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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.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Folksinger Paul Sykes is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA.
The musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Marlene Dietrich is playing at The Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of three weeks.
The Dave Clark Five play in The Assembly Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Today's edition of tv pop show Shindig! in the USA features Aretha Franklin, The Righteous Brothers, The Chambers Brothers, Freddy Cannon, Bobby Vinton and The Blossoms.
The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Marquee, London, UK.
Dave Dee And The Bostons (later to find fame as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich,) play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by Jack Simmons And His Orchestra.
During the 10.30am BBC Radio news summary in the UK, announcer Roy Williams states that Ringo Starr of The Beatles "has had his toe nails successfully removed." It was actually his tonsils.
The UK's current No1 single, I Feel Fine, by The Beatles is reported to have sold 800,000 copies to date.
Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji and his group play the last of nine nights at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the third night of a week-long engagement at Le Jazz Hot, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, USA.
Frank Sinatra continues with his current season of shows at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Who play at The Florida Room, Brighton, UK. (On the same night, an entirely different group called The Who is playing as part of the Top Stars Big Beat Show in the City Hall, Sheffield. That show is emceed by future radio and tv star Jimmy Savile.)
Johnny Cash, The Statler Brothers and Hank Williams Jr play in The Stamped Corral, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at The Odeon, Plymouth, UK.
Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby record Come To The Mardi Gras, Ciao Ciao Bambina and The Daughter Of Molly Malone, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Heartbeats Of Sierra Leone record sixteen tracks during their second live recording session at The Voice Of America Studios, Liberia, Africa.
Nat King Cole records More, Your Love, My Kind Of Girl, Thanks To You, There's Love and Swiss Retreat at Coast Recorders Inc, 960 Bush Street, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Everly Brothers record Lonely Weekends, You're My Girl, Don't Let The Whole World Know and other tracks at Fred Foster Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Warner Brothers Records.
Gene Pitney's British tour plays at The ABC, Hull, UK. Support acts include Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Kinks, Marianne Faithfull and The Manish Boys, with Davie Jones (David Bowie) on vocals.
Bobby Bare records Rosalie (sung in German) at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The track is co-produced by Wolf Kobitzky and Chet Atkins.