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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 Who play at The Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
Bobby Pedrick records Baby What You Want me To Do and Don't Try To Change My Ways for MGM Records in New York City, USA. Pedrick will find greater success after changing his name to Robert John.
Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman begin a season at Melodyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Warlocks, an early incarnation of the Grateful Dead, record instrumental demos at a studio in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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The Dorothy Ashby Octet records Dodi Li, Why Did You Leave Me, What Am I Here For, Nabu Corfa and House Of The Rising Sun for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the LP The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby.
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tom Paxton, Barbara Dane and Phil Ochs play in a Broadside Concert, New York City, USA.
The Beatles begin three days of filming a battlefield sequence for their second feature film, Help!, at Knighton Down, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK.
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The Yardbirds play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK.
Elvis Presley's seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, is released to cinemas in Sweden, Europe.
Lonnie Donegan begins a two-week season at The Forty Thieves Club, Bermuda, Caribbean.
Herman's Hermits hold the top two positions in the Canadian Pop Singles chart with Silhouettes at No1 and Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter at No2.
The Moody Blues record a live performance for the BBC radio show Top Gear in The Aeolian Hall, London, England, UK.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins records the album The Night And Day Of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, for Planet Records in London, England, UK.
The Rolling Stones record an appearance on The Clay Cole Show in New York City, USA. In the course of the day, the band is also involved in a fight with local men who taunt the group by calling t hem faggots.
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The Beach Boys are recording Then I Kissed Her, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Wes Montgomery Quartet plays at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK.
Unit 4+2 play at The Pavilion, Bath, England, UK.
Jazz-classical crossover ensemble Orchestra USA records Hex and Pressure for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The Orchestra includes Coleman Hawkins on saxophone.
The Kinks record See My Friends and Wait Til The Summer Comes Along, for Pye Records in London, England, UK.
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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.