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1961 - 1962
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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1961 - 1963
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.
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1961 - 1965
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.
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1961 - 1962
The musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, is playing at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, during a run of 92 performances.
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1961 - 1962
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
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1962
The Rat Pack [Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr,] play at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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1962
Carl Perkins plays the twenty-second night of a month at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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1962
Cliff Richard is in Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, recording Carnival, I'm In The Mood For Love and Where The Four Winds Blow.
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1962
Ben Watt, singer, songwriter and member of Everything But The Girl is born in Barnes, London, UK.
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1962
Jazz vocalist Betty Carter records Heart And Soul, Round Midnight and other tracks for her Atco-Atlantic Records album Round Midnight.
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1962
Adam Faith and Gene Vincent play at the ABC, Chesterfield, UK.
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1962
The Beatles play at the Club Django, Southport, UK.
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1962
Fred Waring plays at Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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1962
The Michel Legrand Big Band records the Richard Rodgers melodies The Lady Is A Tramp, Have You Met Miss Jones' and This Can't Be Love for Philips Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the LP The Michel Legrand Big Band Plays Richard Rodgers.
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1962
Dion records Will Love Ever Come My Way?, in Columbia Studio A, New York City, USA. He also records an early version of Ruby Baby, which will not be released.
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1962
The Michel Legrand Orchestra records Have You Met Miss Jones?, This Can't Be Love and The Lady Is A Tramp for Philips Records in New York City, USA.
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1962
Up On The Roof by Kenny Lynch enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at No10. The song is written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
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1962
Bob Dylan has another recording session for his album Freewheelin' at Columbia Records Studios, New York City, USA, during which he records A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Oxford Town, I Shall Be Free and Bob Dylan's Blues.
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1962
Ray Charles plays the eighth of fourteen nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
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1962
Brian Hyland signs an agreement to perform on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA, for a fee of $155.
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