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The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Danny Peppermint And His Jumping Jacks are in residence at The Thunderbird, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Kingston Trio are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Brenda Lee is in Belgium, Europe, promoting her latest album release.
Del Wood is playing live at Havre, Montana, USA.
Don't Fly Away by Jan And Dean enters the Billboard Popular Singles Chart in the USA at No95, but will rise no higher, spending just one week on the chart.
Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
I Know [You Don't Love Me No More] by Barbara George reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA.
Burl Ives records Holding Hands For Joe, Sixteen Fathoms Down, Brooklyn Bridge, Poor Little Jimmie and other tracks at Bradley Film and Recording Studios, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Noteable session players on the tracks include Grady Martin [guitar], Hank Garland [guitar], Harold Bradley [guitar], Floyd Cramer [piano], Bob Moore [bass] and Buddy Harman [drums].
The Two Tones, a folk duo consisting of Candian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and his partner Terry Whelan, record twelve songs live at The Village Corner, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which will be released as the album The Two Tones At The Village Corner, on Chateau Records.
Entering at No73, To A Sleeping Beauty by Jimmy Dean is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
The Shirelles play the last of six nights at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Three, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Carl Perkins, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western play at The Cimasrron Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Guitar instrumental band The Ventures release the album Twist With The Ventures 2 on Dolton Records in the USA.
The musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, closes at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, after a run of 92 performances.
B.B. King, The Drifters, Gene McDaniels, Gladys Knight And The Pips and The Impressions play the fifth night in a week of shows at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Helen Shapiro plays at The Gaumont, Bradford, UK, supported by The Brook Brothers, The Four Jays, The Dale Sisters, Colin Day and The Red Price Band. Compere for the show is comedian Dave Allen.
Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band with Beryl Bryden and The Dolphin Jazz Band) play at Hastings Pier Ballroom, Hastings, England, UK, Europe.
Tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec records See See Rider, Que's Pills and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA for Blue Note Records.
Slide Hampton plays in Birdland, New York City, USA. His set list for the show includes Summertime and Day In Day Out.
The Beatles play at The Cavern, Liverpool, UK.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the hit single Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson.
The Beatles play at The Cavern, Liverpool, UK.
The Offbeats, including Justin Hayward, later to find fame with The Moody Blues, play at Club X, Walcot Common Room, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Entering at No73, To A Sleeping Beauty by Jimmy Dean is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
My Friend The Sea by Petula Clark enters the Australian popular singles chart, where it will peak at No44 during a seventeen-week run of the chart.
The Willis Brothers are playing in Petersburg, Virginia, USA.