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The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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 musical
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.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
Roy Acuff is undertaking a one-month tour of Spain, Europe, and Morocco, Africa, where he is performing for American troops, sponsored by the United Service Organizations.
Sarah Vaughan is playing during a three-week engagement at the My Fair Lady club in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lambert, Hendricks And Ross are playing during a two-week engagement at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Frankie Vaughan stars during a season in the pantomime Puss In Boots at The Palladium, London, UK.
Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark and J.L.Hancock are killed when their Chevrolet is hit by a tractor-trailer on Highway 341 near Barnesville, Georgia, USA. The incident will inspire local musician Wayne Cochran to compose and record the song Last Kiss. Cochran's version will become a local hit, but a cover by J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers will go to No2 in the Billboard Chart in the USA. Ironically, Wilson will be seriously injured in a car crash later in the year.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the hit single Sun Arise by Rolf Harris. Making use
of traditional instruments, including the didgeridoo, played by
Australian Aborigines, it is widely regarded as an early example of
what later came to be known as World Music.
The
Tornados become the first British rock band to top the Billboard magazine Singles Chart in the USA, with their
instrumental hit Telstar.
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The Rebels re-release their 1960 instrumental single, Wild Weekend, on Swan Records in the USA. It will peak at No8 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart.
The Beatles continue their last residency at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, as support to Johnny And The Hurricanes.
While visiting London, UK, with his manager Albert Grossman, Bob Dylan plays at the Singers' Club in the Pindar Of Wakefield pub.
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Limbo Rock by Chubby Checker reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Guitar instrumental Let's Go by The
Routers peaks at No19 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA. The group is
otherwise memorable only because Scott
Walker, later to find fame with The
Walker Brothers, is said to have been included briefly in their
line-up.