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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 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.
Terry Callier records the album The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier, with producer Samual Charts in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Prestige Records, but it will not be released until 1968.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson plays in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, Europe.
Big Joe Williams begins recording tracks for his album Classic Delta Blues, with producer Pete Welding and engineer Norman Dayron, in CHicago, Illinois, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the second of two nights at the 5th Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-Les-Pins, Cote d'Azur, France, Europe. The show is recorded for Verve Records and tracks will be released on the album Ella At Juan-Les-Pins.
Sammy Davis Jr. opens in the musical Golden Boy at The Shubert Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Nashville Teens and The Searchers are among the artists featured on weekly UK tv show Top OF The Pops.
Marvin Gaye, The Spinners and Hattie Littles play the sixth of ten nights at the Driftwood Lounge in the The 20 Grand Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Eric Dolphy dies in Berlin, Germany, Europe, while in a diabetic coma.
Deejay Tony Blackburn makes his debut on the UK pirate station Radio Caroline, moored off Felixstowe, England.
The Cumberland Trio (actually a quartet) continue their summer season at The Hotel Greystone, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.
The Beach Boys play at The Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the second of two nights at The Wagon Wheels, Peabody, Massachusetts, USA.
The Who play at The Scene Club, Ham Yard, London, UK.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London, UK.
Kitty Wells records Kill Him With Kindness, Heartbreak Waltz (duet with Johnny Wright) and Six Lonely Hours for Decca Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Two days before his death, Jim Reeves makes his last recording, a simple guitar and voice demo of the song I'm A Hit Again, in his private studio at his home in Madison, Tennessee, USA. Four years later, additional instruments will be overdubbed in order to make the song more complete for releease.
The Beatles play the second of two nights at the Johanneshovs Hockey Arena, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.