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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.
Female saxophonist Vi Redd is playing during a month-long engagement at The Sugar Hill, San Francisco, California, USA.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
King Curtis is playing during a two-week season at The Latin Casino, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Stan Getz is playing during ten days at Shelley's Manne Hole, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anita O'Day is playing at The Safari Room, San Jose, California, USA.
Marvin Gaye is playing during a week at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by The Vibrations, The Contours, Billy Stewart, Jimmy Pelham and The Charmettes.
Damita Jo is playing at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New Jersey, USA.
Folksinger Paul Sykes is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA.
Cyril Davies All Stars play at The Marquee Club, Oxford St, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pop movie What A Crazy World, starring Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, Marty Wilde and Freddie And The Dreamers, has its premiere in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Paul And Barry Ryan, Gary Farr And The T-Bones, The Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at The Palace, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the fifth of six nights at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Ray Conniff Singers record This Nearly Was Mine, Don't Bleame Me, Under Paris Skies and Love Has No Rules in CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
William Kaminski, MD of KWK Precision Engineering in Birkenhead, England, UK, Europe, suspends sixteen year old apprentice Tom Charnock for wearing his hair in a Beatle-cut - the syle popularised by The Beatles.
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The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Cilla Black, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The Granada, Kettering, England, UK, Europe.
A package tour featuring Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Overlanders, The Rolling Stones and The Original Checkmates, sets off from The Gaumont, Worcester, England, UK, Europe
The Serendipity Singers spend the second of two days in Soundmakers Studio, New York City, USA, recording tracks for their Philips Records debut LP.
Ray Charles is playing during a week of two shows per night at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Ty England is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He will first find success as the guitarist with Garth Brooks during the superstar's peak years, but will pursue a solo career starting in 1994, scoring the following year with Should Asked Her Faster.
Kris Jensen records Looking For Love and Little Wind Up Doll for Hickory Records in the USA.
The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, featuring a line-up consisting of Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Ronettes, Little Eva, The Dovells, Myron Lee And The Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, The Jaynettes, The Thymes and Paul And Paula, plays in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
The Paul Winter Sextet records the album Jazz Meets The Folk Song for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays at The Civic Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA.
Frank Ifield records Blue Skies in EMI Recording Studio, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Top 5 Singles in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this date are as follows :

1. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS

2. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo And April Stevens

3. Dominique - The Singing Nun

4. Do You Love Me - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes

5. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Sounds Incorporated play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Tony And The Cortinas.
Susie Edwards, the female half of pioneering Okeh Records comedy duo Butterbeans and Susie, dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A married black couple, they mixed saucy songs with comedy routines derived from racial stereotypes, and have been credited with inspiring the humoiurous style of George Burns and Gracie Allen.
Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The ABC, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Detours play at The Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will achieve international success after evolving to become The Who.
Successful German band The Rattles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, for the first time.
The novelty single All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle, on Fontana Records, by British comedienne Dora Bryan enters the UK singles chart. The Beatles will subsequently parody the song as All I Want For Christmas Is A Bottle during a BBC Radio appearance.
Jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham's Quintet plays a live gig in Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, which is recorded and will be released in 1980 as a live album, Scandia Skies, on Steeple Chase Records.
The Art Farmer Quartet Featuring Jim Hall is playing at The Half Note Cafe, New York City, USA. The session is recorded and will released in 1964 on the LP The Art Farmer Quartet Featuring Jim Hall - "Live" At The Half-Note.
Gene Pitney enters the UK singles chart with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition 24 Hours From Tulsa. It will peak at No5.
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The Jack Wilson Quartet records Sanctification, Lonely Avenue, The Night Has A Thousand Eyes and Yesterdays, for Atlantic Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.