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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.
Dinah Washington plays the fifth night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the first of six nights at The Empire, Glasgow, Scotland.
Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins play in Topeka, Kansas, USA.
Teen Angel by Mark Dinning reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at The Coliseum, Indiana, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet records tracks for their album Them Dirty Blues at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
Acting US Army Sergeant Elvis Presley is on manoeuvres in Operation Winter Shield in Grafenwohr, Germany, Europe.
Country music singer Hank Thompson releases a new single, A Six Pack To Go b/w Squaws Along The Yukon, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Paul Raven, the artist later to achieve success and infamy as Gary Glitter, makes his UK tv debut on the tv series Cool For Cats.
Bobby Darin records Hard Hearted Hannah, They All Laughed, Anything Goes and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for his Atco Records album Winners.
Susan Barrett records Carolina In The Morning, Moon Over Miami and other tracks for her album A Little Travelin' Music in New York City, USA, for Capitol Records.
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.