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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.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Margie Rayburn is playing during a two week booking at The Hesperia Inn, Hesperia, California, USA.
Damita Jo is playing during two weeks at The Club Harlem, Atlantic City, USA.
Ferlin Husky is playing during six nights at The Flame Room, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Knightranes are playing during four nights at The Miami Steak House, Delavan Lake, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA. The band includes Steve Miller (gtr/voc) and Boz Scaggs (bs/voc), both of whom will later play with The Steve Miller Band.
Peter, Paul And Mary, Odetta and Bud And Travis play to an audience of 17,000 in the Folk Night At The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his latest movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Jerry Lee Lewis opens for a two-week season at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for a fee reported to be $9,500 per week.
A year after its UK release, the Billy Fury, Bobby Vee, Helen Shapiro and Danny Williams teen-oriented movie Play It Cool opens in New York City, USA.
Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters release a new single, Cry Baby, on United Artists Records in the USA. Although backing vocals are credited to The Enchanters, the backing vocals were actually supplied by Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick.
Joe Tex releases a new single, Someone To Take Your Place, on Dial Records in the USA.
Freddie Scott performs Hey Girl on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The song is composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
The Springfields, including future solo star Dusty Springfield, play at The Plaza, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard is voted Most Promising Singer in a readers' poll in the pop-oriented magazine Sixteen in the USA.
The Beach Boys play at The Prom Ballroom, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Jazz organist Big John Patton records Hot Sauce, Dem Dirty Blues and other tracks for his Blue Note Records album Blue John, in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The album will not be released until 1986.
Sam Cooke plays the first night of a week at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
It is reported that The Beatles, Gerry And The Pacemakers, and Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas, have sold, in the UK alone, over 2.5 million records in six months.
Brian Poole And The Tremeloes are guests on the BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, in the UK.
The Rolling Stones perform at The Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, England, UK, Europe, for the last time.
The Beatles play at The Grafton Rooms, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Undertakers, Sonny Webb And The Cascades, The Coasters and The Dennisons.
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Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys play at The Barry County Fair, Hastings, Michigan, USA.