12th June

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.

Gordon Baker And His Orchestra play during five nights in the Pump Room and Roman Baths, Bath, England, UK, Europe. These shows are part of the Bath Festival.

Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine perform Lysistrata during the interval of several shows by The Western Theatre Ballet in the Theatre Royal, Bath, England, UK, Europe. The shows are part of the Bath Festival.

Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island, South Africa, for the crime of sabotage. The charge sheet at his trial listed 193 acts of sabotage in total. Inspired by Nelson Mandela's life and his plight, The Special AKA will release a single, Free Nelson Mandela, in 1984 on 2 Tone Records in the UK. The song will peak at No9 in the UK singles chart, and is widely credited with having helped achieve Mandela's release from prison.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the first of six nights at Disneyland, Anaheim, Los Angelese, California, USA.

Heinz And The Wild Ones appear on tv show Ready, Steady, Go! in London, UK. Guitarist in the band is Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple.

Rod Stewart plays at The Manor House, London, UK.

Elvis Presley's manager Col Tom Parker, has meetings about the possibility of basing a tv series on the Presley movie Kissin' Cousins.

The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Jerry Lee Lewis plays the fifth of seven nights at the Carnival Club, Cocos Beach, Florida, USA.

The Rolling Stones release a new single, Tell Me, in the USA on London Records.

Doris Day, with Thomas E. Oliver's orchestra, records Oo-Wee Baby (written by Barry Mann and CYnthia Weil) for Columbia Records in the USA.

Jazz guitarist Grant Green records Wives And Lovers, Ezz-thetic, The Kicker, Solid, Minor League and Grant's Tune for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.