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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.
Louis Armstrong performs Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child on the NBC-tv show The Bell Telephone Hour in the USA. This episode of the show is entitled Our Musical Ambassadors.
After a five year sabbatical, clarinetist/saxophonist Peter Schilperoort returns to his role as leader of The Dutch Swing College Band.
In Liverpool, UK, guitarist John Lennon's college friend Stu Sutcliffe joins The Silver Beetles [later to become The Beatles] on bass.
The top four places in UK rock paper the NME's annual popularity points table are taken by Cliff Richard, Lonnie Donegan, Marty Wilde and Russ Conway.
Allen McKenzie, bassist for the 'melodic rock' band Firehouse, is born in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Johnny Cash plays one of his frequent prison gigs, a free show for the inmates of San Quentin, Marin County, California, USA. Merle Haggard, serving time for burglary, is in the audience.
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The Holiday Show Of Stars, featuring Jerry Wallace, Freddy Cannon, Skip And Flip and others, plays at The Old Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Operation of The Tower Ice Rink And Ballroom in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, is taken over by the Parks Department of Birmingham Corporation, who will spend over £20,000 renovating the ballroom. However, attendance will fall to fewer than 180 guests (well under the ballroom's 1500 capacity), and the Corporation will lose £18,000 in 1961 alone.Jackie Wilson, Bo Diddley, The Isley Brothers, Bobby Rydell, Santo And Johnny, The Skyliners and others play at The Brooklyn Fox, New York, USA, on the last night of deejay/entrepreneur Alan Freed's Big Beat Christmas Revue.
Judy Garland starts the sixties in The Doctors Hospital, New York City, USA, during a two month period of being treated for hepatitis.
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.
Teddy Randazzo, Molly Bee, Jo-Ann Campbell and Carding Cruz with his 24-piece orchestra play at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia, during The Christmas Cavalcade Of International Stars.