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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.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Mills Brothers are playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Murray The K's Holiday Revue plays during ten days at The Brooklyn Fox Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring Ben E. King, Little Stevie Wonder, Jan And Dean, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Gene Pitney, The Miracles (including Smokey Robinson), Paul And Paula, The Angels , The Dovells, Jay And The Americans, The Tymes, The Chiffons, and Randy And The Rainbows.
The Beatles appear on the cover of British pop newspaper the NME (New Musical Express) to promote their current No1 single, She Love You.
Brian Poole And The Tremeloes release their cover version of Do You Love Me, in the UK. The song was originally a hit for Motown band The Contours in the USA in 1962.
Phil Ochs records demos of Automation Song, Talking Vietnam, There But for Fortune, Hunger And Cold, Washington March and Bound for Glory for Broadside Magazine in New York City, USA.
Gene Vincent plays at The Winter Gardens, Banbury, England, UK, Europe.
Joe Mooney and Tommy Leonetti are the musical guests on tonight's edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on tv in the USA.
Rick Nelson releases a new single, Fools Rush In, on Decca Records in the USA.
The EP The Beatles' Hits by The Beatles is released on Parlophone Records in the UK. Featuring the songs From Me To You, Thank You Girl, Please Please Me and Love me Do, it will peak at No1 on the UK's EP chart.
The Detours, featuring Pete Townshend, who will go on to form The Who, play at Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Gary McFarland Sextet records Sandpiper, I Love To Say her Name, Pecos Pete and other tracks for Impulse! Records in RCA Studios, New York City, USA.
For the third time in recent days, Joanie Sommers is the musical guest on tonight's edition of The Steve Allen Show on tv in the USA.
Bobby Vinton plays a headline gig at The Trocadero Ballroom, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by The Beach Boys The Castells and The Astronaunts.
The New York Times reports that folk singer Pete Seeger has refused to sign a contract to appear on the tv show Hootenanny, because it includes a clause which requires him to furnish "a sworn affidavit as to his past and present affiliations, if any, with the Communist Party, and/or with the Communist front organizations".
Dale And Grace release a new single, I'm Leaving It Up To You, on Montel Records in the USA.
The Merseybeats, The Mojos and The Easybeats play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Combo, in Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, welcomes two new members to its line-up - Nigel Stanger on saxophone and Barry Preston on drums. The group will, in due course evolve into the more successful The Animals.
The Rolling Stones play at The Grand Hotel, Lowestoft, England, UK, Europe, supported by local band The Felines.
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Jerry Lee Lewis ends his six year association with Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, when his contract expires. Soon after, he signs to Smash, a subsidiary of Mercury Records.
The Everly Brothers record Love Her, When Snowflakes Fall In Summer and The Girl Sang The Blues at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Warner Brothers Records.
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Having seen Cilla Black performing recently at the Blue Angel club in Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, manager Brian Epstein contracts her as his first female client.
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King Curtis plays the second night of two weeks of shows at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley spends a third day filming a dance sequence based on the Ray Charles song What'd I Say, with his co-star Ann Margret at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas.
The Essex play at Hanson's, Harvey's Lake, Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by popular local group The Starfires.