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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.
A tv special, The Divine Dionne Warwick, is transmitted in the UK.
The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Everly Brothers and The Kinks are all featured on the first show of Shindig's second series on tv in the USA.
Eddy Mitchell records Aux Yeux De Ton Amour, J'avoue, Je N'ai Qu'un Coeur, Rien Qu'un Seul Mot and Tu Ferais Mieux de L'oublier, for his LP Perspective 66, for Barclay Records in France, Europe.
Randy And The Radiants record My Way Of Thinking, Truth From My Eyes, You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover and She Belongs To Me at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Earl Bostic is playing at Aku Aku, The Town House Motel, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Dusty Springfield enters the UK singles chart with Some Of Your Lovin', which will peak at No8.
The Spencer Davis Group play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Bo Street Runners.
The Fantabulous Strings (an orchestra produced by Sonny Lester) record the LP Those Fantabulous Strings Play Sonny And Cher Hits for MGM Records in New York City, USA.
In the afternoon, The Hollies, Manfred Mann, The Small Faces and The Silkie record appearances for UK tv show Top Of The Pops, in London, England, UK, to be broadcast that evening.
Elvis Presley is filming his next movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frank Sinatra, Joey Heatherton and Diahann Carroll are the guests on tonight's edition of tv programme The Dean Martin Show, recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sonny And Cher record But You're Mine and Hello for Atco Records at Gold Star Recording Studios, Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wilson Pickett records It's All Over and Danger Zone for Atlantic records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Pickett's backing musicians on the session are Wayne Jackson, Gene "Bowlegs" Miller (trumpets), Andrew Love (tenor sax), Floyd Newman (baritone sax), Isaac Hayes (piano) Steve Cropper (guitar), Donald "Duck" Dunn (electric bass) and Al Jackson (drums)
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Ketty Lester performing Love Letters and Donovan performing Colours.
The Stormsville Shakers play at The Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rising English pop star David Jones changes his name to David Bowie, allegedly to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.
The Beach Boys record Alley Oop and Devoted To You at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their Capitol Records LP Beach Boys Party.
Duke Ellington premieres his composition A Concert Of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Byrds record Set You Free This Time, for their second Columbia Records album, Turn! Turn! Turn!, at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dizzy Gillespie And His Quintet come to the end of a season in The Penthouse at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with singer Millicent Brown and Johnny Janis.
The Young Rascals begin recording their debut LP, The Young Rascals, for Atlantic Records in the USA.
Manfred Mann enter the UK singles chart with their cover version of the Bob Dylan composition If You Gotta Go, Go Now, in the UK. It will peak at No2 during a 12-week run on the chart.
The Freddie Roach Quartet records Bread And Butter, Hi Heel Sneakers, King Of The Road and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. None of the tracks are released.
The Moody Blues play at The Rank Ballroom, Newcastle, England, UK.
Jefferson Airplane and JC Burris play the first of four nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
Bob Dylan is rehearsing at Friar's Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with Levon And The Hawks, who will go on to work with him for many years as The Band.
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.