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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.
Jefferson Airplane play their debut gig at the opening night of The Matrix, a San Francisco, California, USA, club owned by band member Marty Balin.
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Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
The Dave Clark Five are making personal appearances at cinemas in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to promote the release of their movie Having A Wild Weekend, aka Catch Us If You Can. Over the two days of the promotion, they visit 18 cinemas. Mike Smith, the group's vocalist and organist, has two ribs broken when fans rush the stage in Chicago's Avalon Theatre.
Brian Poole And The Tremeloes play at The Domino, Manchester, England, UK.
The Sir Douglas Quintet release a new single, The Tracker, in the UK on London Records.
The Everly Brothers release a new single, I'll Never Get Over You, in the UK on Warner Bros Records.
The Beatles release the album Help! in the USA, with a markedly different track listing than its UK equivalent.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Miles Davis Quintet, The Stan Getz Quartet, Earl Hines, Gary McFarland and others play in the Downbeat Jazz Festival, Festival Corner, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Donovan releases the EP Universal Soldier in the UK. The title track is composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Elvis Presley continues location filming for the movie Paradise Hawaiian Style, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The Beatles fly on TWA Flight 703 from Heathrow, London, England, UK, to New York City, USA, to begin their third tour of the USA. On arrival, they hang out with Bob Dylan in the Warwick Hotel.
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The Who play at The Central Pier, Morecambe, England, UK.
Peter, Paul And Mary and Henry Mancini And His Orchestra play the fifth of six nights at The Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On the UK rock tv show, Ready, Steady, Go!, little-known girl singer Nico performs her first single, I'm Not Saying. The song is written by Gordon Lightfoot and the recorded version, produced by Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, featured Jimmy Page on 12-string guitar.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, supported by The Gamblers.
John Lee's Groundhogs play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK.
The Hurricanes play at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK
Lonnie Donegan plays at The Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, England, UK.
Unit 4 + 2 play at The Floral Hall, Morecambe, England, UK.
Burt Bacharach releases a new single, What's New Pussycat, in the UK on London Records.
Sam And Dave release the single I Take What I Want on Stax Records in the USA.
Rick Nelson releases a new single, Come Out Dancin', in the UK on Brunswick Records.
Jazz vocalist Sylvia Syms records How Insensitive, Brazil and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Byrds play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, UK.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features Sonny And Cher performing All I Really Want To Do; Roosevelt Grier (of the Los Angeles Rams) performing Spanish Harlem; Paul Revere And The Raiders performing Monster Mash.
Like A Rolling Stone, the latest single by Bob Dylan, is rush-released in the UK by CBS Records.
Donovan releases the EP Universal Soldier in the UK. The title track is composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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.