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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.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a two-week season at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for a fee reported to be $9,500 per week.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith is playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rusty Adams is playing during a ten-day booking in Decatur, Illinois, USA.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the hit single Atlantis by The Shadows.
Mary Wells plays at The Moose Country Club, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
UK tv pop show Thank Your Lucky Stars features The Searchers, Cliff Richard, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes. During the show Cliff Richard is presented with a gold disc for one million sales of the hit single Batchelor Boy/The Next Time.
The Beatles play the last of four engagements at Springfield Ballroom, St. Saviour, Jersey, England, UK, Europe.
Fingertips Parts One and Two by Little Stevie Wonder becomes the first live single to top the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Wipe Out by The Surfaris peaks at No2 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
The single (You’re The) Devil In Disguise / Please Don’t Drag That String Around by Elvis Presley peaks at No3 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
You Can Never Stop Me Loving You by Johnny Tillotson is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No73.
When Joan Baez plays at The Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA, Bob Dylan makes a guest appearance.
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Johnny Mathis plays at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.
Etta James, Curly Mays and Garnell Cooper And His Kinfolks Orchestra play at Muncie Armory, Muncie, Indiana, USA.
The Dowlands play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Barrie James, The Soundtracks, The Strangers and The Four Specs.
The Rolling Stones play at The Plaza, Oldhill, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Weavers play at The Berkshire Music Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
The Browns, including future solo star Jim Ed Brown, join the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Easybeats play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The first day of 3rd National Jazz Festival in the grounds of The Athletic Association, Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe, features the Tubby Hayes Quintet, The Joe Harriott Quintet, The Ronnie Ross Quartet with Bill Sage, John Williams Big Band, Chris Barber's Jazz band, Ottilie Patterson, The Alex Welch Band, The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, The Dill Jones Trio, Rustix, The Graham Bond Quartet, The Georgie Fame Group, Ginger Johnson's African Drums and The Mastersounds.