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Buzz Clifford, currently enjoying a hit with the novelty song Baby Sittin' Boogie, plays the second of two nights in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On an extensive nationwide promotional tour in support of his novelty single Baby Sittin' Boogie, Buzz Clifford visits deejays and other music business contacts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, announces that Elvis will play a fund-raising concert in Honolulu, Hawaii, to create a memorial to the USS Arizona, which was sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbour.
The Kingston Trio record Adieu To My Island, Senora and (You're Gonna Miss Me) Frankie And Johnny for Capitol Records.
Jazz guitarist Bobby Broom is born in New York City, USA. He will play with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and many others before forming his own trio.
The Stan Getz Quartet plays the third of twelve nights at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Coasters, Ike And
Tina Turner, The Capris and
Chuck
Jackson play the last of seven nights at the The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Roy Hamilton, Etta James, The Vibrations, Arthur Prysock, The Chimes, The Shells and James Booker play the first of seven nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bill Bailey's Calypso Band, The Cha Cha Calypso Band and The Druids Jazz Band play at Liverpool Jazz Society in The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Hit-making organist Dave 'Baby' Cortez plays at The Erie Social Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gerry And the Pacemakers play a lunchtime session at The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Blue Moon by The Marcels entering at No49.
Frank Sinatra's newly-established Reprise Records issues its first release, a compilation LP of Sinatra singles, entitled All The Way.Chubby Checker, The Drifters, Maxine Brown and Chuck Jackson play the first night of a week at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Teddy Randazzo makes an appearance on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Country-gospel quartet 
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the fourth of six nights at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Jazz vocalist 
Elvis Presley continues with studio-based filming for the movie Blue Hawaii, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Allisons continue with their summer season at The North Pier Theatre, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra record Up Shift, Pit Stop and other tracks for Roulette Records in New York City, USA.
Paul Geary, drummer of
Scrapper Blackwell records Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out and other tracks in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Bobby Rydell plays the second night in a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as support to comedian George Burns.
Dum Dum, by Brenda Lee enters the UK pop singles chart at No20, its highest position. The song is written by Sharon Sheeley and Jackie De Shannon.
Virtuoso jazz trombonist Kai Winding records Manteca, Dansero and other tracks, in New York City, USA, for his Verve Records album Ole.
Ella Fitzgerald and The Paul Smith Trio play at The Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Time magazine reports that My Fair Lady has now scored three all-time records - by grossing $18m on Broadway, $37m on the road and $15m from sales of the original cast album. It also reports that Warner Bros has now offered $5.5m for the film rights.Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal is playing at The Alhambra Restaurant, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Frankie Avalon plays during a ten-day run at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Victor Borge plays to a capacity crowd at The Soldiers And Sailors' Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.Helen Shapiro, Danny Williams, The Brook Brothers, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor and The Galliards, The Two Tones, The Red Price Combo, Joe Baker and Jack Douglas play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe.
Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen enter the UK pop singles chart with Midnight In Moscow which will peak at No2 during a 21-week run on the chart.
Frankie Vaughan, Shirley Abicair, Eddie Calvert, Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields, Bud Flanagan and others appear in a gala show in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund, held before Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at the Victoria Palace in London, England, UK, Europe.
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (aka Flatt And Scruggs) record Georgia Shuffle, Golden Slippers, Tennessee Wagner, Chicken reel and other tracks in RCA Victor Studio 2, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session also includes Gordon Terry and Paul Warren [fiddles], Merle Travis [gtr], Buck Graves [dobro], Jake Tullock [bass], Muddy Berry [drums] and Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer for the session is Neely Plumb.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos record Kickin' Our Hearts Around during a recording session at Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Smothers Brothers, Isobel Robins and The Marty Rubenstein Trio play at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazz guitarist Grant Green records tracks for his Blue Note Records album Born To Be Blue, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Bob Luman records Louisiana Man, Rocks Of Reno, Red River Rose and Belonging To You in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hakwins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Country music star Patsy Cline is diagnosed with a nervous breakdown, forcing her to spend the next two weeks in bed at home.Jan |