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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 Small Faces play at The Cavern In The Town, off Leicester Square, London, England, UK. Singer Elkie Brooks is in the audience.
Harry Belafonte plays the last of five nights at The Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Nana Mouskouri.
Top session player Billy Strange performs an electric guitar instrumental version of The Rolling Stones' hit Satisfaction on tv show Hollywood A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The record/music related income of Warners-Reprise for the past year is reported to have leaped from $11m to $15m in the USA. The company's net current assets stand at $44m.
The Beach Boys play at The Lagoon Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Prophets.
The Oscar Peterson Trio plays in The Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The Who feature, playing a pre-recorded live session, on BBC Radio show Saturday Club. Later in the day they record tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha Telvision Studios, Birmingham, England, UK, then finish the day off with a show at The Pavilion Ballroom, Buxton, UK.
Jay And The Americans release a new single, Cara Mia, in the USA on United Artists Records. It will peak at No3 in the singles chart.
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Revered soul-jazz organist Jimmy Smith plays at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK.
Elvis Presley continues filming his next movie, Frankie And Johnny, at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joan Baez, Tom Paxton and Donovan attend a demonstration against the Vietnam War in Trafalgar Square, London, England, UK. On the way to the march, Paxton begins writing the song We Didn't Know.
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Ticket To Ride by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
The Rising Sons play at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA. The group includes Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder and Spirit's Ed Cassidy on drums.
The Rolling Stones return to The Academy of Music, New York City, USA, for their second show there in the space of one month.
The Dexter Gordon Quintet records Very Saxily Yours, Shiny Stockings and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Junior Walker And The All Stars, Jimmy Clanton and The Four Freshmen appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Summer Sounds by Robert Goulet, entering at No79.
The Hollies play at The Starlight Room, Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
The Beach Boys take the Billboard Top 40 singles chart No1 slot in the USA for the first of two weeks with Help Me Rhonda. On the same day, their album Today! Peaks at No4.
Bob Dylan achieves his second No1 LP in the UK with Bringing It All Back Home.
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Judy Garland has a disastrous concert engagement in Cincinatti Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, during which the show is cancelled half-way through when her doctor takes the stage and announces that she is too ill to continue because of a virus infection.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the eighth of nine consecutive nights at The Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Catch The Wind by Donovan.
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 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.