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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.Harry Belafonte plays during a week of shows at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia.
Frankie Avalon plays the fourth of five days at The Frolics, Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, USA.
In Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, naturally blue-eyed Elvis Presley is fitted for brown contact lenses for his role as Pacer Burton, the half-Caucasion, half-Native American character he is to portray in the film Flaming Star. [In the event, he will not wear the lenses in the film].
Judy Garland records Come Rain Or Come Shine, San Francisco, The Man That Got Away and a new version of her classic Over The Rainbow, for Capitol Records, in London, UK.
Shakin' All Over by Johnny Kidd And The Pirates reaches No1 in the UK pop singles chart.
Judy Garland records her version of the popular song San Francisco for Capitol Records, in London, UK. At the same session she records Come Rain Or Come Shine, The Man That Got Away and a new version of her classic Over The Rainbow.
The Duke Jordan Quintet records Flight To Jordan, Squawkin', Deacon Joe and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
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.