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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The Conte Candoli All Stars, featuring pianist Vince Guaraldi, record the album Little Band, Big Jazz, for Crown Records.
Dinah Washington plays the seventh night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
What Do You Want To Make Thos Eyes At Me For? Emile Ford reaches No1 in the UK's Record Retailer hit singles chart.
Hugely popular Italian singer and actor, Fred Buscaglione, dies in Rome, Italy, Europe, when his pink Ford Thunderbird collides with a truck in the early hours before dawn.
Popular bandleader Ace Brigode dies in Seville, Ohio, USA. Bizarrely, on the way home after the funeral, his daughter-in-law, Ruth Brigode, dies of a cerebral haemorrhage after witnessing a car crash.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
The highest new entry in the UK's Record Retailer hit singles chart is Starry Eyed by Michael Holliday, entering at No14.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the third of six nights at The Empire, Glasgow, Scotland.
Freddy Were And The Werewolves with Johnny Martin And The Mambo Rockets play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon.
Alto saxophonist Frank Strozier records I Don't Know, Waltz Of The Demons, Runnin' and other tracks in Bell Sound Studios,New York City, USA, for Vee-Jay Records.
Susan Barrett records Georgia On My Mind, California Here I Come and other tracks for her Capitol Records' album A Little Travelin' Music in New York City, USA.
Miriam Makeba plays the second night of a four week season at the Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
In Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA, jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan records I'm A Fool To Want You, Off Spring and other tracks for the album Here's Lee Morgan on Vee-Jay Records.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.