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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.
Can't You Hear My Heartbeat by Herman's Hermits peaks at No2 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. The song is written by John Carter and Ken Lewis of UK band the Ivy League.
The John Coltrane Quartet plays at The Half Note, New York City, USA.
No Reply/Rock And Roll Music by The Beatles enters the Top 40 singles chart in Holland, Europe, where it will peak at No1.
The Tamla Motown Revue package tour featuring The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Miracles and Martha And The Vandellas, plus UK band Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames plays at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, UK.
The Rolling Stones play the first of three concerts at the KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Silhouettes by Herman's Hermits.
The Who release their single I Can't Explain in the USA. On the same day, they play at The Rhodes Centre, Bishop's Stortford, UK.
The Yardbirds play at The Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, UK.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is The Last Time by The Rolling Stones, entering at No71.
The Sanctions record Moon Dog, Long Tall Sally, Love Potion Number Nine, Louie Louie and other tracks in Woodland Hills, California, USA. The tracks will not be released, but the group will find greater success after a name-change to The Electric Prunes.
The Moody Blues play two shows in one night. First is at The Ritz, Birmingham, UK, followed by The Plaza, West Bromwich.
Bob Dylan plays at the Civic Auditiorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Little Milton enters the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA with We're Gonna Make It, which will peak at No1.
Tom Paxton plays the second of three nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles consume LSD for the first time in a Bayswater Road, London, UK, flat, causing them to miss a show by Paddy, Klaus and Gibson at the Pickwick Club.
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Still in disgrace after his recent on-stage trouser-splitting scandal, P.J. Proby is ordered off the stage during a show in The Municipal Ballroom, Hereford, UK.
Peaking at No4 in the UK singles chart, Come And Stay With Me is Marianne Faithfull's biggest hit. The song is composed by Jackie De Shannon.
Unit 4+2 play at Cadbury's, Birmingham, UK.
The Supremes reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA for the first of two weeks with Stop! In the Name Of Love. On the same day, they reach No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA for one week only.
The Elvis Presley movie Girl Happy opens at cinemas in Japan, Asia.
Jackie Wilson and Jay And The Americans appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.