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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.The front page of UK pop weekly Melody Maker reports that at least 25 top American performers will be visiting the UK in the coming weeks, including Johnny Mathis, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Jim Reeves, Bobby Rydell, Vic Damone and Freddy Cannon.
Jazz composer, lyricist and music publisher Maceo Pinkard dies
in New York City, USA. His most famous composition is perhaps the standard Sweet Georgia
Brown.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the seventeenth night of a three-week season at The El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the seventeenth night of a three-week season at the El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Claudine Clark enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Party Lights, which will peak at No5 during a ten-week run
on the chart. It will be her only hit single.
The Top Ten Singles on Radio C-FUN DIAL 1410, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for the week starting on this date are as follows : 1. Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
2. Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
3. Bobby Darin - Things
4. Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love)
5. Babs Tino - Too Late To Worry
6. Del Shannon - Cry Myself To Sleep
7. Mike Sarne - Come Outside
8. Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park
9. John D. Loudermilk - Callin' Doctor Casey
10. Babs Tino - Forgive Me
The original Broadway cast soundtrack album of I Can Get It For You Wholesale, featuring four songs sung by up-and-coming young vocalist Barbra Streisand, enters the Billboard Albums Chart in the USA.
Karen Lynn Greening is born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. She will find success as rock and jazz vocalist Lee Aaron.