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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.
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.
Heinz And The Wild Ones, including guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple, play as part of a pckage tour at The Granada, Dartford, UK. The tour also features The Hollies, The Dixie Cups, Jess Conrad, The Tornados and Wayne Gibson.
The John Coltrane Quartet begins a week of shows at The Jazz Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos release a new album, I Don't Care, on Capitol Records in the USA.
The Rolling Stones are in RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on various tracks.
Jimmy Reed plays at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, backed by The Groundhogs. Also on the bill is Chris Farlowe.
Doris Day records the Antonio Carlos Jobim songs Meditation and Desafinado for her Columbia Records album Latin For Lovers.
A Patsy Cline compilation album, That's How a Heartache Begins, is released by Decca Records in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Clark Foreman, Executive Director of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, writes to Bob Dylan asking for $6,000, the estimated amount lost from outraged attendees at the ECLC's annual fund-raising dinner in 1963. Dylan had upset many attendees by stating opinions at varyance to those of the committee. (Dylan will reply offering to pay any amount that was deemed lost due to his intervention there, but refusing to take back his words.)
The Squires, including Neil Young on lead guitar, play the first of thirteen nights at The Flamingo Club, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
During a UK promotional trip, The Beach Boys are photographed outside EMI Headquarters in Manchester Square, London, posing beside a dragster.
Award-winning country music and Christian music singer/songwriter Jim Witter, is born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The Moody Blues play in Weybridge, UK.
The Drifters record Night Shift for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA, but the track will not be released.
Manfred Mann release a new album, The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann, in Canada on Capitol Records.
Jimmy Reed plays at The Flamingo Club, London, UK.
Elvin Jones appears at a Drum Fair in Palm Gardens, New York City, USA.
Brenda Lee, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Cilla Black, Kathy Kirby and The Bachelors perform on the Royal Variety Show at The Palladium Theatre, London, UK.
Ralph Locher, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, threatens to forbid rock shows at any of the city's public facilities, arguing that they cause riots.
The Dave Clark Five play in Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by Bobby Curtola.
Manfred Mann play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.