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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.
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas complete a summer season at The North Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
The debut album Introducing Herman's Hermits, by Herman's Hermits enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No16.
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David Bowie And The Buzz play the evening show at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK.
The Spencer Davis Group plays at the grand opening of The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. The club was formerly in Brazenose Street, but the new venue is 6 Whitworth Street.
Tone Norum is born in Vardo, Norway, Europe. She will enjoy some success as a pop vocalist.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Flamingo, London, England, UK, Europe, with The Peddlers.
Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie are among the artists playing at The Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California, USA.
The Yardbirds play at the Erie Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Thomas Bramerie is born in Bergerac, France, Europe. He will find success as a jazz bass-player.
Neil Sedaka and The Royalettes appear on tv show New American Bandstand-65 in the USA.
Treat Her Right by Roy Head enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2.
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The Lovin' Spoonful enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Do You Believe In Magic, which will peak at No9.
Elvis Presley is filming his next movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra premiere Ellington's First Sacred Concert in a performance in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA.
Nino Soprano, Carlo Missaglia, Carmen Villani, Equipe 84, Genny, Gloria Christian, Mario Trevi and others playon the third and last day of the Festival della Canzone Napoletana, at Teatro Politeama, Naples, Italy, Europe.
Jefferson Airplane and JC Burris play at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Herbie Mann Octet is playing at London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Just A Little Bit Better by Herman's Hermits. It will peak at No7.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at Cowley New Georgian Club, Uxbridge, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Walker Brothers play at The Memorial Hall, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
Calne-based band The Pack have an afternoon performance at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, along with Jonathan King and Cilla Black. In the evening, they play at Wimbledon Palais with Dusty Springfield, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Jonathan King and Chris Andrews. The band finishes the day by spending the night at Chris Andrews' flat.
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The Gentrys are playing at The Whisky A-GoGo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Micky Finn And The Bluemen play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, supported by Ricky And The Gamblers. Micky Finn And The Bluemen briefly included young guitarist Jimmy Page, later to play with The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. Whether Page played in Salisbury on this gig is debatable.
The Lee Morgan Sextet records Cornbread, Ill Wind, Most Like Lee, Ceora and Our Man Higgins for Blue Note Records at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Steampacket play a gig in Lowestoft, England, UK, Europe. The group includes Long John Baldry and Julie Driscoll - vocals, Rod Stewart - vocals/harmonica, Brian Auger - keyboards, Vic Briggs - guitar, Rick Brown - bass and Micky Waller - drums.
Milt Trenier and Micki Lynn are playing The Scotch Mist, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Hollies fly out of the UK to begin a ten-day tour of the USA.
Count Basie begins a British tour with a show at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK.
Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
The Byrds record It Won't Be Wrong at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Temptations and P.J. Proby appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
John David Dunlop is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He will find success as guitarist, composer, producer and recording engineer Dave Dunlop.
I'm Yours by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No11 during a seven-week run.
The Easybeats play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK.
The Beach Boys play to 3,500 fans in The Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with Tony Troy. According to one reviewer, "there were signs painted on bed sheets hanging all over the hall. They said things like 'Cherry Hill Girls Welcome the Beach Boys' and 'We Wish You Could All Be Philadelphia Boys.'"
Johnny Rivers is playing at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Nancy Wilson, Rolf Harris, Sam Costa and Lucy Bartlett make up the panel on BBC 1 pop music tv show Juke Box Jury in the UK.
The Lonely Ones play at The Cellar Club, Kingston-On-Thames, England, UK.
At the end of a European tour, The Rolling Stones fly back from Austria to London, England, UK.
A new tv show, American Swingaround, premiers on ABC-tv in the USA, featuring "country and western with a big city flavour". Artists in the first show include LeRoy Van Dyke, Stonewall Jackson and Bill Anderson plus "our own curvy Swingaround Girls".
The Wry Catchers play at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
US music trade magazine Record World includes a small item noting that English singer Davy Jones was recently in New York City, promoting his Colpix Records single What Are We Going To Do? It will prove to be a flop but the singer will find huge success as a member of manufactured pop quartet The Monkees.
Jonathan King, Dana Gillespie, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Alan David, Nita Rossi, Ronnie Jones and The Preachers make an afternoon appearance at the Radio London Club in The Marquee, London, England, UK. In the evening, the same line-up plays at The Palais, Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
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.