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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.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
A Mellotron, ordered by John Lennon of The Beatles, is delivered to Abbey Road Studios in London, England, UK.
The largest crowd so far for a rock show, 56,000 fans, sees The Beatles play live at Shea Stadium, New York City, USA. The audience includes Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, who also hang out with the group at their hotel. Also among the crowd is aspiring folk-rock guitarist and singer Gram Parsons.
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The Mamas And The Papas sign a recording contract with Lou Adler of Dunhill Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Elvis Presley continues location filming for the movie Paradise Hawaiian Style, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Freddie and the Dreamers, Herman's Hermits and Warminster band The Skylons play an open-air event at Longleat Estate, Wiltshire, England, UK.
The New KB Band plays at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, supported by The Red Hawks.
One hundred and fifty teenagers require medical attention when teenage fans at The Melody Maker National Beat Contest in The Palais, Wimbledon, England, UK, get out of hand. The event makes front page news in tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror the next day. Judges at the contest are Kenny Everett, Muriel Young and Graham Nash of The Hollies. Manchester band The St. Louis Union wins the contest.
Wynder K. Frog (aka 
The John Coltrane Quartet, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Thelonious Monk, Joe Williams, Gary McFarland, The Cecil Taylor Group and others play in The Downbeat Jazz Festival, Festival Corner, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 
Roger Miller, Hank Thompson, Boots Randolph, Del Reeves, Dave Dudley and Roy Druskey play in The Big Country And Western Show at The Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Zombies and The Searchers complete a 25-day North American tour at Springlake Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
The Four Seasons play the first of seven nights in The Marine Ballroom, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
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.