolling Stones play at The Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, supported by the Sir Douglas Quintet and Bobbi Martin. Press reports state that Brian Jones broke two ribs while practising karate beside the hotel pool here, but Stones bassist Bill Wyman has claimed that Jones' injuries came in retaliation after the guitarist had beaten up a girlfriend. In the audience at the show is Ronnie Van Zant, who will later form Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Engine Engine No9 by Roger Millar, entering at No61.
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The Byrds, Glen Campbell, and James Darren appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Count Me In by Gary Lewis And The Playboys peaks at No2 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. It is the only single by an American act in this week's Top 10.
Crying In The Chapel by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3 during an eleven-week run.
Country music guitarist Doc Watson and The Danny Kalb Quartet [later known as The Blues Project] play the third of fifteen nights at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Tom Jones, Sandie Shaw, The Fourmost, The Settlers and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes appear on BBC radio show Saturday Club, in London, England, UK.
During the making of the documentary Don't Look Back, Bob Dylan is filmed by D.A.Pennebaker in an alley outside The Savoy Hotel, London, UK. The footage is, effectively, a promotional film for the single Subterranean Homesick Blues.
The Moody Blues play two gigs in one day, first at The Pier, Cleethorpes, UK, and then at The Drill Hall, Scunthorpe.
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.