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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.
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.
Frank Sinatra is playing to full houses during a two-week stand at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Joanie Somers is playing during a ten-day engagement at Freddy's Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Connie Francis plays during a nine-day engagement at The Holiday House, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.Johnny Preston performs Leave My Kitten Alone on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Marilyn Monroe, actress and sometime singer, is admitted to Payne-Whitney psychiatric clinic in Manhattan, New York City, USA, and placed in the ward for the most seriously disturbed.
Singer and harpist Noah Lewis, who had been a key figure on the Memphis, Tennessee, USA, jug band circuit of the 1920s, dies in extreme poverty, of gangrene caused by frostbite, in Ripley, Tennessee, USA.
The album Lookin' At Monk, a tribute to Thelonious Monk is recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City, USA, by a band comprising Johnnie Griffin (tenor sax), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (tenor sax), Junior Mance (piano), Larry Gales (bass), Ben Riley (drums).
Sammy Davis Jr. records Let There Be Love, Bye Bye Blackbird and other songs in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
Bernard Hermann's soundtrack music to the film The Three Worlds Of Gulliver is recorded at Denham Studios,London, UK.
Bobby Rydell is presented with the 1960 Outstanding Entertainer Award by The Sons Of Italy organisation at their annual banquet in Palumbo's Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Beatles play at the Merseyside Civil Service Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.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.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.