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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.Connie Francis plays the fourteenth night of four weeks at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Opening day of the trial of America's most influential deejay, Alan Freed, indicted by the Manhattan Grand Jury on charges of accepting $30,650 in payola.
Dion releases Lonely Teenager, his first single without backing group The Belmonts, in the USA on Laurie Records.
Jazz saxophonist Walter Benton records Out Of This World, Blues Mood and other tracks for Jazzland Records in New York City, USA.
Sam Cooke plays the fourth of seven nights at The Town Hill Club, Brooklyn, New York.
The Biggest Show Of Stars Of '60, featuring Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Hank Ballard, Duane Eddy, The Olympics, Dion, Marv Johnson and The Bobbettes,plays at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada.
North To Alaska by Johnny Horton enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No4.
The trial of America's most influential deejay, Alan Freed, indicted by the Manhattan Grand Jury on charges of accepting $30,650 in payola, opens.
I Want To Be Wanted by Brenda Lee enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
Aretha Franklin releases a new single, Today I Sing The Blues, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Elvis Presley complains to his manager Col Tom Parker that the sound on test pressings of his next single, Are You Lonesome Tonight, is unacceptable.
Aspiring rock guitarist Jeff Beck enrols in a two year Fine Art course at Wimbledon School of Art, in the UK.
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.