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Johnny Devlin and The Devils, New Zealand's first major rock'n'roll act, begin a national tour in Wellington.
Songwriter/publisher Wesley Rose is elected as the first Chairman of the recently formed Country Music Association, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Dion And The Belmonts release a new single, Don't Pity Me on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA.
High Class Baby by Cliff Richard with The Drifters enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No7.
UK weekly pop paper the New
Musical Express [NME] reports that Lonnie
Donegan, The Kingston
Trio and Rikki Price all
have newly released versions of Tom
Dooley, leading to a battle for the best placing in the singles
chart.
In their first recording session since ending their partnership with Buddy Holly, The Crickets record Someone Someone at Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico.
The Paramount Pictures musical St. Louis Blues is released to cinemas in Finland, Europe, with a cast featuring such jazz, blues and gospel greats as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Eartha Kit, Pearl Bailey, Mahalia Jackson and Barney Bigard.
The Red Garland Trio records Blues For Ann, Basement Blues and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.