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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.
Eric Clapton makes his last appearance as guitarist for The Yardbirds at the Corn Exchange, Bristol, UK. Jimmy Page is among the guitarists asked to replace him.
Irish blues band Them, with Van Morrison on vocals, play at The Town Hall, Stourbridge, UK.
The Clapping Song by Lincoln Chase is registered for copyright. It will provide a huge hit for Shirley Ellis.
Del Shannon, Wayne Fontana, Herman's Hermits and The Shangri-Las, play at The Odeon, Manchester, UK.
T-Bone Walker flies into London for UK dates, and begins rehearsing with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers as his backing band.
In San Francisco, California, USA, Augustus Owsley Stanley starts his first LSD factory, making large quantities of acid available and affordable for the first time. The San Francisco music scene will never be the same again.
The Beatles continue filming their second movie, Help!, provisionally titled Beatles 2, in New Providence, Bahamas, Caribbean. On this day they are filmed for the final scene of the film, in which Ringo Starr is staked out on a beach.
A package tour headlined by Roy Orbison and featuring Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin Berries and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, plays at The ABC, Carlisle, UK.
The Paramounts record Blue Ribbons, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, with producer Ron Richards. The group will find greater success under the name Procol Harum.
The Rolling Stones appear (on film) on tv show Shindig! in the USA, along with Freddie And The Dreamers, Little Eva and Jay And The Americans.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.