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Why by Frankie Avalon reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Se'Divine of the World's Famous Supreme Team, is born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Clive And The Cyclones play at The Majestic Ballroom, Milton Street, Swindon,Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz guitar virtuoso Wes Montgomery records Four On Six, West Coast Blues and other tracks, for Riverside Records in Reeves Sound studios, New York City, USA.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet begins recording an album of music from Leonard Bernstein's stage musical West Side Story.
Jazz saxophonist Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and organist Shirley Scott record the album Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis With Shirley Scott, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Jackie Wilson plays the second night in a week of shows at The Fontainebleu in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets release a new single, Chick Safari, on Warner Brothers Records in the USA.
The Biggest Show Of Stars For 1960, featuring Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Sammy Turner, Jimmy Jones, Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker and Jimmy Reed, plays at The Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.Sammy
Masters performs Rockin'
Red Wing on tv pop show American
Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ray Charles plays the fifth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Marv Johnson and Betty Carter.
Carol Burnett has the second of three recording sessions for her Decca Records album Let Me Entertain You.
Connie Francis plays the second night in a two week engagement at Sciolla's Club,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lenny Welch opens at Pep's Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk records the album Introducing Roland Kirk in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Argo Records.
Guy Mitchell records Silver Moon Upon The Golden Sands, My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You and Sunshine Guitar for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Tina Brooks records the album True Blue for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Jackie Wilson, supported by Dion And The Belmonts, Elmore James and The Vibrations, plays the sixth of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Punch Miller And His Jazz Band record Corrine, Casey Jones, Mama Don't Allow It, My Bucket's Got A Hole In It and other tracks for Icon Records in the USA.
Nat King Cole records I Saw Three Ships and A Cradle In Bethlehem, for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
As filming begins on the Hollywood version of the stage musical
West Side
Story, Marni Nixon, Yvonne Othon, Joanne Miya And Suzie Kaye
record I Feel Pretty for Capitol Records in
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bobby Darin plays the second night of a two week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supporting comedian George Burns.
Entering at No66, The Same One by Brook Benton is the highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
The Willis Jackson Quintet, with Brother Jack McDuff on organ, records Blue Gator, Mellow Blues and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Walk, Don't Run by The
Ventures peaks at No2 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA. On the same day, it
reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Jazz pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton records tracks for the album Adventures In Blues, in Capitol Records studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Tennesse Ernie Fordreleases a new single, Little Klinker, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Jazz stars Benny Goodman and Red Norvo, plus singer Howard Keel, are the musical guests on tonight's edition of tv show The Bell Telephone Hour in the USA. Sarah Vaughan records her version of the song Gloomy Sunday, in the USA. The song has acquired a reputation of being linked to many suicides over the years.
Ringo Starr, drummer with Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, deputises for Pete Best when The Beatles back Lou Walters of The Hurricanes during a recording session in Akustik Studio, Hamburg, Germany.
Lightnin' Hopkins records the album Last Night Blues at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Bluesville Records. Sonny Terry plays harmonica on this album.
Dizzy Gillespie spends the second of three days recording the Lalo Schifrin composition Gillespiana, in New York City.
Bobby Darin plays the third night of two weeks at The Latin Casino, Merchantville, New Jersey, USA.
The soundtrack album to the Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues enters the UK Pop Albums Chart where it will peak at No1 during a 55-week stay.
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