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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.
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.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Ray Charles releases two new singles in the USA on the same day. Hard Hearted Hannah appears on ABC-Paramount, and Come Rain Or Come Shine is released by Atlantic Records.
Kim Forester of country music singing and recording group The Forester Sisters is born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, USA.
The J.J.
Johnson -Kai
Winding Quintet, with Bill Evans on
piano, records Alone Together, Just For A Thrill and other tracks
for the album The Great Kay And J.J., in New York City, USA.
A front page feature in The New York Times reports that a "huge new Madison Square Garden" is planned, and is likely to cover three city blocks in New York City, USA.
Popular singer Gilbert Becaud releases the album Gilbert Becaud in Canada on Capitol Records.
Paul Anka plays the first of three nights at The City Auditorium, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.Pop singles reviewed in today's edition of UK music weekly the NME [New Musical Express] include Ron Grainer - The Margaret Theme, Nat 'King'Cole - Just as Much as Ever, Jim Dale - Somewhere There's Someone, James Brown - This Old Heart, Marty Wilde - Your Seventeenth Spring, Tommy Bruce - Saturday Club, Duane Eddy - Kommotion, Jackie Wilson - Alone at Last.
The Country music star Johnny Horton plays a gig at The Skyline Club in Austin, Texas, USA. It will prove to be his final live performance, as he will die in a car crash in the early hours of the next morning.