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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.When Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra play at The World's Fair Custom Car Cavalcade, New York City, USA, they attract 8,000 customers at $1.00 a ticket for adults and 50cents for children.
Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) by Solomon Burke enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak
at No33.
Kiss Me
Quick by Elvis
Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will
peak at No34 during a two-week run.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan enters the UK pop albums chart where it will peak a year later at No1.
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Love Me Do by The Beatles reaches No1 in Cashbox magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Big Walter Horton records Easy, Have A Good Time, Mean Mistreater, In The Mood, West Side Blues, Louise, Tin Pan Alley and This Is It [Walter's Boogie] for The Swedish Broadcasting Company at the bar of Sutherland Hotel, 4569 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. At the same session, Paul Butterfield records Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Poor Boy, Got My Mojo Working, Last Night, Loaded and One Room Country Shack.
The Manish Boys, (not yet including David Bowie), play at The Air Base, South Ruislip, UK.
Marvin Gaye performs You're A
Wonderful One on weekly tv pop show American
Bandstand in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chuck Berry (backed by The Nashville Teens) plays at The Bure Country Club, Mudeford, UK, supported by Carl Perkins (also backed by The Nashville Teens) and The Animals, Kingsize Taylor and The Dominoes, and The Swinging Blue Jeans.
Tell Me Why by Bobby
Vinton is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering
at No65.
Heinz And The Wild Ones play at St George's Hall, Hinckley, UK. Guitarist in the band is Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple.
Top surf duo 
The album Shut Down Vol 2 by The Beach Boys peaks at No13 on Billboard magazine's album chart in the USA.Blues guitarist and singer John Wesley Macon, aka Mr. Shortstuff, records I Want To Love, No Special Woman and other tracks for his Spivey Records debut album Introducing Mr. Shortstuff, in New York City, USA. Big Joe Williams is also present at the session and contributes some guitar and vocals.
Simon Matthews, drummer and founder member of Jesus Jones, is born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at Leicester University, Leicester, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant and Tony Marsh.