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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.
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.
Imperial Records artist Peggy King is playing during a three-week engagement at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Kirby Stone Four are playing during two weeks at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. During thgis stint, they record a live album for Columbia Records.
Bullmoose Jackson is playing during a week of gigs at The Picadilly Club, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
The musical 13 Daughters, starring Don Ameche, is presented at the 54th Street Theatre, on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just 28 performances.
The James Brown Revue plays during a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. Also on the bill are Etta James and Pigmeat Markham.
Hit-making organist Dave 'Baby' Cortez plays at The Erie Social Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Buddy Halpman's Jazzmen play at Liverpool Jazz Society in The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars are the musical guests on the Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
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Jimmy Charles, Jimmy Jones, The Vibrations, The Clovers, The Bobbettes and Marie Knight play the third night in a week at the The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Daniel Gordon Stuart is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find success as Dan Stuart, singer of rock band Green On Red. He will be inspired by his own birth to write the song March 5, 1961 on his 2018 LP The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings.
Bobby Rydell Jess Conrad, The Brook Brothers, The Four Jays (later to become The Fourmost), The Hunters, The Three Belles and the Red Price Combo play at The Empire, Liverpool, UK.Connie Francis collects the Best Female Vocalist Award at the New Musical Express Readers' Poll Awards Dinner and Concert in London, England, UK, Europe. While in the UK, she plans to record a new LP.
Chuck Berry plays the fifth of six nights at The Glass Bucket, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Songwriter Meredith Willson appears on the Dinah Shore Show on tv in the USA. The pair perform Willson's composition I Ain't Down Yet as a duet.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.