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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.
Benny Carter And His Orchestra, featuring no less than eleven saxophones, spends the first of two days recording tracks for the Vee-Jay Records LP Tickle Toe in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Lalo Schifrin contributes to the musical arrangements.
Sephardic romance singer Ron Jackson is born in Manila, Philippines, Asia. He will find success as a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and instructor after moving to New York City, USA.
Kenny Lynch and The Echoes, Elkie Brooks, Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames, Davie Jones And The King Bees (including David Bowie) and Wayne Gibson And The Dynamic Sounds appear on BBC2 tv show The Beat Room in the UK.
Bluegrass singer Charlie Moore records Ballad Of Christopher Columbus, Guitar Pickin' Truck Driver and other tracks at King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Beatles' movie A Hard Day's Night has its Swedish premiere, suitably sub-titled, in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Norma Jean, with producer Chet Atkins, records Lonesome Number One, One Way Ticket To The Blues and other tracks at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Dukes Of Dixieland play at St. John Terrell's Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA.
Marvin Gaye, The Spinners and Hattie Littles play the fourth of ten nights at The Driftwood Lounge in the The 20 Grand Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
The Cumberland Trio (actually a quartet) continue their summer season at the Hotel Greystone, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.
Ken Kesey's second novel, Sometimes A
Great Notion, is published in the USA by The Viking Press. The
title of the book has been inspired by the line, "Sometimes I take
a great notion, to jump in the river and drown" in the Lead Belly folk-blues song Goodnight, Irene.
Johnny Cash records Mama You've Been On My Mind at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.