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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.
Buddy Bair And His Orchestra with vocalist Elaine Powell are playing during a three-week booking at The Skyway, Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Atlantic Cara van Of Stars is playing during a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, featuring Ben E. King, The Drifters, The Coasters, Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas, Otis Redding, The Falcons and King Curtis.
Freddie And The Dreamers, Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The Searchers, Dave Berry And The Cruisers and Susan Singer play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
The Top Ten Singles on Radio Station 4BCT in Brisbane, Australia, Oceania, on this date are as follows :

1. DANCE ON - KATHY KIRBY

2. Washington Square - The Village Stompers

3. Maria Elena - Los Indios Tabajaras

4. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs

5. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison

6. Hangin' Five - The Delltones

7. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

8. Flipped Over You - Paul And Paula

9. It's All In The Game - Cliff Richard

10. She Loves You - The Beatles

The Detours play at St. Mary's Hall, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after evolving to become The Who.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders play at The Odeon, Romford, England, UK, Europe.
While recording an appearance on ABC-tv tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars in Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, The Rolling Stones meet Gene Pitney for the first time, and a long-lasting friendship is forged. During the meeting, The Rolling StonesMick Jagger and Keith Richards present Pitney with one of their first songwriting efforts, My Only Girl. Retitled That Girl Belongs To Yesterday, it will become a modest hit for Pitney on both sides of the Atlantic, making it the first Jagger-Richards composition to reach the Billboard charts in the USA.
Billy Fury plays at The Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Liza Minnelli and The Dillards are musical guests on The Judy Garland Show on CBS-tv in the USA.
The low-budget horror movie Black Sabbath, starring Boris Karloff, is released in Italy, Europe. Six years later it will be adopted as the name for a pioneering heavy metal band.
The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing a lunchtime session at Agogo's Club, 1 North Parade, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
The Beatles play at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vernons Girls, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, and others. Backstage at Coventry The Beatles amused themselves by playing with a Scalextrix car racing set and, according to some reports, they also met up with actress Julie Christie.
Johnny Burnette plays at The Princess, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, with The Rebounds.
Cliff Richard records Constantly, I Only Came To Say Goodbye and I Only Know I Love You, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Young records Let Me Ride Your Mule, Bad Blood and My Baby Walked Out In 1954, for Testament Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play their regular Sunday night residency at The Crawdaddy, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK, Europe
The Goldebriars, an aspiring pop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, arrives in New York City, USA, and checks in at The Victoria Hotel on 51st Street and 7th Avenue. They are in New York to undertake their first recording session, at Columbia Studios on 30th Street. The group includes Curt Boettcher who will go on to enjoy a solo career as an artist and producer.
The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, featuring a line-up consisting of Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Ronettes, Little Eva, The Dovells, Myron Lee And The Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, The Jaynettes, The Thymes and Paul And Paula, plays in The Gym, Northside High School, Elkhart, Indiana, USA.
Jimmy Justice, The Shirelles, Duane Eddy, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof Raisers play at The Odeon, Southend, England, UK, Europe. Little Richard had been advertised as the headliner for this show but he had injured his ankle and was obliged to leave the tour.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays the second of two nights at The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. On these two dates the artists play four shows per day.
A new radio station, KWUN, with an MOR music format, begins broadcasting in Concord, California, USA.
Guitarist Roy Clark, with producer Ken Nelson, records Wildwood Twist, Talk About A Party and As Long As I'm Movin' in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Billy Strange [gtr], Churly Chalker [steel gtr], Howard Roberts [bass gtr], Mark Tully [bass], Marty Alfred [drums], Frank Maio and Glenn Blair [saxes].
The headmaster of Clark's Grammar School, Guildford, England, UK, Europe, rules that boys with Beatles-styled haircuts will be sent home.
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Husband and wife duo Nancy Sinatra and Tommy Sands duet on the songs Hey Good Lookin' and Old Straw Hat on tv's Ed Sullivan Show, recorded in New York City, USA.