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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.
The Sons Of Adam are playing during a six-night booking at Gazzarri's, 319 North La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Amos Milburn is playing during a week of shows at The Trocaveria Club, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
That Funny Feeling, Bobby Darin's third and final movie with his wife Sandra Dee, opens at cinemas in Germany, Europe.
Peter And Gordon release the single Baby I'm Yours in the UK. It will peak at No19 in the British Singles Chart.
Bob Dylan plays at the Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
The Yardbirds play at The Guild Hall, Axminster, England, UK, Europe.
The Four Dimensions release Sand Surfin' backed with I Love You For What You Are, on Goldust Records of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
A teen-oriented music movie The T.A.M.I. Show is released to theatres in Finland, Europe, featuring live performances by Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, The Miracles, The Supremes, Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Barbarians, The Blossoms, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Jan And Dean, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas.
Mike Love of The Beach Boys marries his second wife, Suzanne Celeste Belcher, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. They will have two children, but the marriage will last for just two years.
During Homecoming Weekend Bobby Comstock And The Counts plus The Isley Brothers play at The RPI Field House, Troy, New York State, USA.
The Byrds play the twelfth of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Maynard Ferguson plays at Franklin And Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
Aspiring rock guitarist Jimmy Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] signs a recording contract with Ed Chalpin's PPX Enterprises, New York City, USA, for an advance of one dollar. The agreement commits Hendrix to "produce and play and/or sing exclusively" for PPX for three years from this date. He is to make his services available at PPX's request with a minimum of ten days notice to produce no more than four titles per session, with a minimum of three sessions per year. He is to receive in return the nominal sum of US$1 dollar plus "one per cent of the retail selling price of all records sold for his production efforts". PPX has the right to reimburse itself from first profits for "all cost of studio, musicians, etc."
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Bobby Goldsboro records It's Too Late, for United Artists Records in the Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It will spend eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 23, and will also reach No.5 on Canada's RPM 100.
4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi, Bruno Lauzi, Dino, Don Miko Evi Damiano, Giampiero Boneschi e la sua orchestra, Gli Angeli di Trieste, Ivana Borgia, Jenny Luna, Lida Lù, Marcello Malu, Orietta Berti, Paola Neri, Paolo Bracci, Paolo Gualdi, Peppino Gagliardi and Sonia e Le Sorelle play on the first day of the three-day long Festival Nazionale delle Rose della Canzone Italiana in Salone dei Cavalieri del Grand Hotel Cavalieri Hilton, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Joan Baez plays at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Linda Gayle records her version of The Bob Dylan composition Maggie's Farm for Columbia Records in the USA.
The Everly Brothers play at the Odeon, Leeds, UK, in the Brian Epstein-promoted Star Scene 65 tour, supported by Liverpool hitmakers Cilla Black and Billy J. Kramer.
Country Joe and the Fish play at the San Francisco State College Vietnam Day Committee Teach-In, California, USA.
TV rock show Where The Action Is features Vic Dana plus We Five.
The album That's Our Song by Esther And Abi Ofarim enters the German Pop Albums Chart, where it will peak at No1 and will remain on the chart for 80 weeks.
The Who play at The Hillside Ballroom, Hereford, England, UK, Europe.
The Great Society perform at the opening of the Coffee Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA. Band members include Darby, Jerry and Grace Slick, the last of whom will become the vocalist for Jefferson Airplane.
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Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter records the album The All Seeing Eye for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Gary 'US' Bonds plays at The Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ben E. King appears on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go!, then plays at the Scotch Of St James, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4+2, The Checkmates and The End, play at The ABC, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Judy Garland and Vic Damone tape guest duet performances for an ABC-TV special, The Hollywood Palace, which will be broadcast on November 13, 1965
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys oversees the recording of instrumental tracks for the songs Stella By Starlight, How Deep Is The Ocean and Three Blind Mice, in United Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Action play at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at The Flamingo Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Brenda Lee flies into the UK for three-weeks of live dates and tv appearances.
Johnny Tillotson is the musical guest on today's edition of The Jimmy Dean Show in the USA.
Donovan performs in a Ban The Bomb concert, Folk '65, at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, along with Julie Felix and the Ian Campbell Folk Group.
The Supremes play at The Philharmonic Hall, New York City, USA, supported by The Soul Brothers.
Dean Miller is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. The son of Roger Miller, Dean will record for Capitol in the 1990s and will write the Terry Clark hit A Little Gasoline.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio play the second of four nights at The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California, USA.
Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King, Lulu and Georgie Fame appear on tv pop show Ready, Steady, Go! in London, England, UK.
T-bone Walker plays at The Marquee, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Gary Farr And The T-Bones.
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The Mojos play at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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.