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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.
Awake, the magazine of the Jehovah's Witness religion, publishes an article criticising The Twist dance craze for its immoral influence on young people. Later, articles in Awake will claim that The Twist has its origins in "pagan fertility dances".
Dave 'Baby' Cortez releases a new single, Rinky Dink (aka Rinky-Dink), on Chess Records in the USA.
Marty Robbins releases a new single, Devil Woman, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Connie Francis, Bobby Vee, Ace Cannon, Skeeter Davis, Johnny Tillotson, Roy Orbison, Leroy Van Dyke, Ernie And Petie, Gene Kennedy, Jack Eubanks and The Gene Roy Orchestra play in The State Coliseum, Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
Muddy Waters releases a new single, You Shook Me, on Chess Records in the USA. The guitar part, chord changes and tempo of the track are near identical to Earl Hooker's 1961 track Blue Guitar.
Petula Clark appears on UK tv show All That Jazz.
The Blue-Belles play during a week of shows at the Royal Theater, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The Beatles play two shows, lunchtime and evening, at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
Pernell Roberts, star of the western tv series Bonanza, records In The Pines, Abilene and Early One Morning at RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Newly released singles reviewed in today's edition of UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] include Oh Delilah by Neil Sedaka, When I Get Through With You by Patsy Cline and I'll Never Fall In Love Again by Lonnie Donegan.
Dion plays at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Broadway star and choreographer Cholly Atkins, who will devise the onstage dance movements of every Motown star of the 60s, meets his wife Maye on a blind date in New York, USA.
Newly released singles reviewed in today's edition of UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] include Oh Delilah by Neil Sedaka, When I Get Through With You by Patsy Cline and I'll Never Fall In Love Again by Lonnie Donegan.
Tennessee Ernie Ford records Farther Along, Saved By Grace, How Great Thou Art and other songs at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jesse B. Weaver Jr. is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as a rapper using the stage name of Schoolly D.
Broadway star and choreographer Cholly Atkins, who will devise the stage movements of every Motown star of the 60s, meets his wife Maye on a blind date in New York City, USA.
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The Louvin Brothers record Stuck Up Blues for Capitol Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with Cowboy Copas on guitar.
Jim And Jesse And The Virginia Boys record She Left Me Standing On The Mountain and Stoney Creek, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Epic Records.
Bill Haley And His Comets play at Indiana Beach Ballroom, Monticello, Indiana, USA.
Marvin Gaye records What Do You Want With Him for Tamla Records, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The new No1 single in the UK is Come Outside by Mike Sarne and Wendy Richard.
Frank Ifield releases a new single, I Remember You on Columbia Records in the UK.
Bobby Gillespie, leader of Primal Scream, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Jim And Jesse And The Virginia Boys record She Left Me Standing On The Mountain and Stoney Creek, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Epic Records.
Marvin Gaye records What Do You Want With Him for Tamla Records, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Frankie Avalon plays the second night in a week of shows at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.