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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.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is playing during four weeks at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill is Vicki Frazer.Bob Dylan releases a new single, The Times They Are A-Changin' on Columbia Records in the USA.
The All-Star 64 package tour plays at The Odeon, Cheltenham, UK, featuring John Leyton, The Rolling Stones, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Mike Berry, Jet Harris, Billie Davis, and The Paramounts
I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
The Four Preps record the novelty song A Letter To The Beatles for Capitol Records in the USA.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers record My Funny Valentine, Soul Girl and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Matt Monro releases a new single, I Love The Little Things, in the UK on EMI Records. The song has recently won the BBC-tv 'Song For Europe' competition.
The Four Preps record their topical cash-in single, A Letter To The Beatles, at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four plus The Escorts play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
New York Times critic Theodore Strongin notes that, "The Beatles have a tendency to build phrases around unresolved leading tones. This precipitates the ear into a false modal frame that temporarily turns the firth of the scale into the tonic, momentarily suggesting the Mixolydian mode. But everything always ends a plain diatonic all the same."
The movie Hootenanny Hoot is released to cinemas in Denmark, Europe. The movie is a spin-off from the recent folk music revival, and features appearances by Johnny Cash, The Brothers Four, Sheb Wooley, Judy Henske, George Hamilton IV, Joe And Eddie and more.
The Top Ten Singles, for the week starting on this day, on WIBG Radio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, are as follows :
1. I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
2. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
3. She Loves You - The Beatles
4. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance
5. For You - Rick Nelson
6. Dawn (Go Away) - The Four Seasons
7. Out Of Limits - The Marketts
8. A Fool Never learns - Andy Williams
9. Talking About My baby - The Impressions
10. What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am?) - The Tams
1. I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
2. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
3. She Loves You - The Beatles
4. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance
5. For You - Rick Nelson
6. Dawn (Go Away) - The Four Seasons
7. Out Of Limits - The Marketts
8. A Fool Never learns - Andy Williams
9. Talking About My baby - The Impressions
10. What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am?) - The Tams
Aretha Franklin spends the last of four days recording the LP Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Beatles entertain music biz friends, including The Ronettes, during a reception in The Baroque Room at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.