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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 Paul Winter Sextet is playing during three weeks at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Miles Davis is playing during a two-week engagement at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are playing during two weeks at The Latin Casino, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Maurice Chevalier is starring in a one-man show during four weeks at The Ziegfeld Theater, New York City, USA.
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane play at The San Juan Hotel, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Shelley Berman is playing in the Club Caribe Room of The Caribe Hilton Hotel, Puerto, Rico, Caribbean.
Ella Fitzgerald is playing at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
Accordionist and singer Dick Contino is playing at Ray's Supper Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Stan Getz is playing at The Latin Casino, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Eddie Fisher is playing at The Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Count Basie, Sandy Stewart and Lydia Linay are the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on tv in the USA.
Charles 'Lefty' Edwards records Bird's Blues at Hitsville USA Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Eric William Mantel is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will achieve success as guitarist Eric Mantel.
Jazz vocalist and recording artist Jacqui Dankworth is born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK, Europe. She is the daughter of jazz musician and composer Sir John Dankworth and International singing star Dame Cleo Laine.
Brian Hyland, Little Eva and The Brook Brothers play at The Odeon, Guildford, UK, Europe.
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys perform a live concert for the Friends Of Old Time Music in New York City, USA.
Little Walter records Dead Presidents, for Checker Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On The Garry Moore Show on CBS-tv in the USA, guest singer Dorothy Loudon performs New Hampshire Southern Belle and Keely Smith performs Going Through The Motions and To Each His Own.
Peggy Lee records I Could Write A Book, As Long As I Live and Days Of Wine And Roses Studio B, Capitol Records, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The tracks will appear on her LP Mink Jazz.
Elvis Presley continues filming scenes for his next movie, Fun In Acapulco, at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Helen Shapiro, Danny Williams, Kenny Lynch, The Honeys, The Kestrels, Dave Allen and the Red Price Orchestra, and The Beatles play at The Gaumont, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe.
The Top 5 Singles on WABC Radio's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, USA, for the week starting on this date, are as follows :

1. Hey Paula - Paul and Paula (Philips)

2. Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence (Columbia)

3. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers (Vanguard)

4. Walk Like a Man - The 4 Seasons (Vee Jay)

5. The Gypsy Cried - Lou Christie (Roulette)

Bill Anderson and Ray Price play in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Pianist/composer/singer Onzy Matthews records Lover Man, Ho Ba La La, Almost In Your Arms and Canadian Sunset, in Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dorothy Loudon sings New Hampshire Southern Belle and Keely Smith performs Going Through the Motions and To Each His Own on The Garry Moore Show on CBS tv in the USA.
George Hamilton IV plays in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA.
Barbra Streisand performs at The Frolics, Revere, Massachusetts, USA.
Connie Francis records Barcarole In Der Nacht at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for MGM Records. The track will be released as her tenth German single later in the year.
The John Coltrane Quartet is playing during six nights at The Jazz Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Big Three play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz trombone virtuoso Kai Winding records Capricious, I'm Your Bunny Bossa Nova and Recardo for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
Patsy Cline records Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Sweet Dreams and Always, for Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.