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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
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.
Teddy Randazzo, Molly Bee, Jo-Ann Campbell and Carding Cruz with his 24-piece orchestra play at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia, during The Christmas Cavalcade Of International Stars.Neil Sedaka, Dion, Bo Diddley, The Drifters, Chubby Checker, Little Anthony, The Skyliners, Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee and Dante And The Evergreens play the fifth of ten days in the Christmas Rock'n'Roll Show at The Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Clay Cole's Christmas Rock'n'Roll Show plays the fifth of ten days at The Brooklyn Paramount, New York City, USA, featuring Neil Sedaka, Dion, Bo Diddley, The Drifters, Chubby Checker, Little Anthony, The Skyliners, Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee and Dante And The Evergreens.
Bing Crosby records singalong tracks at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Warner Brothers Records.
Big Maybelle plays the second of six nights at Pep's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the thirteenth night of a six-week season at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Blue Mitchell records The Nearness Of You, Strollin' and other tracks for Riverside Records in New York City, USA.
Martin Glover is born in Africa. He will find success as Youth, bass player for Killing Joke and Brilliant, before going on to make a name for himself as a top record producer.
Bob Miller And His Millermen, well known for their BBC radio session work, play at The Victory Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
The Ray Bryant Sextet record Fast Twist, Sack O'Woe and Walk No More, in New York City, USA, for their Columbia Records album Dancing The Big Twist.
Ray Charles records One Mint Julep at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. The track is arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones.
James Brown starts a week of dates at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs plus Larry Williams.
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, later to become The Bee Gees, continue with two weeks of appearances in a pantomime, Jack And The Beanstalk, at The Rialto Theatre, Sydney, Australia.
Smokey Robinson And
The Miracles perform Motown's
first million seller, Shop Around, on tv
show American
Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Connie Francis plays the twenty-seventh night of a four-week season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.