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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.
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.
Liberace is playing at The Chase Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Hank Thompson plays during a three-week engagement at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Gene McDaniels is playing during a ten day residency at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Patti Page is playing during a month of shows at The Pigalle, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Rydell plays at The Glen Casino, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with studio-based filming for the movie Blue Hawaii, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jim Reeves plays a live show in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Eithne Ni Bhraonain is born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Eire, Europe. She will grow up to find fame first as a member of her family band, Clannad, then as solo artist Enya.
Blues vocalist and guitarist Henry Townsend records the album Tired Of Bein' Mistreated in Technisonic Studios, St Louis, Missouri, USA, for Bluesville Records.
The Thelonious Monk Quartet plays at Odd Fellow Palaet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Kitty Wells and Johnny And Jack play a live show in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
Minnie Pearl plays a live show in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
Ben E. King performs Amor on the WFIL-tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Warren Covington and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra play a benefit concert at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, for the WQED-tv Educational Fund.
Jim Reeves plays a live gig in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Jimmy Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] returns to the US Army Recruitment office in Seattle, Washington, USA, and begins the enlistment procedure.
Jazz vocalist Frances Faye plays at The Trade Winds, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dion plays at The International Club, New York City, USA.
George Hamilton IV plays live in Miami, Florida, USA.
The Beatles continue their 92 day residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Grandpa Jones plays a live show in Miami, Florida, USA.
Ray Charles lands at Orly Airport, Paris, France, Europe, where he will play a live show at L'Olympia.
Frankie Avalon plays the third night of a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the seventh night of a twelve-night run at The Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, California, USA. Recordings from these dates will eventually be released as the CD Ella In Hollywood [Live At The Crescendo].
Barbra Streisand plays the ninth night in a month-long engagement at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Jimmy Rogers plays the sixth night of two weeks in The Camellia House Lounge at The D rake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Odetta, billed as 'the most dramatic interpreter of American Folk Music, plays at the Auditorium Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
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.