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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.
Ethel Ennis is playing during two weeks at The Stater Brothers, Los Angeles, California, USA.
As The Animals prepare to go on stage at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in New York City, USA, to record a live album, The Animals At The Apollo, the US Immigration Department orders cancellation of the shows.
The Swinging Blue Jeans release a new single, Don't Make Me Over, on HMV Records in the UK. The song was composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and originally recorded by Dionne Warwick.
Count Basie and his Orchestra record Volare, Oh Lonesome Me and other tracks for Verve Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Popular singer and movie star Jeanette MacDonald dies, following open heart surgery in Houston, Texas, USA. She is perhaps best-remembered for her long partnership in several movies with Nelson Eddy.
Yeh Yeh by Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames reaches No1 in the UK singles chart, where it will remain for two weeks.
Richard Walter is born in London, UK. He will find fame in the USA as rapper Slick Rick .
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The Truth release a new single, Girl, on Pye Records in the UK. The song is composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Singer-actress Jeanette MacDonald dies aged 61, from a heart condition, in Houston, Texas, USA. In her many films, radio, television appearances, concerts and recordings, she sang opera, operetta, art songs and show tunes, often with an eye toward popularizing classical music for the masses - a strategy later to be named 'classical crossover'. She is best remembered for her partnership with Nelson Eddy in many films. 
Another Beatles Christmas Show continues at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK. The show also features Freddie And The Dreamers, Sounds Incorporated, Elkie Brooks and The Yardbirds.
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by the Righteous Brothers enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No1.Count Basie And His Orchestra record Volare, Oh Lonesome Me and other tracks for Verve Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan spends the second of three days recording the album Bringing It All Back Home, at Studio A, Columbia Record Studios, New York City, USA. One of the songs recorded is Subterranean Homesick Blues.
Chuck Berry, The Moody Blues, The Graham Bond Organisation and Long John Baldry play at The Capitol, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Hollies, Cliff Bennett And the Rebel Rousers, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, The Rustiks, The Remo Four and Danny Williams appear in the fourth of six nights of Gerry's Christmas Cracker at The Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
The Kai Winding Band records Watermelon Man and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
George Jones And The Jones Boys play at The Pan-American Club, El Campo, Texas, USA, and also at the NCO Club, Waco, Texas.
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.