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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.
Jazz trumpeter Jonah Jones is playing at The Embers, New York City, USA, during a six-week engagement.
The Oranim Zabar Troupe plays during a four week run at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Dukes Of Dixieland are playing during a two-week engagement at The Empire Room, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Ben Arden And His Orchestra.
Ray Charles, The Raelettes, The Coasters, Joe Adams, Betty Carter, The Jazztet, The Little Angels and Jimmie Scott play during an engagement at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Jo Ann Campbell plays during a three-week booking at The International Room, New York City, USA.
The Flamingos are playing during a lengthy engagement at Robert's Show Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jimmie Rodgers is playing during a nine-day engagement at The Holiday House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Petula Clark plays the first of six nights at The Room At The Top, Hereford, England, UK, Europe.
The Paul Desmond-Jim Hall Quartet records Body And Soul and Out Of Nowhere, in Webster Hall, New York City, USA, for Mosaic Records.
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And Dean appear on popular daily tv show American Bandstand, recorded at WFIL-tv studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Folk singer Bob Grossman opens at Freddie's Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Carl Dobkins Jr is recording material at Faron Young records the Willie Nelson composition Things To Remember for Capitol Records at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with producer Ken Nelson. The players on the track are guitarists Hank Garland, Grady Martin and Harold Bradley; steel guitarist Ben Keith; bassist Bob Moore; drummer Buddy Harman; pianist Marvin Hughes and backing vocalists The Jordanaires.
Noel Stookey (later to become Paul of folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary) reads a New York Herald Tribune newspaper story in The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, about a Father's Day boat cruise up the Hudson River to Bear Mountain. The trip had gone awry due to counterfeit tickets and overcrowding. Stookey shows the story to his young acquaintance Bob Dylan who had arrived in New York from Minnesota the previous winter. Inspired by the story, Dylan returns the next day with Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Disaster Blues, composed in the style of his idol, Woody Guthrie.
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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.