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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.
I Can't Explain by The Who peaks at No8 in the UK singles chart.
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Tonight's episode of the sitcom The Bing Crosby Show on ABC-tv in the USA is titled Conform, Conform, Whoever You Are.
The Supremes release a new LP, We Remember Sam Cooke, on Motown Records in the USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the fifth of seven nights at The Hudson Hotel, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
French singing idol Johnny Hallyday marries singer Sylvie Vartan in Loconville, France, Europe. They will become France's 'Golden Couple' of the era.
Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell records Breadwinner, Terrace Theme, Downstairs and Excerpts From Prelude No. 2 By Gershwin for Verve Records in Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Byrds release their Bob Dylan-composed debut single, Mr Tambourine Man, in the USA on Columbia Records.
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The Beatles film a 'Buckingham Palace' sequence at Twickenham Film Studios, St Margaret's, Twickenham, UK, for their second film, Help!
The Beach Boys play at Jack Russell Stadium, Clearwater, Florida, USA, with Glenn Super.
Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, London, England, UK.
The Dave Clark Five release a new album, Encores!, in Canada on Capitol Records.
Bob Dylan plays at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.
Pirate station Radio Caroline broadcasts the UK's first sponsored radio show – an hour-long programme devoted to releases from US company Roulette Records.
The Moody Blues perform Go Now, I Don’t Want to Go On Without You and I’ll Go Crazy on the BBC Light Programme radio show Saturday Club, in London, England, UK.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines plays at East Park Jazz Club, Aalborg, Denmark, Europe.
Musical arranger Jimmie Haskell, plus a group of studio session men, release a new LP, Sing A Song With The Beatles, in Canada. The album consists of instrumental backgrounds designed to enable fans to sing Beatles songs karaoke-style.
Composer and musical arranger Jimmie Haskell releases a new singalong album, Sing A Song With The Beatles, in Canada on Capitol Records. [The Beatles are not involved in playing on this record, which consists entirely of backing tracks "re-created" by session men.)
The Who record a cover version of The James Brown Song Shout And Shimmy, in London, England, UK. It will appear as the b-side of their single My Generation, later in the year.
Martha And The Vandellas release their third LP, Dance Party, on Gordy Records in the USA.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.