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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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Lucky Dube, reggae singer, is born in Ermelo, Transvaal [now Mpumalanga] South Africa.
Blues slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk plays at Diz's Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Buck Owens releases a new single, I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me / Don't Let Her Know, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Soul vocalist Tommy Hunt plays the first night of two weeks at The Peppermint Lounge, New York City, USA.
The Mike Cotton Sound play at The Marquee, Soho, London, UK.
Ronnie And The Casuals, The Jagged Jaguars and Mark And The Escorts play at Rainbow Gardens, Pomona, California, USA.
The Soul Agents play the second of two nights at The Waterfront Club, Cliff Hotel, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Elvis Presley comes to the end of filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
Amery Smith is born in Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find success as a drummer with Suicidal Tendencies, The Beastie Boys, The Brood and others.
Slim Whitman spends the first of two days recording tracks including You Belong To My Heart, In The Misty Moonlight, Silver Threads Among The Gold and My Heart Cries For You in Sunset Sound Studios, 5652 East Daniels Avenue, Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Top Ten records played on WCOL Radio in Columbus, Ohio, USA, for the week ended on this date are as follows :
1. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
2. Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
3. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
4. A Hard Days Night -
The Beatles
5. C'Mon And Swim - Bobby Freeman
6. Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan And Dean
7. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
8. Walk Don't Run '64 - The Ventures
9. Wishin' And Hopin' - Dusty Springfield
10. Worry - Johnny Tillotson
The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at the 100 Club, London, UK.
Wayne Shorter records Juju, Yes Or No and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson II records Don't Make A Mistake, Understand My Life, Find Another Woman and My Name Is Sonny Boy, for Checker Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The album Off The Beatle Track, consisting of orchestral versions of Beatles' songs arranged and recorded by their producer George Martin, is released in the USA.
Nina And Frederik begin a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, UK.
Tompall And The Glaser Brothers play the first of six nights at The Flame Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Manfred Mann, Jimmy Powell And The Dimensions and The Barron Knights appear on BBC2 tv show The Beat Room in the UK.
Phil Bryant is born in Rochford, UK. He will find success as bassist with the pioneering Wiltshire-based but internationally acclaimed anarcho-punk band The Subhumans.
Conway Twitty plays at The Castaway Lounge, Geneva On The Lake, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Steve Marriott's Moments play at The Star, Croydon, UK. Marriott will go on to find fame with The Small Faces and Humble Pie.