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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.
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.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith is playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Barbara Lynn performs (I Cried At) Laura's Wedding on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Al Rogers And His Rocky Mountain Boys play in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
The Shirelles release a new single, What Does A Girl Do, on Scepter Records in the USA.
TV show host Ed Sullivan announces that he has booked top UK pop idol Cliff Richard to appear on his popular variety show in the USA in October.
The Fourmost play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, The Lanas, The Sons Of The Piltdown Men and Gary And Lee play the last of five days of shows at The Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth, Hampshire, UK, Europe
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The Rolling Stones make their first appearance on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go!, and then play at The Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
Lou Rawls opens for the first of ten days at The 20 Grand, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The album Jump-Up-Calypso by Harry Belafonte is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Ray Charles releases a new single, the Harlan Howard composition Bust ed, in the USA on ABC-Paramount Records.
Frankie Avalon plays at The Black Orchid, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas.
During a run of shows at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, Harry Belafonte records a live LP, Belafonte At The Greek Theatre. Backstage, Belafonte is presented with three gold discs for albums which have each achieved over one million sales.
The Beach Boys play at Stardust Gardens, Le Sourdsville Lake Park, Middletown, Ohio, USA, supported by The Rick Z Combo.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play in Nisland, South Dakota, USA, supported by Linda Manning.
Barbra Streisand plays the third night in three-weeks of shows at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beatles release their fourth single, She Loves You, in the UK.
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The Merseybeats release their debut single, It's Love That Really Counts, on Fontana Records in the UK. Written by Burt Bacharach And Hal David, the song was originally released by The Shirelles in 1962.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos play in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers play during a two-week engagement at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Mike Sarne with The Innocents play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Tony Wyell and The Classics and The Fellowmen.
The cover of Life magazine in the USA features Frank Sinatra Sr. and Jr.
Jan And Dean release a new single, Honolulu Lulu, on Liberty Records in the USA.
Banjo player and vocalist Milton Estes dies aged 49 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. A former member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, Estes also wrote the much-recorded classic 20/20 Vision (And Walkin' Round Blind).