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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 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.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Mills Brothers are playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
Little Stevie Wonder releases a new single, Workout Stevie Workout, on Tamla Records in the USA.
Travelling home from Scotland, UK, in The Hollies' van, guitarist and singer Graham Nash falls out of the door at 40mph. Nevertheless, the band travels on and carries out an engagement deputising for Gene Vincent on the tv show Go Man Go.
The Detours, featuring future leader of The Who, Pete Townshend, play at The Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, London, England, UK.
King Curtis plays the eighth night of two weeks of shows at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand and Liberace play in The South Shore Room, Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Barbra Streisand marries actor Elliott Gould in Carson City, Nevada, USA.
Tommy Roe releases a new single, Everybody, on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at the ABC, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Shirley Ellis records the song The Nitty Gritty, which will peak at No8 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA.
The Percells release a new single, Hully Gully Guitar, on ABC Paramount Records in the USA.
To celebrate U.N. Staff Day, Frank Sinatra performs live at the Manhattan offices of The United Nations General Assembly, New York City, USA, accompanied only by pianist Skitch Henderson.
The Top Five Singles on radio station WHBQ 560 AM in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :

1. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton

2. Little Deuce Coupe/Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys

3. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels

4. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - Allan Sherman

5. Hey Girl - Freddie Scott

The Rolling Stones play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs release a new single, Sugar Shack, on Dot Records in the USA.
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After a gig with The Beatles at The Public Hall, Preston, England, UK, Paul McCartney drives to The Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, where he is one of the judges in the Miss Imperial 1963 beauty contest.
Dave Berry And The Cruisers play at The Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Little Stevie Wonder releases a new single, Workout Stevie, Workout, on Tamla Records in the USA.
Dave Dee And The Bostons [later to find fame as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich], play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Danny And The Detonators.
Dizzy Gillespie records themes from the films Never On A Sunday, Days Of Wine And Roses and others, at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.