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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.
Maurice Chevalier closes at the end of a month of live dates at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Little Richard plays at Union College, Schenectady, New York State, USA, with Jimmy Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] as his guitarist.
A UK package tour featuring Billy Fury, The Pretty Things, Dave Berry And The Cruisers, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The John Barry Seven and The Zephyrs, plays at The ABC, Dover.
Jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler plays at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at The Odeon, Liverpool, UK.
The Sisters, The Midnighters, Mark And The Escorts and Ronnie And The Casuals play at Union Hall, Vernon, Los Angeles, California, USA. The poster for the gig carries the instruction, "Boys wear ties ... Girls dress nice".
Spike Jones, leader of comedy jazz combo The City Slickers, dies in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, having never recovered from an asthma attack some months earlier.
Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter by Herman's Hermits reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA for the first of four weeks.
The Ronettes, Jimmy Witherspoon and Timi Yuro appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Hollies play at The Winter Gardens, Weston Super Mare, UK.
Ernest Tubb appears in the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia, USA.
Helen Darling is born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. She will score one chart single with Decca in the 1990s, but will also do well as a songwriter by co-writing Jo Dee Messina's hit Bring On The Rain.
Louis Armstrong is seen on the ABC-tv show The Hollywood Palace, which had been pre-recorded at The ABC Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA. He performs Hello Dolly, Mack The Knife, Blueberry Hill and other tracks.
With advance orders of 600,000, Herman's Hermits soar to the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA No1 slot for the first of three-weeks, with Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter. Meanwhile, their previous single, Silhouettes is still at No5.
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The Rolling Stones play two shows in one day. The first is in the afternoon, at The Academy of Music, New York City, followed by an evening performance at The Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Beginning a tradition that will endure for over twenty years, Merle Kilgore opens for Hank Williams Jr. for the first time.
Ticket To Ride by The Beatles reaches No1 in the pop singles chart, Tio i topp, in Sweden, Europe.
Country/Western Swing singer-songwriter Wayne Hancock is born in Dallas, Texas, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Do The Freddie by Freddie And The Dreamers, entering at No59.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Ticket To Ride by The Beatles.
The Who play at The College of Art and Technology, Leicester, UK.
I Know A Place by Petula Clark peaks at No3 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
The Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play the second show of a 21 date UK tour, at The Granada, Walthamstow, London, England, UK.
Jazz-blues pianist Ran Blake records Sleepy Time Gal, On Green Dolphin Street, Eric, There'll Be Some Changes Made, Good Morning Heartache, Sister Tee, Lonely Woman and Birmingham U.S.A., for E.S.P. Disk in New York City, USA.
The Supremes release a new single, Back In My Arms Again, in the USA.
Ticket To Ride by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at The Fourth Dimension folk club, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
The Moody Blues play at The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, 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.