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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.
Dusty Springfield bowls the first ball in a fund-raising game of cricket at Eaton Road cricket ground, Hove, UK. Other celebrities taking part include Frankie Vaughan, Tommy Steele and Jess Conrad.
Della Reese is playing during a three-week engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Steve Lawrence plays at The Concord Hotel, Catskill, New York State, USA.
Billy Storm releases I Never Want To Dream Again, as the first release on Loma Records in the USA.
The Soul Agents play at The Dungeon Club, 6 Stamford Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
George Hamilton IV plays in Greenville, Ohio, USA.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated play at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK.
Vaughn Meader, and folk group The Au Go Go Singers (featuring two future Buffalo Springfield members, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay), play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Squires, including singer-guitarist Neil Young, play at The Fourth Dimension, Winnipeg, Canada.
Johnny Cash, The Statler Brothers, June Carter, Don Reno, Red Smiley And The Tennessee Cut-Ups play in the WCMS Radio Ranch show at The Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Jazz piano virtuoso Bill Evans plays in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Sarah Vaughan, with Quincy Jones as producer, records Mr. Lucky and The Boy From Ipanema for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. Support is by The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, who then go on to an all-nighter at Ken Colyer's Studio 51, Soho, London.
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John Fahey spends the second of three days recording his album The Dance of Death And Other Plantation Favorites for Takoma Records in Adelphi Studios, Adelphi, Maryland, USA.
John Bechdel is born. He will find success as a pianist, working with bands including Ministry, Fear Factory, Abstinence, Prong and Killing Joke.
Dusty Springfield heads the bill at The Hippodrome, Brighton, UK. Supporting acts include Eden Kane, Val McCullam, The Interns and The High Numbers (aka The Who).
The Beatles hold a press conference at The Cinnamon Cinder, Los Angeles, California, USA.
When The Beatles perform at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, the show is taped, but it is not released as a live album until 1973. Nat King Cole's daughter, Natalie Cole, just fourteen years old, is in the audience.
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