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The Rhythmettes are playing during a week-long engagement at The Patio, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Wanda Jackson appears on ABC-tv's Country Music Jubilee show in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
Gary Webb is born in the UK, but he will become better known as 70s electro-rocker Gary Numan.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets play at the Odeon, Nottingham, UK, supported by The Montanas, The Tanner Sisters, Gary Miller and Ronnie Keene And his Orchestra. Des O'Connor is the compere.
Moovin' N' Groovin' by Duane Eddy enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No72.
The Maddy Brothers and Bob Alexander are the guests on the Heck Harper Circle 8 Hoedown show on KGW-tv, Portland, Oregon, USA.Famed tango pianist, bandleader and composer Carlos Di Sarli, known as El Senor del Tango, gives his final live performance in the club Podest de Lan's in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.
The new Billboard No1 single in the USA is Get A Job by The Silhouettes. The song will have a couple of far-reaching influences. Not only will Smokey Robinson And The Miracles be inspired to make their debut recording with an answer song, Got A Job, but the successful rock'n'roll revival band Sha Na Na will take their name from the catchy backing vocals on Get A Job.
The first Annual Disc Jockey Convention has its second of three days in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Punkette Pauline Murray is born in Waterhouses, County Durham, UK. She will find success as singer of the band Penetration.