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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.
Irish blues band Them, with vocalist 
The Walker Brothers get their first UK press coverage in the form of a brief interview with journalist Chris Welch in Melody Maker, partly about their connections to P.J. Proby.
It is announced that Eric Clapton is leaving The Yardbirds. Jeff Beck is his replacement, but Jimmy Page has also been approached.
A package tour headlined by Roy Orbison and featuring Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin' Berries and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, plays at the Colston Hall, Bristol, UK.
The film soundtrack album Mary Poppins, featuring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA, for the first of fourteen (non-consecutive) weeks.
The Beatles reach No1 again in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in America with their current single Eight Days A Week. It will remain on top for two weeks.
The Beatles leave the UK to carry out further filming for their second movie, Help!, in Austria, Europe.
Brenda Holloway, Connie Stevens, The Supremes, and Johnny Tillotson appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The highest new entry in 
Tired Of Waiting For You by The Kinks enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No6.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at River Heights Community Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Yardbirds play at Loughborough College, Loughborough, and later at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, UK.
I'm Telling You Now by Freddie And The Dreamers enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
Judy Garland plays the third night in a ten-day residency at The Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA.
The
Do The Clam by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No21 during a six-week run.
Johnny Cash begins a North American tour with two shows at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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.