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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
A dance in Houston, Texas, USA, enters the record books when 16,500 people show up to bop the night away.
US deejay/promoter Alan Freed's week-long revue spends its fourth day at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, featuring Bo Diddley, Big Maybelle, Jo Ann Campbell, Bobby Day, The Cadillacs, and The Wheels.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at the Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Acts on the bill include Freddy Cannon, Clyde McPhatter, The Clovers, Bobby Rydell, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Isley Brothers, The Crests, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Sammy Turner and Linda Laurie.
Miriam Makeba plays the seventh night of a four week season at the Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
US deejays Alan Freed and Dick Clark are accused of accepting money and gifts in return for playing records, at a hearing by a US House Of Representatives Sub-committee.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the second of six nights at The Gaumont, Sheffield, UK.
US deejay/promoter Alan Freed's week-long revue spends its fourth day at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA, featuring Bo Diddley, Big Maybelle, Jo Ann Campbell, Bobby Day, The Cadillacs, and The Wheels.
Dinah Washington plays the twelfth night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
At the end of a four-day search utilising 4000 men, women and children, four year old Steven Walls is found in rough country north-east of Guyra in New England, Australia. The incident will inspire Johnny Ashcroft to write the song Little Boy Lost which will go to number one in Australia.
Teen Angel by Mark Dinning hits No1 in the Top 40 singles chart in the USA as compiled by Billboard magazine.
He'll Have To Go by Jim Reeves reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA. On the same day it reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Lefty Frizzell becomes the first country music artist to be given a star in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Sound Of Music film soundtrack reaches No1 on the Billboard album chart in the USA.
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.