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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a summer season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Popular singer Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
Peggy Lee is playing during three weeks of shows at The Pigalle Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Liberace is playing at Harrah's Club, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Anita Bryant plays during a week of shows at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, USA.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Frances Faye is playing during a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pat Boone plays during nine nights at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia.
Aretha Franklin plays the seventh night in a three week season at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Brook Benton plays the sixteenth night in a month of gigs at Robert's Show Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul Anka plays the fourth night of a week at The Glen Casino, Williamsville, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
Bobby Rydell plays the seventeenth night in a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as support to comedian George Burns.
Gene Vincent plays at the Town Hall, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers play the fifth night of a week at The Frolics Club, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Dee Clark, The Shirelles, The Miracles, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Chuck Jackson, Shep And The Limelites and Baby Washington play the last night in a week of shows at The Regal, Chicago Illinois, USA.
The Oscar Peterson Trio plays at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dick Wellstood's Wallerites record Yachtclub Swing, Brush Lightly and Blook's Blues at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Swingville Records.
The Oscar Peterson Trio plays at London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gary U.S. Bonds plays the last night of a week at the The Rainbow Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
The Beatles play a lunchtime show at The Cavern Club, on the same bill as The Big Three. That evening, they play another gig at St John's Hall, Tuebrook, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, where they back vocalist Priscilla White, later to become Cilla Black.
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The Drifters play the last night of a week at The Hurricane Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eleventh of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Eddie Fisher plays the third night of two weeks at Coconut Grove, New York City, USA.
Cupid by Sam Cooke enters the popular singles chart in the UK, where it will peak at No7.
During the trial of country music recording, tv and movie star Spade Cooley at Kern County Court House, Bakersfield, California, USA, for the brutal murder by strangulation, kicking and beating, of his wife Ella Mae, family friend Dorothy Davis testifies that Ella Mae once claimed to have had an affair with singing cowboy Roy Rogers. Later in the day, Cooley's daughter Melody testifies that she watched as her father tortured and killed her mother.
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Singer-songwriter Martin Stephenson is born in County Durham, England, UK, Europe.
The String-a-Longs play the fifth night of a week at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Cathy Carroll performs Jimmy Love on popular tv series American Bandstand in W-Fil Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Roy Orbison records the song Sideshow, for Monument Records in the USA.
Robin Hall and Jimmy McGregor play at The Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by The Alex Sutherland Sextet.
Birmingham, Alabama-based gospel group The Gospel Harmonettes record Joyous Tidings, Jesus Is Real To Me and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.
Country gospel duo Reno And Smiley play the first of two nights at The Hi-Fi Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.