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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.
Tony Bennett is starring in Guys And Dolls at Herb Rogers' Chicago Music Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Liberace is playing at The Frolics Club, Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, USA.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a summer season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.

Actor and pop star
James Darren is appearing in a summer stock production of Under The Yum Yum Tree at The Gateway Playhouse, Bellport, Long Island, New York State, USA.
Leon McAuliff And The Cimarron Boys are playing during six days of gigs at The Chestnut Inn, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

Popular singer
Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian
Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
Brook Benton is playing at The Hurricane Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Conway Twitty is playing during a week-long engagement at Manor Hotel, Widwood, New Jersey, USA.
Fats Domino plays the second of two nights in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

A Trad Jazz festival in Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, attracts 15,000 fans.

Graham Jones, guitarist with 80s hitmakers
Haircut 100, is born in Sydenham, England, UK, Europe.

Andy Fletcher of
Depeche Mode is born in Basildon, Essex, England, UK, Europe.

Jamie Cook, guitarist with
Arctic Monkeys, is born in Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Joe Brown And The Jollies play at The Corn Exchange, Peterborough, England, UK, Europe.
The Fish by
Bobby Rydell is the highest new entry in the
Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA, entering at No74. The song is one of numerous
dance craze styled songs of the era.

According to her passport,
Ella Fitzgerald returned to the USA at New York City on this date.

Folk trio The Salty Dogs [featuring banjo virtuoso
Paul Champion] play the fourth of five nights in The Carrera Room at The Gifford Arms Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Ray Charles,
The Coasters and
Betty Carter play the second night of a week of shows at the
Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA. On the same day, Ray is arrested in a Southside apartment following a drugs tip-off to police. No drugs are found but he is charged for 'loitering with known narcotics addicts'.
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.