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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.
Skeeter Davis performs The End Of The World, on The Bobby Lord Show on tv in the USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton on Guitar, play at the Majestic Ballroom, Stow Hill, Newport, Wales, UK.
Matt Monro plays at Wellington Pier, Yarmouth, UK.
Claude King records There Ain't Gonna Be No More, Anna, Catch A Little Raindrop and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Players on the tracks include guitarists Grady Martin, Harold Bradley and Ray Edenton, bassist Joseph Zinkan, drummer Buddy Harman and pianist William Pursell. The tracks are produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.
The Yardbirds play at The Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Portsmotuh, England, UK.
Elvis Presley has a recording session for the soundtrack to the film Paradise Hawaiian Style at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.
Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, announces the NEMS artists who will be in pantomime in 1965, including Cilla Black (Little Red Riding Hood), Gerry and the Pacemakers (Cinderella) and Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas (Mother Goose).
Joe Tex, Otis Redding, Billy Stewart, Gladys Knight And The Pips, The Ovations, James Phelps, Carol Fran, William Bell and Jimmy Tig And The Rounders play at The Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, filmed in California, USA, features Eddie Hodges performing I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door and Made to Love; The Vibrations performing End Up Crying and My Girl Sloopy; Paul Revere And The Raiders performing Summertime Blues.
Gerry And The Pacemakers and Gene Vincent play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
Frankie Laine releases a new single, A Girl, on Capitol Records in the USA. As a promotional device, 5,000 cigars, tagged 'It's A Girl' are distributed to disk jockeys in 25 major markets across the USA.
The Steam Packet, including Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll, plays at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, England, UK.
Music promoter Lou Robin writes to The Beatles' promo man Tony Barrow seeking assistance in promoting the upcoming Beatles concert at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California, USA.
Herman's Hermits and The Animals play at The Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Bob Dylan continues recording the album Highway 61 Revisited in Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, USA. He works on songs including Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row and Ballad Of A Thin Man.
Manfred Mann records Stay Around at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Filming begins on the movie Easy Come, Easy Go, in Los Angeles, California, USA, starring surf pop duo Jan And Dean. The film will be abandoned just three days later when Jan Berry is seriously injured during filming.
The Vibrations, Eddie Hodges and Paul Revere And The Raiders appear on tv show Where The Action Is in the USA.
The Rolling Stones begin a two week holiday period with the members going off to Morocco, West Germany and France, Europe.
Willie Nelson records Did I Ever Love You, I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye and other tracks with producer Chet Atkins in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Players on the sessions include guitarists Ray Edenton and Wayne Moss, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman and pianist Ray Stevens.
Bonnie Owens records Souvenirs, Merry-Go-Round and other tracks with producer Fuzzy Owen, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA, with guitarists Merle Haggard, Roy Nichols and Lewis Talley, steel guitarist Ralph Mooney , bassists John Dodson and Bob Morris, drummer Helen Price and pianist George French, Jr.
Sandie Shaw plays a ballroom gig in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Stevie Wonder releases a new single, High Heel Sneakers aka Hi-Heel Sneakers, in the USA.
The Byrds arrive in London, UK, on Flight 770 from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Paul McCartney of The Beatles and his girlfriend Jane Asher spend the evening with members of The Byrds in The Scotch of St. James nightclub. The visit will inspire their 1966 hit single Eight Miles High, which includes lines such as "Eight Miles High and when you touch down, You'll find that it's stranger than known", and "Rain grey town, known for its sound, in places Small Faces unbound."
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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.