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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers play in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France.
Briefly calling themselves Johnny and the Moondogs, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison [future members of The Beatles] take part in Carroll Levis' TV Star Search, at The Hippodrome, Ardwick, Manchester, UK.
Herbert Clutter, a successful farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, USA, plus his wife and two of their four children are killed by Richard 'Dick' Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, two ex-convicts on parole from the Kansas State Penitentiary. The brutal murders will inspire the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, the 2007 song Honest Goodbye by Bad Religion and the 2008 song The Corner by Smoking Popes.
Miles Davis and Gil Evans record a version of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez at Columbia Records 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA. This is not, however, the version which will appear on the album Sketches Of Spain.
R'n'b keyboardist Bill Doggett plays the third night in a week of gigs at the Flame Show Bar in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Briefly calling themselves Johnny and the Moondogs, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison [future members of The Beatles] take part in Carroll Levis' TV Star Search, at The Hippodrome , Ardwick, Lancashire, UK.
Briefly calling themselves Johnny and the Moondogs, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison [future members of The Beatles] take part in Carroll Levis' TV Star Search, at The Hippodrome, Ardwick, Lancashire, UK.
A package tour featuring Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and The Collins Kids plays in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.