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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.
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.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Lou Rawls is playing during ten days of shows at The 20 Grand, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Beatles are playing during six nights at The Odeon, Southport, England, UK, Europe. It is thought that on the second-last of these shows (30th), Cilla Black appeared as a support act. Also on the bill are Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Fourmost, The Sons Of The Piltdown Men, Tommy Quickly, Gary And Lee and Tommy Wallis And Beryl. The Beatles are filmed for the BBC-tv documentary The Mersey Sound.
Bobby Darin records If I Had A Hammer, Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Settle Down and Abilene in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Hollies play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith comes to the end of three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eighth night in three-weeks of shows at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan, Mahalia Jackson, Joan Baez, Odetta and other musical celebrities turn out to hear Martin Luther King deliver his 'I have a dream' speech at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., USA. The speech will inspire several songs, including One Vision by Queen.
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Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul And Mary are among the musicians appearing at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, USA. Other musicians in attendance (but not performing) include Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr, Judy Garland and Bobby Darin.
Jerry Lee Lewis undertakes his final recording session for Sun Records at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. During this session he records Carry Me Back To Old Virginia', Invitation To Your Party, I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye and One Minute Past Eternity.
Cilla Black records her first single Love Of The Loved, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with producer George Martin.
Adam Faith plays at Bridlington Spa, Bridlington, England, UK, Europe.
William Zantzinger, the rich and murderous Maryland tobacco farmer castigated in Bob Dylan's song The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, is sentenced in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA, to a mere six months in prison for the killing of Hattie Carroll.
The Rolling Stones play at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, England, UK, Europe
Nina Simone is playing during six nights at The Minor Key, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bobbi Martin records A You're Adorable and A Girl's Prayer at Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers play at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Brenda Lee is appearing during six days as Dorothy in a production of The Wizard Of Oz, in Warren, Ohio, USA.
Jody Miller records Looking At The World Through A Tear, He Walks Like A Man, My Baby's Gone and There's A Time at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.