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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.Bobby Vinton plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Marine Ballroom on the Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Roy Orbison earns his first Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA entry with Only The Lonely, which will peak at No2.
Roy
Orbison earns his first Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA entry with Only
The Lonely, which will peak at No2.
The Platters play the fifth night in a week of shows at The Lotus Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra record Kinda Dukish and Rockin' In Rhythm at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California,USA, for Columbia Records.
EMI Records moves its London headquarters from Blyth Road to EMI House, 20 Manchester Square, London, UK.
Walking To New Orleans, by Fats Domino enters the Billboard pop singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No6.
EMI Records moves its London headquarters from Blyth Road to EMI House, 20 Manchester Square, London, W1.
Jazz vocalist King Pleasure records the album Golden Days in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Hi FiJazz Records.
The Joe Alexander Quintet records Blue Jubilee, Weird Beard and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
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.