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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.
Roy Orbison, Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK.
Denny Laine And The Diplomats play the second of two nights at The Carlton Club, Erdington, Birmingham, UK.
Jazz double bass virtuoso and composer Charles Mingus plays in The Town Hall, Wuppertal, Germany, Europe.
Alex Campbell, Steve Benbow, Cliff Aungier and The Strawberry Hill Boys (who will find fame as The Strawbs) play in the Folk At The Fairfield concert at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK.
My Boy Lollipop by sixteen-year-old singer Millie becomes the first bluebeat single to enter the UK Top 10. The song is arranged by Ernest Ranglin, who also plays guitar on the track.
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While touring New England in a navy-blue Ford station wagon driven by his road manager, Victor Maymudes, Bob Dylan plays at Curry Hicks Cage, University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Crawdaddy, Richmond-On-Thames, UK.
Songwriter Sammy Cahn flies from Los Angeles, to New York City, USA, for a meeting with Irvin Feld, manager of Paul Anka, before flying on to Europe to start work with Anka on planning a live show at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, USA.
In the evening, The Beatles attend Roy Orbison's 28th birthday party at The Quo Vadis in London, UK.
Jimmy Stafford, guitarist of San Francisco-based rock band Train, is born in Morris, Illinois, USA.
Sex-bomb actress Jayne Mansfield is signed as a vocalist by Original Sound Recordings of Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Seventh Annual Folk Music Festival, a three-day event, begins at San Francisco State College, San Francisco, California, USA.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK.
Stand-up comedian Woody Allen is signed to make recordings for Colpix Records in the USA.