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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.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Folksinger Duke Ellington plays during a nineteen day season at The Golden Key Club, 641 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Roy Acuff is playing during a four-week long series of shows in The Mint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Gerry And The Pacemakers are starring in the panto Babes In The Wood at The Gaumont Cinema, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles' Christmas Show is presented during a season at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, featuring The Beatles Cilla Black, Rolf Harris, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, The Barron Knights, The Fourmost and Tommy Quickly.
Glenn Yarbrough, until recently a member of The Limeliters, is playing during four weeks of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Wes Harrison and The Town Criers.
The musical Keely Smith and The Count Basie Orchestra are playing during the holiday period at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
British pop idol Billy Fury is admitted to The London Clinic, London, UK, suffering what the media describes as "a mystery illness."
The first Motown Christmas Show continues in The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, with the last day of a week of four live shows a day featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye and The Supremes.
The Zombies, The Shangri-Las, The Nashville Teens, The Shirelles and others play the seventh of ten days of shows at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
Marianne Faithfull records a second version of Come And Stay With Me at Decca Studio 2, West Hampstead, London, UK. This version will be released as a single. During the same session she also records This Little Bird and In My Time Of Sorrow.
The Sun Ra Arkestra and The Roswell Rudd-John Tchicai Quartet play on the last night of the Four Days In December concert series staged by The Jazz Composers' Guild at Judson Hall, 165 West 57th Street, New York City, USA.
A New Year's Eve gala edition of UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! features Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, Dusty Springfield, Dave Clark Five, Kenny Lynch, The Animals, The Kinks, The Searchers, Sandie Shaw, Freddie And The Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas and Susan Maughan.
On this date there are 758 phonograph machines licenced in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, an increase of 20 over the previous year.Elvis Presley brings in the New Year with a screening of films at The Memphian Theater, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for himself and friends.
Dave Dee and The
Bostons (later to find fame as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich,) play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Stereos and The Skyliners Band.
Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, is interviewed by Pathé News commentator Bob Danvers-Walker at a New Year's Eve party in the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.Jerry Lee Lewis plays the last of seven nights as part of the Christmas Holiday Spectacular Show in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, plus Bill Gavin, Don Kirschner, Lesley Gore, The Four Seasons and Tony Bennett take part in a discussion about popular music trends, the 'English Invasion' and the prominence of groups in contemporary music, on WINS radio in New York City, USA.
BBC-2 tv in the UK transmits a one-off pop special, Beat In The New, featuring live in the studio performances from The Rockin' Berries, P.J. Proby, Graham Bond Organisation, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, The Merseybeats and The Kinks.
Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles attend a New Year's party in the London, UK, flat of EMI record producer Norman Newell.
Another Beatles Christmas Show continues its run at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, starring The Beatles, with support acts including Freddie And The Dreamers, The Yardbirds, Elkie Brooks, Sounds Incorporated , Mike Cotton Sound and Jimmy Savile as compere.
Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, later to form the Grateful Dead, play together for the first time in California, USA.
Bobby Bare records I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow, She Picked A Perfect Day, One Day At A Time, So Soon and Countin' The Hours - Countin' The Days, at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The track is produced by Chet Atkins. Session players include guitarists Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Reed and Velma Smith; drummer Kenney Butterey; harmonica player Charlie McCoy and pianist Hargus Robbins.Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Hollies, Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, The Rustiks, The Remo Four and Danny Williams appear in the sixth night of Gerry's Christmas Cracker at The Odeon, Liverpool, UK.