Showing all 26 Facts found
Click to filter results

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 musical



Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.


The Kingston Trio are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Elvis Presley celebrates his twenty seventh birthday at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, with a cake supplied by Milton Prell, the hotel's owner and a friend of Presley's manager Colonel Parker.
The Voices Of Jordan vocal group records Mary, Martha And Lazarus and Evening Shades for Savoy Records.
Connie
Francis records Kiss'n'Twist, Teach Me To Twist, Cha Cha Twist, Gonna Git That Man and Johnny Darlin' for MGM Records in New
York City, USA.
Brenda Lee signs a new five-year contract with MGM Records which guarantees her minimum earnings of $100,000 per year.
American Bandstand broadcasts an Elvis Special to celebrate Elvis Presley's 27th birthday,
which the star is celebrating at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Chubby Checker holds the first two positions in the Canadian pop singles chart with The Twist at No1 and Let's Twist Again at No2.
James Brown records Every Beat Of My Heart and I Found You [with Yvonne Fair on vocals] in Dukoff Studios, Miami, Florida, USA, for King Records. Brown will, in 1965, re-write and re-record I Found You as I Got You [I Feel Good]. It will become his biggest-ever hit.
Frankie Avalon plays the the last night of a week at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Sonny
James records No Lana Cas, The Day's Not Over Yet and Time's
Running Backwards For Me at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The session is produced by Chet Atkins, with notable players
including Floyd Cramer on piano and Grady Martin on guitar.

