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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.Jackie Wilson, supported by Dion And The Belmonts, Elmore James, and The Vibrations, plays the sixth of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra record Solvejg's Song, Ase's Death and What Am I Here For, in Radio Recorders Studios,Los Angeles for Columbia Records.
Jackie Wilson, supported by Dion And The Belmonts, Elmore James and The Vibrations, plays the sixth of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy movie Bells Are Ringing, starring Dean Martin and Judy Holliday, opens at cinemas in Los Angeles, California, USA.Having completed all his duties on the movie G.I. Blues, Elvis Presley flies from Hollywood, Los Angeles, to St Louis, Missouri, USA.
The master of dark musical satire Tom Lehrer plays at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Evelyn 'Champagne' King, r'n'b and disco vocalist, is born in The Bronx, New York City, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with The Three Sounds, records Strike Up The Band, Where Or When and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Nat Augustin, perhaps best-known as a member of Light Of The World, is born.
New York City-based r'n'b duo Robert And Johnny record I Got You and Baby Girl Of Mine, for Old Town Records.
George Shearing and Nancy Wilson release the album The Swingin's Mutual on Blue Note Records in the 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.