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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.
Charlie
Rich appears on tv pop show American
Bandstand singing Lonely Weekends.
The show is broadcast live from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming for the movie G.I. Blues, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Fourteen year old Cathy Jean Giordano, records Please Love Me Forever for Valmor Records in New York City, USA. Feeling that the track could be stronger, Valmor owners Gene and Jody Malis bring in local vocal quartet The Roomates to overdub harmony parts. Although Giordano had never even met the Roomates, the single will be released under the name Cathy Jean And the Roomates.
On his That's My Kind of Night Tour, Luke Bryan plays at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce records Summertime, Frankie And Johnny and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA,for Prestige Records.
Having been stolen in Derby, England, UK, Europe, the day before, a Sunbeam Alpine motor car, owned by UK pop idol Cliff Richard, is recovered 300 miles away in Dundee, Scotland.Marlene Dietrich plays the first of three nights at The Titania Palast, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
A new musical, The Fantasticks, opens in the Sullivan Street Playhouse, off-Broadway, New York City, USA. It will enter the history books in 1984 as the longest-running musical in theatre history, having notched up over 10,000 performances. The best-known song from the show is Try To Remember.
Gene Vincent and Jerry Keller play at Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, with support from local bands Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Big Three and Rory Storm And The Hurricanes.Leroy 'Sam' Parkins and the Yazoo River Jazz Band featuring Danny Barker record Limehouse Blues, Careless Love and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Bethlehem Records.
Gene Vincent and Jerry Keller play at Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, UK, with support from local bands Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Big Three and Rory Storm And The Hurricanes.
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.