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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.
Lou Marsh, a worker with the New York City Youth Board, is stabbed and brutally beaten by members of The Untouchables gang, near a city housing project, Jefferson Houses, on East 113th Street, East Harlem, New York City, USA. He will die two days later. Phil Ochs will be inspired to write his song Lou Marsh about the incident.
Paul Anka records Diana, It Doesn't Matter Any More and other tracks for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
The soundtrack album to the musical West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes by Bobby Vee peaks at No2 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
The stage musical Oliver!, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart, plays at The Imperial Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 774 performances.
Blues guitarist Roger 'Hurricane' Wilson has his first guitar lesson, aged 9, in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Gary U.S. Bonds files a $100,000 suit against Chubby Checker. The charge is that Checker plagiarised Bonds' hit Quarter to Three and turned it into the song Dancin' Party. The case will be settled out of court.
The Rolling Stones play at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, for the first time.
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Patsy Cline releases a new single, Leavin' on Your Mind, on Decca Records in the USA.
Clint Mansell, frontman of Pop Will Eat Itself and filmscore composer, is born in Coventry, UK.
Bobby Vee records Charms at United Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
Blues By Six play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK.
The Kingston Trio release a new single, Greenback Dollar, on Capitol Records in the USA.
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.
Roy Acuff is playing during a four-week long series of shows in The Mint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Beatles' Christmas Show is presented during a season at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, featuring The Beatles Cilla Black, Rolf Harris, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, The Barron Knights, The Fourmost and Tommy Quickly.
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Glenn Yarbrough, until recently a member of The Limeliters, is playing during four weeks of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Wes Harrison and The Town Criers.