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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.
Harry James And His Orchestra are playing during a week of shows at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Doug Phelps, bass player of The Kentucky Headhunters, is born in Edmonton, Kentucky, USA.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring vocalist Jimmy Rushing, records My Melancholy Baby and You Can Depend On Me for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
Lucy Kaplansky is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She will find success as a folk musician in the Greenwich Village scene of the 90s in New York City, USA.
Johnny Cash records Smiling Bill McCall and The Fable Of Willie Brown for Columbia Records, but the latter track will remain unissued.
Pete Willis, one of the original guitarists in Def Leppard, is born in Sheffield, UK.
Annette Funicello appears on US tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack buddies come to the end of their Summit At The Sands season at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets record Anytime and Singing The Blues, for Warner Brothers Records at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring vocalist Jimmy Rushing, records My Melancholy Baby and You Can Depend On Me for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Dinah Washington records There Goes My Heart and Love Walked In, in New York City, USA, for Mercury Records.
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.