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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 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 Association are playing during two weeks at The Ice House, Glendale, California, USA.
The Sons Of Adam play during a six-night booking at Gazzarri's, 319 North La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Final additional recordings are added to The Velvelettes song A Bird In The Hand (Is Worth Two In The Bush) in Hitsville Studio A, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The song is composed by Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland.
Gene Pitney's British tour, along with Peter And Gordon, Lulu and The Rockin' Berries, plays at The ABC, Carlisle, England, UK, Europe.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features The Leaves performing Hey Joe plus Bobby Rydell.
The Booker Ervin-Dexter Gordon Quintet plays in Munich, Germany, Europe. Their performance is recorded and will be released as the LP Setting The Pace on Prestige Records.
Edythe Wright, who found fame as a vocalist with The Tommy Dorsey Band from 1935 to 1939, dies aged 51 of pancreatic cancer at Point Pleasant Hospital, New Jersey, USA.
The Rolling Stones arrive in New York City, USA, to begin a tour, and book in at The Warwick Hotel.
Singer-songwriter Peter La Farge, who wrote many Native Indian protest songs, and was much admired by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, kills himself (or perhaps dies of a stroke) in New York City, USA. His body will not be found for two days.
Nino Tempo With The Eddie Cano Quartet records Call Your D, Hip Street, My Resolution, Don't Think Twice (composed by Bob Dylan), His Groove, King Kong, For Whome The Bell Tolls and Reza, for Atco Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A new offshore pirate radio station, Radio Essex, begins test transmissions from Knock John Tower in the Thames Estuary, England, UK, Europe.
Eddy Arnold records The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me, written by Roger Miller, at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Riot Squad play at Stone Cross Hall, Harlow Market Square, Harlow, Essex, England, UK, Europe.
A new young folk singer, Sandy Denny, plays at The Leduce Contemporary Folk Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers play at The ABC Cinema, Chesterfield, England, UK, Europe, in the Brian Epstein-promoted Star Scene 65 tour, supported by Liverpool hitmakers Cilla Black and Billy J. Kramer. A party is held afterwards at a Chesterfield hotel, but Phil Everly attends for just ten minutes because he had caught a cold.
A single-sided 45rpm 7-inch acetate of This Bird Has Flown by The Beatles is cut at Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, by Vic Gann. The song will be released as Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), on the album Rubber Soul.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at Le Disque A Go-Go Club, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Great Society record Where at Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. The group includes vocalist and songwriter Grace Slick, later to join Jefferson Airplane.
The Kinks spend the fifth of eight days recording tracks for their album The Kink Kontroversy in Pye Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Spencer Davis Group, The Alan Price Set and The Dedicated Men's Jug Band play at The Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Sonny's Group, led by Sonny Bono of Sonny And Cher, records The Revolution Kind and Georgia And John Quetzal for Atco Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin records his album The Trance for Prestige Records in Munich, Germany, Europe. Other musicians involved in recording the LP are Jaki Byard (piano), Reggie Workman (bass) and Alan Dawson (drums).
William Joseph Mullins is born in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He will find success as multiple award-winning bluegrass and gospel banjo player and singer, Joe Mullins.
Edwin Colón Zayas, who will become a virtuoso cuatro player is born in Orocovis, in the unincorporated US territory of Puerto Rico, Caribbean. 
Peggy Lee records Big Spender at Capitol Tower, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Lee is the first artist to record the song.
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.