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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 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.Diana Rigg makes her first appearance as Emma Peel in British tv series The Avengers. Her stylish, sexy, action-girl character will inspire the 1966 pop song Dearest Emma by The Londonaires, I'm in Love With Mrs. Peel by The Allies, Emma Peel by Garry Entropy and 1995's Miss Emma Peel by Dishwalla.
The Everly Brothers record It's All Over and I Used To Love You for Warner Bros in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA. Their band on this session features guitarists James Burton and Sonny Curtis, bassist Doris Hallcom, drummers Jim Gordon and Jerry Allison plus Don Randi on harpsichord.
Steam Packet play at the University, York, England, UK, Europe. (The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, featuring Butterfield on vocals and harmonica, Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars, Mark Naftalin on organ, Jerome Arnold and bass and Sam Lay on drums, begins a month of live shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Perry Como records Bye Bye Little Girl and Meet Me At The Altar in Webster Hall, New York City, USA, with backing vocals by the Ray Charles Singers.
The Velvet Underground make their live debut at Summit High School, New Jersey, USA, for a fee of $75.
The Rolling Stones play at the War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
The Supremes play at The Civic Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, supported by The Lovin' Spoonful and The Earl Van Dyke Orchestra. 
The Gene Pitney, The Rockin' Berries, Peter And Gordon and Lulu play at The Odeon, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
George Martin releases an instrumental version of Yesterday, written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, on Parlophone Records in the UK.
The Sir Douglas Quintet appear on the Granada Television show Scene at 6:30 in the UK. The band also plays at The Manor Lounge Club, Stockport, England, UK, Europe.
Neil Young writes the song Sugar Mountain while visiting Joni Mitchell in Detroit, Michigan, USA. (N.B. some sources say Young wrote this song in 1964)
Hermans Hermits, The Fortunes, Wayne Fontana and Billy Fury play at the Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band play at the Exposition Hall, Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Lancaster, California, USA.
The Beau Brummels release a new single, Don't Talk To Strangers, in the UK on Pye International. The track is produced by Sylvester Stewart, later to find fame as Sly Stone of Sly And The Family Stone.
Calne-based band The Pack play two 45-minute sets at Pearl Assurance Limited, London, England, UK, Europe. After the show, the band attends an all-nighter at The Flamingo, London, featuring the legendary Wilson Pickett plus Zoot Money.
Larry Henley of The Newbeats releases a solo single, I'd Be A-Lyin' / I Wouldn't Trade It For The World, on Hickory Records in the USA.
Weekly tv show Ready, Steady, Go! is transmitted live from Rediffusion Studios, Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe, featuring Wilson Pickett, The Nashville Teens, The Small Faces, The Sorrows, Johnny Hallyday and, making his first tv appearance, Marc Bolan.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Bobby Rydell performing When I See That Girl Of Mine plus The Mojo Men performing Off The Hook.
Them release a new single, Mystic Eyes, in the UK on Decca Records. The song is written by their vocalist, Van Morrison.
The New Christy Minstrels play at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.The Wynton Kelly Trio, with Wes Montgomery on guitar, play at The Half Note, New York City, USA.
Billy Edd Wheeler records Ducks On The Water, Jake McCall, Little Leroy, I've Got A Go Go Country Girl, Lonely Wine and Overdose Of The Blues in Nashville, Tennessee, 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.