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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.
Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop plays in Lyon, France, Europe.
The Top Ten records played on WABC Radio in New York City, USA, on this date, are as follows :
1. Do You Want to Know A Secret - The Beatles (Vee-Jay)
2. Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong (Kapp)
3. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (Capitol)
4. Ronnie - The Four Seasons (Philips)
5. Twist And Shout - The Beatles (Vee-Jay)
6. Bits And Pieces - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
7. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Betty Everett (Vee-Jay)
8. My Guy - Mary Wells [Motown]
9. Love Me Do - The Beatles (Tollie/Capitol)
10. Suspicion - Terry Stafford (Crusader)
Slim Whitman records Ramblin' Rose, I Can't Stop Loving You, You're The Reason ans It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' at Sunset Sound Studios, 5652 East Daniels Avenue, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Dizzy Gillespie records Coney Island, Bonnie's Blues and other tracks at Nola Recording Studios, New York City, USA.
Guitar instrumental band The Spotnicks play Lovesick Blues live on the radio show Combo in Leiden, Holland, Europe.
RCA Victor opens a new recording studio complex at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA. Until the start of April, they had previously been based in the 'Music Center Of The World' West Coast recording complex at 1510 North Vine Street.
On its first night, BBC 2 television in the UK broadcasts Duke Ellington In Concert, a show by Duke Ellington, recorded at the BBC Television Theatre earlier in the year.
The Soul Agents play in Windsor, Berkshire, UK.
Jazz vocalist and recording artist Tony Sheridan And The Beatles release a single, My Bonnie / When The Saints Go Marching In, on Polydor Records in Japan, Asia.
Jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett and vibraphonist Red Norvo are the musical guests on the Mike Douglas Show on tv in the USA.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Star, Croydon, UK.
Ray Charles plays at The Assembly Center Arena, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Denny Laine And The Diplomats play at Tyburn House, Erdington, Birmingham, UK.
RCA Records opens its second Music Center Of The World Studio at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA. Artists including The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Harry Nilsson and Herman's Hermits will record here and the studio will remain operation until the mid-1970s.
Songwriter Sammy Cahn is telephoned by Irvin Feld, manager of Paul Anka. Feld tells Cahn that Anka in Berlin, Germany, Europe, waiting to start work with Cahn on planning a live show at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, USA.
Petula Clark declares in UK music weekly Melody Maker that 'Cliff Richard is a name more universally powerful than The Beatles. The French don't like The Beatles, as so many people here believe. And in Rumania, they're hardly known.'
The first edition of a new BBC 2 television series, Jazz 625, is broadcast in the UK. Hosted by musician Steve Race, it will become the BBC's flagship show for jazz.
The song You May Be Holding My Baby by Bert Russell and Paul Colby is registered for copyright. It will be recorded by Lou Christie on the album Lou Christie Strikes Back.