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Singer-songwriter Marijohn Wilkin is playing at The Plantation Club, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Billboard, top songwriter Pat Ballard complains that sophisticated songsmiths have "destroyed the dance beat with their over-arrangements, so kids naturally have taken to rock'n'roll. They're starved for a beat."
In a front page item in American trade magazine
Paul Anka plays at the Colston Hall, Bristol, UK. Also on the bill are Lorrae Desmond, The Ken-Tones, the Peter Groves Trio and Roy Stevens.
The Crickets, including Buddy Holly, enter the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Maybe Baby, which will peak at No17.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets play at the Town Hall, Birmingham, UK, supported by The Montanas, The Tanner Sisters, Gary Miller and Ronnie Keene And his Orchestra. Des O'Connor is the compere.