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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.
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.
Imperial Records artist Peggy King is playing during a three-week engagement at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jerry Wallace is playing during a two-week engagement at El Cortez, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.The Kirby Stone Four are playing during two weeks at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. During thgis stint, they record a live album for Columbia Records.
Bullmoose Jackson is playing during a week of gigs at The Picadilly Club, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
Sam Cooke, supported by Little Anthony And The Imperials and Aretha Franklin, plays the sixth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Chuck Berry plays the first of six nights at The Glass Bucket, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Jazz arranger Oliver Nelson and reed player Eric Dolphy record the album Straight Ahead, in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Prestige Records.
Dale Roberts And The Jaywalkers play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, along with The Four Jays [who will later find success as The Fourmost].
Birth of Janie Hendrix Wright, adopted sister of Jimi Hendrix. She will eventually take over control of Experience Hendrix, the estate running Jimi's affairs after his death.Robert Andrykowski is born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. After a name change to Davis Daniel, he will become a successful 90s country-rock singer-songwriter.
Roy Hamilton, Etta James, The Vibrations, Arthur Prysock, The Chimes, The Shells and James Booker play the sixth of seven nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.