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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.
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.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Dion, Roy Orbison, Ray Peterson, Freddy Cannon and Tony Orlando play the first of two nights in Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
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Junie Cobb's New Hometown Band records Mr Blues, Be Mine and Swing Your Hurdy Gurdy for Riverside Records at The Birdhouse in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
After receiving death-threats, revered Nashville session guitarist Hank Garland is seriously injured when he crashes his 1959 Chevy Nomad station wagon on Route 41 near Springfield, Tennessee, USA. Two local residents claim to have heard gunfire immediately before the crash, and bullet-like holes were later seen on the vehicle. The man whose guitar can be heard on hits by Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers and Patsy Cline, will never work again.
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After being on a brief furlough, US Army private James Marshall Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] leaves Seattle to return to his camp at Fort Ord, California, USA.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the twelfth night in a six-week season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.Dean Martin records Take Me In Your Arms in Capitol Studio, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eden Kane appears on the cover of UK pop music newspaper the NME (New Musical Express) in an advert for his single Get Lost.
Aretha Franklin releases a new single, Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Charlie Byrd, Casey Anderson and The Gateway Singers play at The Goya Folk Festival, Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel, Liberty, New York State, USARick Nelson, Fabian, Dodie Stevens, The Browns and Larry Collins play at The State Fair, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Soul Stirrers play the fourth night of a week-long gospel revue at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery plays at The Birdhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA.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.