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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
Patsy Montana is playing during a four-week stretch at Harrah's Club, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Stan Kenton plays during a four-week season at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, showcasing his 'New Era In Modern American Music'.
Edith Piaf releases a new album, Recital 1961, on Pathe Records in Canada.
Mahalia Jackson, with Mildred Falls on piano, plays at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
A year and a half after it opened, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, is finally granted a licence to sell alcoholic drinks.
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet plays at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the fourth of fifteen nights as support to John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Sam Cooke records Cupid at RCA Studio 1, Hollywood, California, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the fourth of six nights at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the ninth of ten nights at The Caucus Club in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jazz vocalist Bill Henderson records Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive and Yes Indeed for Vee-Jay Records in Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brook Benton plays the twenty-second night of a month at The Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Beatles continue their 92 day residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Les Paul And Mary Ford open at The Twin Coaches Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The two-day-long Essen Jazz Festival begins in Essen, Germany, Europe. Over the course of the event, artists appearing will include The Thelonious Monk Quartet with Jimmy Witherspoon, The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra, The Kenny Clark Quartet with Lou Bennett, The Bud Powell Trio with Jackie McLean, Roland Kirk, Art Taylor, The Hans Koller Orchestra, The Pim Jacob Trio and Rita Reys.
The Swingville All Stars, featuring Coleman Hawkins, record Love Me Or Leave Me, Cool Sunrise and other tracks for Swingville Records, atVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Rockin' Robin Roberts And The Wailers release a new version of Louie Louie on Etiquette Records in the USA.
The Marcels, Jerry Butler, Dee Clark and Maxine Brown play the first night of a week at the The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Country-gospel quartet The Blackwood Brothers play in South Bend, Indiana, USA.
Neil Sedaka releases a new single, Little Devil on RCA Victor Records in the USA.
Location filming for the next Elvis Presley film, Blue Hawaii, continues in Hawaii, USA.
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.