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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.
Freddie Hart records Loving You Again, The Key's In The Mailbox, Pretend, Excuse Me For Living and Loose Talk in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Byrds play two sold-out 45 minute performances at Lesourdsville Park, midway between Hamilton and Middletown, Ohio, USA.
J.J. Johnson And His Orchestra record The Seventh Son, In The Name Of Love and the Chuck Berry composition No Particular Place To Go, for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops peaks at No4 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Tom Rush plays the first of two nights at Club 47, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Ernest Tubb With The Texas Troubadours records Waltz Across Texas for Decca records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet plays at The Melody Top Theater, Hillside, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bob Gibson, Eric Andersen, Alison Knowles and Albert Fine play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles spends £37,000 on a new house, Sunny Heights, in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK.
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TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Sir Douglas Quintet performing She's About a Mover; Jackie and Gayle performing That's How It Goes. The show's regulars, Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo, and Paul Revere And The Raiders, perform from Hawaii, USA.
Bob Dylan records Tombstone Blues for Columbia Records in New York City, USA, with Mike Bloomfield on guitar.
[I Can't Get No] Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Fortunes play the second of two nights at The Dial House, Sheffield, England, UK.
The Hideaways play a lunchtime gig at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
John Carter, Perry Ford and Ken Lewis of The Ivy League are injured in a car crash near Baldock, Hertfordshire, UK.
Hoyt Axton, The Young Folks, Stewart Clay and The Yachtsmen Quartet play in The Disneyland After Dark Hootenanny, Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Dave Clark Five play in the Amaturo Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Brenda Lee records Whispering, Who Can I Turn To, Unforgettable, Stormy Weather and other tracks for her Decca Records LP Too Many Rivers, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
LeRoy Wolfgramm is born in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Oceania. One of nineteen Wolfgramm siblings, he will play guitar in the family's successful gospel/soul/pop group The Jets.
Ray Coniff And The Singers release a new LP, Love Affair, on CBS Records in the USA.
The Beach Boys play in the Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, supported by The Searchers and The Zombies.
The Yardbirds release a new single, Heart Full Of Soul, in the USA, and play at The Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle, UK.
Gordon Lightfoot records his version of the Bob Dylan song Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues for United Artists Records in the USA.
Having completed his O-levels, Simon Nicol and his friend Ashley Hutchings convene to rehearse their Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra at Simon's parents' house, Fairport, in Muswell Hill, London, England, UK. They will eventually become much better known as Fairport Convention.
Manfred Mann record their version of the Bob Dylan song If You Gotta Go, Go Now at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK. Later in the day, they play at The Marquee, Soho, London, where they are supported by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds.
The Beatles release a new single, Help!/I'm Down, in the USA on Capitol Records.
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.