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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.
Dion And The Belmonts play the fourth night of a week at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode, The Assembly, Yazoo and Erasure, is born in Basildon, Essex, UK.
Ricky Nelson plays the second of two nights at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Ray Charles enters the Billboard r'n'b singles chart in the USA with Sticks And Stones, which will peak atNo2.
Elvis Presley's father Vernon marries Dee Elliott, less than two years after the death of Elvis's mother Gladys. Elvis, meanwhile, goes fishing.
Seven members of the cast of the successful Broadway musical The Sound Of Music appear as the mystery guest in tonight's edition of popular tv show What's My Line? in the USA.
Muddy Waters plays at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, USA.
Elvis Presley's father Vernon marries Dee Elliott, less than two years after the death of Elvis's mother Gladys. Elvis, meanwhile, goes fishing.
Elvis Presley's father Vernon marries Dee Elliott, less than two years after the death of Elvis's mother Gladys. Elvis, meanwhile, goes fishing.
Stephen Morgan, bassist of Icehouse, is born.
New Orleans-style jazz trumpeter and recording artist Lee Collins dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA. [Collins was the man who replaced Louis Armstrong in The King Oliver Chicago Band in 1924.]
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.