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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 Jimmy Brown Sound play at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
British pop weekly Melody Maker runs a front page article headlined 'Pop Protest Songs Soar'. Universal Soldier by Donovan is cited as one significant example.
Buddy Knox, Gene Chandler and Ted Cassidy (from The Munsters tv series) appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz saxophonist and recording artist Jesse Davis is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Treat Her Right by Roy Head, entering at No69.
Manfred Mann play at The Astoria, Rawtenstall, England, UK.
The Who, The Raging Storms and The Wayward Sect play in The Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
Richard Melville Hall is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as Moby.
British pop paper The Melody Maker runs a feature about The Preachers, a band from Bromley in Kent, England, UK, whose fifteen year old guitarist is named Peter Frampton.
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The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Temptations, Martha And The Vandellas, Brenda Holloway, Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles and The Beau Brummels play the ninth night of a ten day season, promoted by top radio DJ Murray The K, at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre, New York City, USA.
The Moody Blues play at The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, UK.
The Beach Boys play the second of two nights at The Lagoon, Farmington, near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
An all-night session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, features Gary Farr And The T-Bones, The Richmond Group, The Tabs, The Dark Ages, The Hideaways, The Clayton Squares, The Masterminds and The Resistance.
The Stormsville Shakers play at The Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones play at The Munsterlandhalle, Munster, Germany, Europe.
Marlene Dietrich plays the last of six nights at the The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK.
The Zombies record a live session for the BBC Radio show Easy Beat, in the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. It will be broadcast the following day.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio enter the Billboard Top 40 Albums Chart in the USA with The In Crowd, which will peak at No2 during a 33-week run on the chart.
The First New York Blues Project, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond Jr. and The Little John Trio play during a week of shows at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich, Village, New York City, USA.
The Small Faces play at The Cavern In The Town, off Leicester Square, London, England, UK.
Lou Johnson, Sonny Childe And The TNT, The Loose Ends and Duke Lee play at El Partido, Lewisham, England, UK.
Keep On Dancing by The Gentrys enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.
Richard Melville Hall is born in Harlem, New York City, USA. He will find success as hit-making electronic musician Moby.
The film soundtrack album Help! by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA for the first of nine weeks.
Dizzy Gillespie And His Quintet play during a season in The Penthouse at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with singer Millicent Brown and Johnny Janis.
The Yardbirds play in Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Fats Domino is playing the third of five nights at Club Laurel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Walker Brothers play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe, with John Mayall.
Stuart Eaglesham, guitarist with Scottish folk / rock group Wolfstone is born in Clydebank, Scotland, UK.
Bob Dylan is featured on the cover of KRLA Beat magazine in Los Anbgeles, California, USA.
It is reported that popular vocalist Johnny Rivers has joined the California Army National Guard in which he will serve between four and six months on active duty.
UK pop weekly Disc, runs a feature about millionaire fashion outfitter John Stephen of Carnaby Street, London, England, UK, Europe, who states that his best customers include Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, Dave Clark, Cliff Richard and The Who.
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Ali Akbar Khan plays at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
David Bowie And The Buzz play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK.
The Frenzie Beats play at The Pavilion Ballroom, Strathpeffer, Scotland, UK, supported by The Oreogons.
Grant Rogers, Jackie Washington, Judy Collins, Obray Ramsey, Patrick Sky, Phil Ochs, Skip James, The Chad Mitchell Trio and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band play on the second day of the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Wilson Farm, Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA.
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.