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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.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is in Western Recorders studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on backing tracks for a song listed as 'Untitled ballad'.
The Wilde Three release a new single, Since You've Gone on Decca Records in the UK. Their vocalist, Justin Hayward, will find fame with The Moody Blues. Another prominent member of The Wilde Three is 50's rock'n'roll idol Marty Wilde.
Jackie Edwards releases his own composition, Hush, on Aladdin Records in the UK.
Jazz pianist Horace Silver plays at The Half Note, New York City, USA.
Eubie Blake performs with The Noble Sissle Orchestra in the Main Ballroom of The Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington DC, USA, at a gala benefit supper dance for the East Rock Creek Civic Association.
The Hullabaloos, The Detergents, Shirley Ellis, Little Richard (whose backing group includes Jimi Hendrix], The Vibrators, The Exciters, The Hollies, The Uniques, Dee Dee Warwick, Roddy Joy, Sandie Shaw and King Curtis play at The Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
In a feature in The Guardian newspaper in the UK, Bob Dylan is described as "Homer In Denim". The feature goes on to describe his "loose framework of assonant and consonant rhyme, using shifting eight to twelve-syllable iambic rhythms, which adjust themselves as naturally to speech as to song."
The Animals begin a Caribbean tour in San Domingo.
The Raybert Producers sell their new idea, a tv show called The Monkees, to Screen Gems Television in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A "10-Day Easter Show" hosted by Soupy Sales opens at The Paramount Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring The Hullabaloos, The Detergents, Shirley Ellis, Little Richard, The Vibrations, The Exciters, The Hollies, The Uniques, Dee Dee Warwick, Roddy Joy, Sandie Shaw and King Curtis.
UK folk guitar hero Bert Jansch releases his eponymous debut album in the UK on Transatlantic Records.
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Backgrounds for The Supremes' track Big City Babies Don't Cry are recorded at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Who play at The Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK.
The Yardbirds play at The Ricky-Tick Club, Windsor, UK.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles are interviewed live on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Goes Live! The Yardbirds appear on the same show, then play a gig at The Ricky-Tick Club, Thames Hotel, Windsor, UK.
Gene Pitney and Marianne Faithfull, rumoured to be romantically entangled, set off on a tour of the USA together.
Les Cousins opens as a folk club at 49 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, Bert Jansch releases his self-titled debut LP on Transatlantic Records.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.