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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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Little Walter plays at The Concorde Club, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK, with The Soul Agents.
Bawdy US blues vocalist/guitarist Bo Carter dies aged 72, of a cerebral haemorrhage in at Shelby County Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. His 1920s and 30s recording successes included Please Warm My Weiner, Ramrod Daddy, Banana In Your Fruit Basket and My Pencil Don't Write.
The Beach Boys release a new EP, Four By The Beach Boys, in the USA on Capitol Records.
The Geordie Beat Show, a package tour featuring Manfred Mann, The Merseybeats, Joe Cocker and The McKinleys, plays at King George's Hall, Blackburn, UK.
The Who have an audition at Studio 2, EMI Records, Abbey Road, London, UK.
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Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Peter And Gordon release a new single, I Don't Want To See You Again, in the USA on Capitol Records. The song is written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
The Animals, Lulu and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers appear on BBC-2 tv show The Beat Room in London, UK.
Keith Relf, singer of The Yardbirds, who has been hospitalised in London, UK, suffering from a collapsed lung, returns to the band. While Relf was in hospital, Mick O'Neil stood in for him.
Jazz organist Shirley Scott records Time After Time, The Feeling Of Jazz, Sent For You Yesterday, The Lamp Is Low and Everybody Loves A Lover for Impulse! Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The tracks will appear on the album Everybody Loves A Lover.
Lonnie Mack plays the last night of a week in The Roof Garden of the Illinois Building at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, The Nashville Teens and The Yardbirds (featuring Eric Clapton on guitar) plays in The Granada, Maidstone, UK.
Dionne Warwick pre-records an appearance for UK radio show Saturday Club, in London, UK.
Having completed a tour of the USA, The Beatles fly home to London, UK.
Elvis Presley is given an honorary appointment as a 'Special Deputy Sheriff' of Shelby County, Tennessee, USA.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas record their version of When You Walk In The Room at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, with producer George Martin. The song is written by Jackie De Shannon, and will provide a major hit for The Searchers.
Davie Jones and The Manish Boys play at The Invicta Ballroom, Chatham, UK. Davie Jones will find greater fame after a name change to David Bowie.