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It is reported that Japan is now the world's third biggest record sales market, after the USA and the UK.
The Beach Boys are in Western Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, adding their vocals to the backing tracks for She Knows Me Too Well.
Ain't She Sweet by The Beatles reaches No1 in the pop singles chart, Tio i topp, in Sweden, Europe.
Two girls have their clothes ripped off during scenes of hooliganism at a Rolling Stones show in The Kurhaus, Scheveningen, The Hague, Holland, Europe.
Little Richard performs Bama Lama Bamaloo on weekly tv pop show American Bandstand in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Such A Night by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No16 during a six-week run.
How Do You Do It? by Gerry And The Pacemakers enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No9.


You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No55.

Because by The Dave Clark Five enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.

The second day of the The 4th National Jazz and Blues festival - a three day event - in Richmond Athletic Grounds, Richmond. Surrey, UK, features Memphis Slim, Jimmy Witherspoon, The Chris Barber Band, Ottilie Patterson, The Alex Welsh Band, Colin Kingwell, Long John Baldry And The Hoochie Coochie Men, Manfred Mann, The Ronnie Scott Quartet, The Johnny Scott Quintet, The Dick Morrisey Quartet and The Tubby Hayes Big Band.
The Mariposa Folk Festival, a three-day event, has its second day in Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Artists appearing over the course of the event include The Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Gordon Lightfoot, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tom Kines, Jacqueline And Bridie and others. On her way to perform at this event, Joni Mitchell composes her first song, Day After Day.
