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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.
The novelisation by Al Hine of The Beatles' film Help! is published by Dell Paperbacks in the USA.
The Hollies play at The Manor House, London, England, UK.
Saul Hudson is born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK. He will find fame as guitarist Slash of Guns N'Roses.
The Steam Packet, featuring Long John Baldry, Brian Auger, Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll, play at The Concorde Club, Southampton, England, UK.
The movie Von Ryan’s Express starring Frank Sinatra oepns at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz organist Shirley Scott records Downtown, Can't Get Over The Bossa Nova, Hanky Panky and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Impulse Records. The tracks will appear on the LP Latin Shadows, arranged and conducted by Gary McFarland.
Jazz saxophonist Yusef Lateef records Ain't Misbehavin, Gymnopedie No1 and other tracks for Impulse Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
TV show Shindig!, in the USA, features live appearances by Gary Lewis And The Playboys, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Gene Pitney, Jody Miller, Sonny And Cher, The Righteous Brothers, The Chiffons, Billy Preston and Bruce Scott.
Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus play at Art D'Lugoff's Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Brenda Lee records If You Don't, That's What I Tell Myself and Ain't Gonna Cry No More with producer Owen Bradley in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Sidney Cox, banjo player with bluegrass group The Cox Family, is born in Homer, Louisiana, USA.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames plays at The Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, UK.
Tennessee Ernie Ford records Little Gray Donkey, What Child Is This and The Virgin's Slumber Song, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Top Ten Singles on KFWB Radio in Los Angeles, California, USA, on this day are as follows :

1. I GOT YOU BABE - Sonny And Cher (Atco)

2. SATISFACTION- Rolling Stones (London)

3. I'M HENRY THE VIII/END OF THE WORLD - Herman's Hermits (MGM)

4. ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO - Cher (Imperial)

5. HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME - Mel Carter (Imperial)

6. HUNG ON YOU/UNCHAINED MELODY - Righteous Brothers (Philles)

7. LIKE A ROLLING STONE - Bob Dylan (Columbia)

8. I CAN'T HELP MYSELF - Four Tops (Motown)

9. IT AIN'T ME BABE - The Turtles (White Whale)

10. I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER - The Byrds (Columbia)

Ella Fitzgerald plays in Ravinia Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Yardbirds begin a one-week tour of Scotland, UK, at The Kinema, Dunfermline.
TV pop show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features Jackie Wilson performing Baby Workout and Danny Boy; Paul Revere And The Raiders performing Seventh Son.
Buck Owens records Here Comes Santa Claus Again, Jingle Bells, Blue Christmas Lights and other tracks, in his second recording session for the album Christmas With Buck Owens And His Buckaroos in Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Marty Robbins records Meet Me Tonight In Laredo and Oh Virginia in Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for his album The Drifter.
Roy Orbison plays two shows in one day, at Donegal and Derry, Ireland, Europe.
Atco Records assigns a master number to the King Curtis recording of Spanish Harlem.
The Classmates and Group Survival play at The Pontiac Club, Zeeta House, Putney, London, England, UK.
The Animals play at The Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London, England, UK.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.