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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.
Al Hirt headlines a concert at at Carnegie Hall, new York City, USA, with a band comprising Al Hirt, Jerry Hirt (tb), Pee Wee Spitelera (cl), Fred Crane (p), Jay Cave (b), Jimmy Zitano (d), Bernie Glow, Marky Markowitz, Jimmy Nottingham, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (tp), J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland, Wayne Andre, Alan Raph (tb), Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson, Leon Cohen, Seldon Powell, Sol Schlinger (saxes), Jim Hall (g), George Duvivier (b) and Phil Kraus (perc).
The Rolling Stones play at The YMCA Auditorium, Ottawa, Canada.
Jeff Curtis And The Flames play at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstowe, England, UK.
Dusty Springfield plays at The Plaza, Birmingham, England, UK.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at Arcadia, Bray, Ireland, Europe.
The cast of the Broadway musical Funny Girl throw a birthday party for Barbra Streisand at the Spindletop Restaurant, new York City, USA, at which she is given a white poodle puppy named Sadie.
A British package tour plays at The ABC Cinema, Gloucester, England, UK, featuring Billy Fury, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The Pretty Things, The Zephyrs and Dave Berry.
The Beach Boys play at The Coliseum, Washington DC, USA.
Ticket To Ride by The Beatles enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA at No59.
The Game Of Love by Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. It will hold this position for just one week.
The Beatles undertake location filming for their second movie, Help!, at The City Barge pub, Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick, London, England, UK.
Unit 4+2 play at Banham Pavilion, Norwich, UK.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Help Me, Rhonda by The Beach Boys, entering at No74.
The Gene Pitney Show at The War Memorial, Syracuse, New York State, USA, features Gene Pitney, Bill Black's Combo, The Crystals, Gary Lewis And The Playboys, Bobby Goldsboro, Brian Hyland, Ronnie Cochran, Darin D'ana and Vic Dana.
Edmond Hall and Wild Bill Davison play in The Seventh Annual South Shore Jazz Festival in Milton, Massachusetts, USA.
The Yardbirds play at The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
The Who play at The Lynx Club, Borehamwood, followed by an All-nighter at The Club Noreik, Tottenham, London, England, UK.
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Son House records Two At The Gate in Iowa City, Iowa, USA. The track will be issued by Flyright Records on the compilation John And Old Marster - Negro Folk Tales.
The Times of London reports that the recent issue of shares in The Beatles' publishing company Northern Songs has been the "flop sans pareil" of the year. Having been issued at 7s 9d they are now languishing at 6s 6d.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the last of seven nights at The Fourth Dimension Folk Club, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
Jackie De Shannon, The Olympics and Ian Whitcomb appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ticket To Ride by The Beatles enters the Dutch Top 40 singles chart where it will peak at No1.
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.