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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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 Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 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.
Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
The Vandergrift Brothers are playing during a four week long engagement in Rockland, Maine, USA.
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The musical Kwamina is playing at The 54th Street, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just 32 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
The musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, is playing at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, during a run of 92 performances.
George Brunis is playing at Basin Street in The French Village, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart are playing at the recently-opened Loon Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem are appearing during a two-week engagement at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Joe Williams and Harry 'Sweets' Edison are playing at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fabian is playing during a ten-day engagement at The Three Rivers Inn near Syracuse, New York State, USA.
The Beatles play at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Billy Cotton Band Show on the BBC Light Programme Radio service in London, England, UK, features guest performers Kathie Kay and The Bandits.
Flatt And Scruggs are playing the last of three nights in San Diego, California, USA.
Ernest Tubb is playing in Lima, Ohio, USA.
Ruth Brown, The Vibrations, Jimmy Jones, The Sensations, Joe Turner, The Clovers, Little Anthony, David Ruffin and Arthur Prysock play the third night in a week of shows at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Anthony Newley stars in The Johnny Darling Show on BBC-tv in London, England, UK, Europe. Newley also wrote the script for the show which is described as, 'A comment on present-day show business first expressed by Mr. Anthony Newley on November 12, 1961.'
Gary U.S. Bonds plays the last of three nights at Spartz Showbar, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Fabian plays at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New York City, USA.
Anthony Newley stars in The Johnny Darling Show on BBC-tv in London, England, UK, Europe. Newley also wrote the script for the show which is described as, 'A comment on present-day show business first expressed by Mr. Anthony Newley on November 12, 1961.'
Alfred D rake records Sweet Danger, in New York City, USA, from the Broadway musical Kean.
Brenda Lee, The Ames Brothers and Pearl Bailey are musical guests on the CBS-tv variety series The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
Dick And Dee Dee, Jan And Dean, Jerry Fuller and The Checkers Orchestra play at The Avalon Ballroom, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA, as part of a Dick Clark Car avan Of Stars.
Having just been released on bail after his heroin-related arrest, Ray Charles plays at Evansville Coliseum, Evansville, Indiana, USA.
Pianist John Madson plays "in the continental manner" during his show at Fritzel's Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazz clarinettist, composer and recording artist Giancarlo Locatelli is born in Italy, Europe.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play a one-nighter at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
John Coltrane plays at The Hippodrome, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Andy Doll Band plays a gig in Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA.
Adam Faith plays at The Empire, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Price is playing in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Frank Sinatra is recording the title song for inclusion in the Frank Capra movie Pocketful Of Miracles at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, Califoprnia, USA. Nelson Riddle is the musical arranger on the session.
Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.