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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chubby Checker is playing during two weeks of shows at The El Mocambo club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ray Charles And His Raelets Revue are playing during seven nights at The Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Martha And The Vandellas release a new single, Quicksand, in the USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis begins thirteen nights at The Oriental Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Swinging Bluye Jeans, The Fourmost, The Beatmen and Jimmy Powell And The Five Dimensions play in the Pop Ball at the Lyceum Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames are the headline attraction at the All-Nighter Club, 33 Wardour St, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Grant Green Sextet records Django, Idle Moments and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
John Coltrane plays in The Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany, Europe.
Hard bop trumpeter Joe Gordon dies in a fire in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Manfred Mann play at The Marquee Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
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Billy Fury and Dickie Pride are involved in a serious car crash on the M1 motorway in the UK. Fury is taken to hospital suffering from concussion, but Pride is uninjured.
Bob Dylan is photographed by Richard Avedon at 132nd and FDR Drive, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
The Beatles appear on the Royal Variety Command Performance at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. John Lennon delivers his celebrated intro "On the next number would those in the cheap seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you just rattle your jewellery."
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The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays at The Auditorium, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Lena Hilda Zavaroni is born in Greenock, Scotland, UK, Europe. Under the name Lena Zavaroni, she will find success at the age of ten as a pop singer.
Johnny Burnette plays at The New Majestic, Reading, England, UK, Europe, with The Rebounds.
Having just completed a major British package tour with The Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones now return to one-nighters, with a gig at The Top Rank, Preston, UK, Europe.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys records demos of the songs I Do and Ballad Of Ole Betsy in Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A feature interview in today's edition of Newsweek magazine in the USA reveals Bob Dylan's middle-class Minnesota upbringing and repeats (now discredited) allegations that he had taken his song Blowin' In The Wind from another songwriter. The feature infuriates Dylan.