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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Warren Smith play in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Dinah Washington plays the fourth night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
Handy Man by Jimmy Jones enters the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA. It will peak at No2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Cover versions of the song will provide further hits for Del Shannon (No22 in 1964) and James Taylor (No4 in 1977).
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Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott record The Very Thought Of You, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play at the Guildhall, Southampton, UK.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at Olympia Stadium, Michigan, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet records Zen Is When, for Columbia Records in New York City.
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.