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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.
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.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Popular vocalist Tommy Leonetti is playing during a two-week engagement at The Red Lion Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra are playing during a six-night engagement at New Fack's Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
Anita O'Day is playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Dean Martin is playing during three weeks at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Leroy Van Dyke, Slim Wilson, Bill Ring and Carl Smith are playing at The Farm Progress Days event in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA.
James Ray releases a new single, If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, on Caprice Records in the USA.
Ray Price And His Cherokee Indians play a live show in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
Shane Fenton And The Fentones release a new single, I'm A Moody Guy on Parlophone Records in the UK. Fenton will find greater fame after a name-change to Alvin Stardust in the mid-1970s.
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra records Emancipation Blues and other tracks for the Prestige Records album Afro-American Sketches, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Jackie Wilson releases a new single, My Heart Belongs To Only You/The Way I Am, on Brunswick Records in the USA.
Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys play the second of two days at The Wilson Fair, North Carolina, USA. Johnny Cash, Rose Maddox, Merle Travis, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western play at The Civic Theater, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the second night in a week of dates at Birdland, New York City, USA.Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis co-headline a show at Rocklyn Palace, New York, USA, supported by Ruth Brown, The Coasters, The Vibrations and Chris Kenner.
Jimmy Elledge releases a new single, Funny How Time Slips Away on RCA Victor Records in the USA. The song is composed by Willie Nelson.
New York Times music critic Robert Shelton raves over Bob Dylan's recent gig at Gerdes Folk City, in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, describing him as "a cross between a choirboy and a beatnik" who was "bursting at the seams with talent".
James Brown plays the fourth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Ben E. King, The Spinners and Lee Dorsey.
The Dukes, The Strangers and The Sapphires play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Lenny Bruce, comedian and recording artist, is busted for possession of narcotics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Dorothy Squires plays the fifth night of a season at the Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Isley Brothers release a new single, A Fool For You/Just One More Time, on Atlantic Records in the USA.
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet plays the first of two nights in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.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.