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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 musical A new Aston Martin DB5 is delivered to George Harrison of The Beatles at his Kinfauns estate, Claremount Park, Surrey, UK. The delivery is made by Brydor Cars, a company owned by the band's manager Brian Epstein.
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Don Drummond, saxophonist with influential ska/reggae band The Skatalites, is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, the exotic dancer Marguerita Mahfood, who has been found dead of multiple stab wounds in Drummond's home in Jamaica.It is reported in UK pop paper the NME that the US Government's Labor Department is now refusing to grant H-1 visas - the work permit needed for US tours - to British groups.
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Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Hollies, Cliff Bennet and the Rebel Rousers, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, The Rustiks, The Remo
Four and Danny Williams appear in the seventh night of Gerry's
Christmas Cracker at The Odeon, Liverpool, UK.
Parlophone Records in the UK releases a new single, Sing A Song Of Beatles, on which music publisher Dick James sings a medley of songs composed by The Beatles.
The Crickets record Now Hear This, in Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, USA, for Liberty Records.
Controversial deejay Alan Freed enters a hospital in Palm Springs, California, USA, suffering from gastrointestinal intestinal bleeding, resulting from cirrhosis of the liver. He will die twenty days later.
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Belfast band Them, fronted by vocalist Van Morrison, enter the UK's NME singles chart with a cover of the old blues standard, Baby, Please Don't Go. Playing guitar on the recording is Jimmy Page, later to found Led Zeppelin.
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1. UK pop newspaper the NME [New Musical Express] publishes its table of chart success for the preceding year, in which 30 points are awarded for a No1 hit, 29 for a No2 and so on down to one point for a No30.
Artist Points
1. The Beatles 1232
2. The Bachelors 1035
3. The Rolling Stones 1005
4. Jim Reeves 958
5. Roy Orbison 824
6. The Searchers 749
7. Cliff Richard 747
8. Manfred Mann 676
9. Cilla Black. 618
10. The Hollies 610
Artist Points
1. The Beatles 1232
2. The Bachelors 1035
3. The Rolling Stones 1005
4. Jim Reeves 958
5. Roy Orbison 824
6. The Searchers 749
7. Cliff Richard 747
8. Manfred Mann 676
9. Cilla Black. 618
10. The Hollies 610
The Zombies, The Shangri-Las, The Nashville Teens, The Shirelles and others play the eighth of ten days of shows at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
Polydor acquires rights to the MGM-Verve catalogue for France, where it will score notable successes with a host of jazz albums by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Jimmy Smith and guitar virtuoso Wes Montgomery.
Accordian player Sonny Brogan dies. Brogan was one of Ireland's most popular traditional musicians and recording artists from the 1930s until the 1960s.
Another Beatles Christmas Show, hosted by UK radio deejay Jimmy Savile, and featuring The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Freddie And The Dreamers, Sounds Incorporated and Elkie Brooks, continues its seasonal run at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
Mose Allison is headlining for three weeks at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Al Martino is playing during three weeks at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
The Supremes are playing during ten days at the Café Pompeii in the Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA. 
The Modernaires are playing during nine days at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.