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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.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chubby Checker is playing during two weeks of shows at The El Mocambo club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ray Charles And His Raelets Revue are playing during seven nights at The Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Robert Harry Kuykendall is born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find fame as Bobby Dall, bassist of heavy rock glamsters Poison.
Bob Dylan plays at Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
Ray Charles plays at MacDonough Gymnasium, Georgetown, Washington DC, USA.
The Mojos play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Errol Garner plays at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Dance On by Kathy Kirby reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
The Squires, including guitarist Neil Young, play at River Heights Community Club, Winnipeg, Ontario.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe.
Be True To Your School by The Beach Boys is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No73.
Rufus Thomas enters Billboard magazine's Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Walkin' The Dog.
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Dale And Grace perform I'm Leaving It Up To You on the popular tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the show is Wayne Newton, performing a Bobby Darin composition, Shirl Girl.
The Alan Price Rhythm'n'Blues Combo plays at The Jazz Lounge, Club A' Go Go, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after it evolves to become The Animals.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Del Shannon, Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, The Bachelors, Duffy Power, Cilla Black, Bryan Burdon and The Blue Diamonds play at The Empire, Sunderland, England, UK, Europe.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
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Robert Harry Kuykendall is born in Seidel Hospital, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as Bobby Dall, bass guitarist of 80s heavy metal glamsters Poison.
The Young Rascals record their debut single, I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Any More, in New York City, USA.
Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys play the first of two nights at The Panther Club, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames are the headline attraction at The All-Nighter Club, 33 Wardour St, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
An editorial in UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph addresses The Beatles' phenomenon with the words, "Is there not something a bit frightening in whole masses of young people, all apparently so suggestible, so volatile and rudderless? What material here for the maniac's shaping? Hitler would have disapproved, but he could have seen what, in other circumstances, might be made of it."
The Beatles, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, The Brook Brothers, The Vernons Girls and more, play at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Billy Fury, Joe Brown, The Karl Denver Trio, The Tornados, Marty Wilde, Daryl Quist, Dickie Pride and The Ramblers play at The Granada, Walthamstow, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Burnette plays at The Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales, UK, Europe.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA publishes a special reference annual, The World Of Country Music, including "a comprehensive country music discography" and a "biographical directory of country music artists and writers".
Dion walks off stage during a live taping in London of UK tv show, Ready, Steady, Go!, because the show's go-go dancers are distracting him.
The second day of the two-day long WSM 12th Annual Convention is held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Dee Dee Sharp, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Big Three, Heinz And The Saints play a show in The Winter Gardens, Malvern, England, UK, Europe.
National Country Music Week, a nation-wide observance of country music proclaimed by an Act Of Congress, comes to a close in the USA.
Bossa Nova Baby by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard US Best-Selling Singles chart, where it will peak at No8 during a seven-week run. The song is composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Robert Harry Kuykendall is born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find fame as Bobby Dall, bassist of heavy rock glamsters Poison.
Peter, Paul and Mary's debut album, In The Wind, reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA. The album includes three Bob Dylan songs, Blowin' In the Wind, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right and Quit Your Low Down Ways, plus a sleeve note specially written by Dylan.
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Billboard magazine announces that top American producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller have signed two new artists, Cathy Saint and The Lovejoys, to their two new labels, Daisy and Tiger.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays at The Auditorium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.