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Carmen McRae records The Thrill Is Gone, Isn't It Romantic and Please Be Kind, for the album Book Of Ballads, in New York City, USA.
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by The Platters enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
The Rodgers And Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song opens at the St James Theatre in New York City, USA, where it will run for 600 performances.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that Roulette Records has re-cut The Playmates' hit Beep Beep for the British market because brand names cannot be mentioned in songs played on UK radio. Thus the name Cadillac has been replaced by 'limousine' and Nash Rambler has become 'bubble car'.
The Rodgers And Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song opens at The St James Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 600 performances.
To Know Him Is To Love Him by The Teddy Bears reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA. The group includes young guitarist and songwriter Phil Spector.