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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.
This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis And The Playboys enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. The song is written by Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at River Heights Community Club, Winnipeg, Canada.
The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Honeycombs and Tony Sheveton play the second of two nights at The Royal Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
A disagreement breaks out between Motown and EMI Records when The Fourmost's cover version of The Four Tops' Baby I Need Your Loving reaches No24 in the UK singles chart. The single apparently breaches an agreement that EMI, as Motown's British distributor, would not release cover versions of Motown hits in the UK.
Phil Spector oversees recording of a backing track for the song I Can't Make It Alone at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The track, intended for the Righteous Brothers, is never used.
Downtown by Petula Clark becomes the first No1 single of the year on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA and also on the Cash Box magazine chart.
Millie, Jess Conrad, Jimmy Wheeler and Des Lane play in the Christmas Pantomime at The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
The Rolling Stones play the second of two nights at Manufacturer's Auditorium, Agricultural Hall, Sydney, Australia.
Susan Barrett, Vic Dana, Jerry Fuller, Dobie Gray, Jackie And Gayle, Little Anthony And The Imperials, and The Walker Brothers appear on the first edition of tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Bye Bye Baby by The Four Seasons, entering at No59.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.