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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.
Etta Jones is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Counterpoint Club, Chicago, Illinos, USA.
On a promotional tour in support of his novelty single Baby Sittin' Boogie, Buzz Clifford visits deejays and other music business contacts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of Wild In The Country, at The 20th Century Fox Movie Ranch, near Santa Monica, California, USA.
On an extensive promotional tour in support of his novelty single Baby Sittin' Boogie, Buzz Clifford visits deejays and other music business contacts in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band play at St. George's Hall, Bradford, UK.
Ricky Valance and the Crestas play at the Civic Hall, Croydon, UK, supported by Mark Anthony.
The Jackie McLean Quartet records Bluesnik, Blues Function and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records.
Ella Fitzgerald records How High The Moon, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, for Verve Records.
The Jackie McLean Quartet records Bluesnik, Blues Function and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Blue Note Records.
Ella Fitzgerald records How High The Moon, in Hollywood, California, USA, for Verve Records.
Paul Anka plays at the Caribe Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico. When he does a signing session at the local Woolworth store, so many fans turn up that he has to escape from the roof of the building by helicopter.
Otis Williams records You Know How Much I Care and Little Turtle Dove, for King Records in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA.
Otis Williams records You Know How Much I Care and Little Turtle Dove, for King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He will find greater success as a founding member of The Temptations.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the twenty-fifth night of a six-week season at the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes, later to re-name themselves as The Swinging Blue Jeans, play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the twenty-fifth night of a six-week season at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bebop jazz pianist and bandleader Sir Charles Thompson records Cow Cow Boogie, 'Taint What You Do and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
The House of Commons Marimba String Quartet play at the Trad Jazz Club, Walcot Common Room, Walcot, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Bebop jazz pianist and bandleader Sir Charles Thompson records Cow Cow Boogie, 'Taint What You Do and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
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.
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.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
Roy Acuff is undertaking a one-month tour of Spain, Europe, and Morocco, Africa, where he is performing for American troops, sponsored by the United Service Organizations.
Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.