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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.
Dusty Springfield records Oh No Not My Baby, I Had A Talk With My Man and other tracks in Philips Studios, Stanhope Place, London, England, UK, for Philips Records.
Shotgun Express, featuring vocalist Rod Stewart, play at Toft's Club, Folkestone, Kent, UK. This is their last gig with guitarist Peter Green who has been invited to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers as a replacement for Eric Clapton. Green and drummer Mick Fleetwood will subsequently go on to form Fleetwood Mac.
Nina Simone plays the fifth night of a two-week season at Annie's Room, London, England, UK.
Lightnin' Hopkins plays the fourth of thirteen nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rising Sons (including Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal].
The Dave Brubeck Quartet releases the album My Favourite Things on Columbia Records in the USA.
The Beach Boys begin a North American tour at The Community Concourse, San Diego, California, USA, supported by Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs, Sonny And Cher and Ian Whitcomb.
Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Carmen McRae play in the 'Jazz For Moderns' night at The Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Jimmy Dean records Yes, Patricia, There Is A Santa Claus in Columbia Recording Studio, 799 7th Avenue, New York City, USA.
Roy Orbison records This Is Your Song, Afraid To Sleep and You Fool You, in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
TV rock show Where The Action in the USA Is features James Brown performing Out of Sight; Jody Miller performing Silver Threads And Golden Needles; Steve Alaimo performing It's Not Unusual.
At Goldstar Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Cher records a version of I Go To Sleep, written by Ray Davies of The Kinks, for Imperial Records.
Petula Clark releases a new single, You'd Better Come Home, on Pye Records in the UK.
The Holy Modal Rounders play the second of two nights at Club 47, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Tony Bennett, Count Basie And His Band and Bill Cosby play the second of three nights at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Peter And Gordon fly to the USA to headline a Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars Tour.
When The Beatles play at The Monumental Bullring, Madrid, Spain, Europe, their manager Brian Epstein, who has been missing for five days, returns to the fold.
The Yardbirds play in The Palais, Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
The Searchers release a new single, He's Got No Love, in the UK on Pye Records.
Five Of A Kind play the second of four nights at The Smoke Shack, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Adam Faith plays at The Tower Club, Warrington, Manchester, UK.
Dean Martin records Houston, Little Lovely One and Love Love Love at United Recording Corporation Studios, 6050 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! features The Who, Manfred Mann, Nina Simone, The Ad Libs, The Majority and comedy duo Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
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The second day of The Newport Jazz Festival '65 features The Jazz Composers Orchestra, Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, Cecil Taylor, Art Blakey, Carmen McRae, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.
UK rocker Dave Berry releases a new single This Strange Effect, written by Ray Davies of The Kinks.
The Dave Clark Five release a new single, Catch Us If You Can, in the UK on Columbia Records.
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet with Nat Adderley and The Charlie Mingus Group play at Art D'Lugoff's Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Rolling Stones earn a Gold Disc from the R.I.A.A. in the USA for their hit single (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
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.