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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.
A package tour headlined by Roy Orbison and featuring Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin Berries and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, plays at the ABC, Stockton, UK.
Del Shannon, The Shangri-Las, Wayne Fontana and Herman's Hermits play at The Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
Brian Auger plays at The Star Hotel, Croydon, UK.
The Downliners Sect plays at The Ritz, Birmingham, UK.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones.
Them, featuring vocalist Van Morrison, play at the Imperial, Nelson, UK.
The Pete Best Combo, The Easybeats and The Poets play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
The Moody Blues play at Leeds University, Leeds, UK.
Solomon Burke is on the way to his biggest hit when Got To Get You Off My Mind simultaneously enters the Billboard pop and r'n'b singles charts in the USA.
Shotgun by Junior Walker And The All Stars enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No4.
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez play at the New Haven Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Please Let Me Wonder by The Beach Boys enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
The Bishops, James Darren, Sonny Knight, Margie Mills, and Sue Thompson appear on tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Davy Jones and The Manish Boys play at the Bromel Club, Bromley Hill, London, UK. Davy Jones will later change his name to David Bowie.
Sun Ra And His Solar Orchestra plays the first of two nights at The Contemporary Center, New York City, USA.
Bobbie Gentry plays at The University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Long Lonely Nights by Bobby Vinton, entering at No68.
Eight Days A Week by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Adam Faith and Sandie Shaw play at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK.
The Beatles continue filming their second movie, Help!, provisionally titled Beatles 2, in New Providence, Bahamas, Caribbean. On this day they are filmed in Nassau Airport, for the sequence in which they arrive on the island.
After several minor hits, The Temptations finally secure a Billboard magazine No1 single in the USA with My Girl – but only for one week.
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The Searchers appear on UK radio show Saturday Club.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, closes at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, following a run of 1,417 performances.
During a show at The Empire, Liverpool, UK, The Rolling Stones record tracks for the EP Got Live If You Want It. Also on the bill are The Hollies and Dave Berry.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas play at the Corn Exchange, King's Lynn, UK.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.