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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.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Viscounts, Vince Eager, The Echoes, Mark Eden, Danny Storm and Buddy Britten play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK. The show is promoted by notorious rock'n'roll entrepreneur Don Arden.
Lonnie Donegan plays at The Palace, Manchester, UK.
Jo Ann Campbell records I Wish It Would Rain All Summer at Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th Street, New York City, USA.
US rock'n'roll pioneer Narvel Felts marries Loretta Stanfield in Steele, Missouri, USA.
Jackie Wilson plays the twelfth night in a two-week season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA. Tonight's show is recorded, and will be released as a live album.
Soldier Boy by The Shirelles reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Robert Reynolds, bassist of The Mavericks, is born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
New Orleans vocalist-songwriter Chris Kenner records his original version of the much-covered Land Of 1000 Dances. The track is listed as having been co-written with Fats Domino but Domino had nothing to do with it and only received his credit in return for recording a version of the song.
Lonnie Donegan plays at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK.
Neil Sedaka plays the fifth of seven nights at The Forty Thieves Lounge, Bermuda, North Atlantic.
Frank Sinatra records Witchcraft, How Little We Know, I've Got You Under My Skin and other tracks, in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
Roy Acuff records Wabash Cannon Ball, The Lonely Mound Of Clay, Pins And Needles, Fire Ball Mail, The Great Speckle Bird, The Wreck On The Highway and other tracks at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Mason Williams releases an EP, Away All Boats, in the USA.
New Orleans vocalist-songwriter Chris Kenner records his original version of the much-covered Land Of 1000 Dances. The track is listed as having been co-written with Fats Domino but, in fact, Domino had nothing to do with it and only received his credit in return for recording a version of the song.
Soldier Boy by The Shirelles reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Joey Dee And The Starliters record backing tracks for What Kind Of Love Is This, for Roulette Records.
Freddie Hart records Ugly Duckling, Ask A Foolish Question, Stand Up and Mary Anne at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Guitarist, composer and arranger Mason Williams releases an EP, Away All Boats, in the USA.
Robert Reynolds is born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He will become a founding member and bass player of internationally successful country band The Mavericks.
Joey Dee And The Starliters record backing tracks for What Kind Of Love Is This, for Roulette Records in the USA.
The cowboy movie Sergeants 3, produced by and starring Frank Sinatra, with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., is released to cinemas in Sweden, Europe.
Rock'n'roll pioneer Narvel Felts marries Loretta Stanfield in the USA.
Jackie Wilson plays the twelfth night in a two-week season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA. Tonight's show isrecorded, and will be released as a live album.
Neil Sedaka plays the fifth of seven nights at The Forty Thieves Lounge, Bermuda.