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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Drummer Carlo Little meets David Sutch in the Cannibal Pot Coffee Bar, Sudbury, UK. The pair will go on to form influential UK band Screaming Lord Sutch And The Savages.
Miriam Makeba plays the fifth night of a four week season at the Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Jesse Belvin, composer of The Penguins' smash, Earth Angel, dies in a car crash near Little Rock in Hope, Arkansas, USA. Rumours that the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan had tampered with his steering wheel are never substantiated.
The final of the competition to find the British entry for the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast in the UK. Artists appearing include Bryan Johnson, Malcolm Vaughan, Pearl Carr And Teddy Johnson and Marion Keene. The winner is Bryan Johnson, with Looking High High High, which will go on to c
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the last of six nights at The Empire, Glasgow, Scotland.
Ronnie Hawkins appears on UK tv show Boy Meets Girls for the second consecutive week.
Dinah Washington plays the tenth night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
US deejay/promoter Alan Freed's week-long revue spends its second day at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York, featuring Bo Diddley, Big Maybelle, Jo Ann Campbell, Bobby Day, The Cadillacs, and The Wheels.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling US pop singles is Lady Luck by Lloyd Price entering at No70.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
US deejay/promoter Alan Freed's week-long revue spends its second day at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, featuring Bo Diddley, Big Maybelle, Jo Ann Campbell, Bobby Day, The Cadillacs, and The Wheels.
Jesse Belvin, composer of The Penguins' smash, Earth Angel, dies in a car crash near Little Rock in Hope, Arkansas, USA. Rumours that the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan had tampered with his steering wheel are never substantiated.
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.