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The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
With no less than eight Bob Dylan songs in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, Variety magazine runs a Dylan feature headlined, "A One-Man Music Biz in Creation Of Rock-Folk Genre." Forty-eight Dylan songs have been recorded or commisioned by other artists in the last month alone.
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The Willie Bobo Sextet records Shotgun Blind Man, It's Not Unusual and other tracks for Verve Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Temptations, Martha And The Vandellas, Brenda Holloway, Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles and The Beau Brummels play the sixth night of a ten day season, promoted by top radio DJ Murray The K, at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre, New York.
Hank Cochran records Hank Today And Him Tomorrow, I'm Alone and other tracks with Chet Atkins as producer in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The session band consists of guitarists Wayne Moss and Velma Smith, Jerry Reed on banjo, Buddy Emmons on steel guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey, Jr. playing bass and Kenneth Buttrey on drums.
Jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan records the album Cornbread for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
An advertisement appears in the Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, California, USA, reading, "Madness! Auditions. Folk and Rock Musicians-Singers For Acting Roles in New TV Series. Running Parts for 4 Insane Boys Age 17-21. Want Spirited Ben Frank's Types. Have Courage to Work. Must Come Down for Interview." The show will turn out to be The Monkees.
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Actress/singer Dorothy Dandridge, Hollywood's first African-American superstar, is found dead of an overdose of anti-depressants in her home in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Stanley Brothers record Seek Jesus, God's Highway, The End Of The Road and other tracks in King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Zombies, The Searchers, Patty Duke, Barbara Lewis, Gene Chandler, The Collins Kids, John Andrea, Bruce Scott, Billy Preston, The Guilloteens and The Eligibles appear on US tv show Shindig!
Jokers Wild, a group including guitarist David Gilmour, later to join Pink Floyd, plays at Les Jeux Interdits, The Victoria Ballroom, Cambridge, England, UK.
Jan And Dean release a new single, I Found A Girl, on Liberty Records in the USA. Like many Jan And Dean singles of the period, it is in mono, even though a stereo mix existed.
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Elvis Presley is filming his next movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Coasters track Crazy Baby is edited in New York City, USA, for release as a single on Atco Records.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, The
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features James Brown performing Papa's Got a Brand New Bag; Bobby Goldsboro performing Little Things.
Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela are playing at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Jean Shepard records Your Forevers Don't Last Very Long, Wave Goodbye and Our Past Is In My Way, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The First New York Blues Project, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond Jr. and The Little John Trio play during a week of shows at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich, Village, New York City, USA.
Dizzy Gillespie And His Quintet are playing during a season in The Penthouse at The Playboy Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.