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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.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Folksinger Paul Sykes is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA.
The musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Marlene Dietrich is playing at The Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of three weeks.
Lanny Slater And The Triumphs play at The Evergreen Ballroom, Shelton, Washington, USA.
I Feel Fine by The Beatles is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No47.
Brenda Lee plays at The Essoldo, Norwich, UK.
The Merseybeats play at The Starlight Room, Gliderdrome, Boston, UK.
The Animals play at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe. At the post-gig party, they are visited by Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones.
Peter And Gordon play in New York City, USA.
Oh No Not My Baby by Maxine Brown enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No24.
The compilation LP Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison on London Records enters the UK's Top Ten albums chart at No8.
Ringo by Lorne Greene reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, making him only the second Canadian to top the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. Paul Anka was the first.
Mickey Lee Lane performs his dance-craze hit Shaggy Dog on weekly tv pop show American Bandstand in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frank Sinatra continues his season at The Sands, Las Vegas, USA.
She's Not There by The Zombies reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
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Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The University, Liverpool, UK.
Kenny Ball and The Raindrops appear on UK tv series The Arthur Haynes Show.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the sixth night of a week-long engagement at Le Jazz Hot, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, USA.
Joe Brown, Kathy Kirby and Dick And Dee Dee appear in the final edition of BBC-2 tv show Open House in the UK.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at The Gaumont, Rochester, UK.
Johnny Cash, The Statler Brothers and Hank Williams Jr play in Queen Elizabeth Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
On the basis of advance orders, a UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single I Feel Fine by The Beatles.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Baby Love by The Supremes.
Bob Dylan plays at Wilson High School, Long Beach, California, USA.
Phil Ochs plays the second of three nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
Local band The Druids play at the Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
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The Kinks enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with You Really Got Me.
The Beach Boys reach No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA with their 'live' LP, Concert. In fact, a great deal of doctoring was done in the studio to make the original live recordings acceptable for release.
Little Richard, The Marvelettes and Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles are playing during ten nights at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
A package tour featuring Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, The Kinks and Marianne Faithfull arrives at the City Hall, Newcastle, UK. Also on the bill are The Manish Boys, with Davy Jones (David Bowie) on vocals.