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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.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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 Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 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.
Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
Connie Francis is playing during a two week engagement at The Latin Casino, Merchantsville, New Jersey, USA.
The Platters are playing during a two-week engagement at The Social Ritz Club, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
The Vandergrift Brothers are playing during a four week long engagement in Rockland, Maine, USA.
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The musical Kwamina is playing at The 54th Street, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just 32 performances.
Timi Yuro, Shep And The Limelites, The Spinners, The Marvelettes, Tommy Hunt, The Stereos and The G-Clefs are playing during seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson records I Need You Now and Let My Love Walk In, for Capitol Records in the USA. Both tracks will appear on her album Wonderful Wanda.
Folk duo Nina And Frederick play at The Empire, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Peggy Lee performs live at a "white tie premiere" in Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
Billboard magazine in the USA reports that Liberty Records' recent deal with EMI Records in the UK will guarantee the Los Angeles-based firm an annual payment of $150,000.
Ricky Nelson records Mad Mad World and Sweet Little Lovable You at Master Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session features James Burton (lead guitar), Joe Osborn (bass), Ray Johnson (piano), Richie Frost (drums) plus Glen Campbell, Jerry Fuller, Dave Burgess (vocal chorus).
The Crystals release Oh Yeah Maybe Baby / There's No Other Like My Baby on Philles Records in the USA. This is the first release on Philles, a joint venture between Phil Spector and Lester Sill.
I Love How You Love Me by all-girl San Francisco-born trio The Paris Sisters peaks at No5 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
Runaround Sue by Dion reaches No1 in the Canadian singles chart.
The musical Irma La Douce opens at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. Having previously been playing at The Plymouth Theatre for over a year, it will now run at The Alvin for a further two months, nothing up a total of 524 Broadway performances.
The McGuire Sisters play at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy Martin, with producer Owen Bradley, records There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me, Little Angels In Heaven, Pretending I Don't Care, leavin' Town and Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler and other tracks in Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features Paul Williams [guitar], Paul Craft [banjo], Junior Huskey [bass] and William Ackerman [drums].