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The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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 musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, is playing at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, during a run of 92 performances.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
The Freddie Roach Trio record Googa Mooga, Blues In The Front Room and Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Frank Ifield records [I Heard That] Lonesome Whistle, Before This Day Ends and He'll Have To Go, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, Abbey Road, London, UK.
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates appear on Westward TV show Spinalong, in the UK.
The Michel Legrand Big Band records the Richard Rodgers melodies My Funny Valentine, Some Enchanted Evening, Getting To Know You and People Will Say We're In Love for Philips Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the LP The Michel Legrand Big Band Plays Richard Rodgers.
The album Swing Softly by Johnny Mathis is awarded a gold disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Prison inmate Charles Lee Guy III records The Prisoner's Dream, Shackles And Chains, They're All Goin' Home But One and The Wall, for Capitol Records in Vacaville Prison, Solano, California, USA. Guitar on this session is played by Joe Maphis.
Michael 'Tich' Anderson, drummer of 80s pop hitmakers Altered Images is born.
The Beatles make their London-area tv debut on the childrens' show, Tuesday Rendezvous, hosted by Muriel Young. Among the other guests is British guitar virtuoso Bert Weedon.
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Controversial stand-up comic Lenny Bruce opens for two weeks at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York CIty, USA, supported by singer Carol Sloane.
Jazz combo The John Young Trio are recording tracks for the album A Touch Of Pepper at TerMar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
Ray Charles plays the sixth of fourteen nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi records the live album, In Person, at The Trident, Sausalito, California, USA.
Carl Perkins plays the twentieth night of a month at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.