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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a two-week season at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for a fee reported to be $9,500 per week.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith is playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rusty Adams is playing during a ten-day booking in Decatur, Illinois, USA.
The Beatles are playing during six nights of shows at The Odeon Cinema, Llandudno, Wales, UK, Europe, supported by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, The Lana Sisters, The Sons Of The Piltdown Men, Gary And Lee and Tommy Wallis And Beryl. Compere is comedian Billy Baxter.
The Isley Brothers, produced by Bert Berns, record She's The One, for United Artists Records at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, USA.
Russ Sainty and The Nu-Notes play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Crescendos featuring Joe E Martin.
Sammy Davis Jr records Spoken For, And This Is My Beloved and other tracks, for Reprise Records in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Ramblin' Jack Elliot plays at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jetblacks (former backing group for Jet Harris) play at The Cavern, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. Their bass player, John Paul Jones, will go on to be a founder member of Led Zeppelin. Their guitarist John McLaughlin will go on to form The Mahavisnu Orchestra.
Ella Fitzgerald plays at Red Rocks, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos play in Amarillo, Texas, USA.
Lynn Easton tells his colleagues in The Kingsmen that he owns the band's name (his parents have arranged their recording contract in that way) and he is now to be their vocalist. Jack Ely, who sang on their hit version of Louie Louie, quits the band.
The Rolling Stones play at The Winter Gardens, Banbury, England, UK, Europe
Phyllis Diller is playing during a week of shows at The Manor Hotel, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Neil Christian And The Crusaders play at The Plaza, Oldhill, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells play in Trenton, New Jersey, USA.
Al Rogers And His Rocky Mountain Boys play in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Cliff Richard releases a new single, It's All In the Game, on Columbia/EMI Records in the UK.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play the second of two nights at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA.
Muddy Waters releases a new single, Twenty Four Hours, on Chess Records in the USA.
Japanese singing star Kyu Sakamoto returns to Tokyo at the end of a three-day promotional visit to the USA in the wake of his major hit single Sukiyaki.
The Jetblacks (formerly the backing band for Jet Harris) play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. Their bass player, John Paul Jones, will go on to be a founder member of Led Zeppelin. Their guitarist John McLaughlin will go on to found The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
The Beach Boys play at the Mountain Top Ballroom, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, with Marcy Jo and Eddie Rambeau.
Keith Powell And The Valets record The Answer Is No for Columbia Records, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with producer Bob Barratt.
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The Ahmad Jamal Trio with Carmen McRae, and the Herbie Mann Sextet play the first of two nights at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.