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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.
Sonny Rollins comes to the end of a two-week season at Birdland, New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Crawdaddy, Richmond-On-Thames, UK.
In London, UK, Paul McCartney of The Beatles collects five Ivor Novello Awards on behalf of the group, during a luncheon at The Savoy Hotel on The Strand. That evening, The Beatles, Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, and Sounds Incorporated UK tour plays at The Hippodrome, Brighton.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at The Town Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Petula Clark releases a new single, Downtown, on Pye Records in the UK.
The Mark Four play at Wolsey Hall, Cheshunt, UK.
The Shadows' movie short feature Rhythm'n'Greens opens on the ABC cinema circuit in the UK.
Heinz And The Wild Ones, including guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple, play as part of a pckage tour at The Regal, Boston, UK. The tour also features The Hollies, The Dixie Cups, Jess Conrad, The Tornados and Wayne Gibson.
Nicholas Bernard Thorpe of British 80's pop sensations Curiousity Killed The Cat is born in London, UK.
Peter And Gordon, Adam Faith, Matt Monro, Diana Dors and others play in a charity show at The Odeon, Lewisham, London, UK.
The Animals, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens and Tommy Tucker play at the City Hall, Newcastle, UK.
Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, John Henry Barbee, Hammie Nixon, Sugar Pie De Santo and Clifton James play for the second time this month in the Third American Negro Blues Festival at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
R'n'B and gospel vocalist Joe Henderson dies aged 27, of a heart attack. He is found in his apartment by his friend, soul singer Arthur Alexander.
Young poet Leonard Cohen takes part in a poetry reading tour with Irving Layton, Earle Birney, and Phyllis Gotlieb at North York Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.