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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.
Big Pete Deuchar And His Professors Of Ragtime play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Deuchar's band around this time included young guitarist John McLaughlin, who would go on to play with Georgie Fame and Graham Bond, before forming his jazz fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the third of six nights at The Gaumont, Sheffield, UK.
Future US President Ronald Reagan hosts an NBC tv special in the USA entitled Ford Startime - The Swingin' Years. Artists appearing include Count Basie And His Orchestra performing One O'Clock Jump; Gene Krupa performing Theme [Starburst] and Drum Boogie with vocals by Anita O'Day; Chattanooga Choo-Choo by Tex Beneke And The Modernaires, South Rampart Street Parade and Big Noise From Winnetka by Bob Crosby And The Bobcats, Marie by The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, No Name Jive by Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra and Caldonia by Woody Herman And The Herd.Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr continue with their Summit At The Sands season at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Lee Hooker records That's My Story, Gonna Use My Rod, One Of These Days and other tracks at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City,USA, for Riverside Records.
Big Pete Deuchar And His Professors Of Ragtime play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Deuchar's band around this time included young guitarist John McLaughlin, who would go on to play with Georgie Fame and The Graham Bond, before forming his jazz fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Big Pete Deuchar And His Professors Of Ragtime play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon. Deuchar's band around this time included young guitarist John McLaughlin, who would go on to play with Georgie Fame and Graham Bond, before forming his jazz fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Big Pete Deuchar And His Professors Of Ragtime play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Deuchar's band around this time includes young guitarist John McLaughlin, who will go on to play with Georgie Fame and Graham Bond, before forming his jazz fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Entertainment booking company Foster's Agency writes to the Aliens Department requesting that Eddie Cochran's work permit be extended for seven more weeks to allow him to perform in a UK tour.
Bill Haley And His Comets record Bouquet Of Roses, I Don't Hurt Any More and This Is The Thanks I Get, for Warner Brothers Records atBell Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
The Biggest Show Of Stars 1960 Winter Edition package tour plays at the Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, 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.
Holly Johnson, vocalist of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, is born in Liverpool, UK. [No, he was not born in Khartoum! That was a fib he used to enjoy telling to journalists]
Big Pete Deuchar And His Professors Of Ragtime play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Deuchar's band around this time included young guitarist John McLaughlin, who would go on to play with Georgie Fame and Graham Bond, before forming his jazz fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Future US President Ronald Reagan hosts an NBC tv special in the US entitled Ford Startime - The Swingin' Years. Artists appearing include Count Basie and his Orchestra performing One O'Clock Jump, Gene Krupa performing Theme (Starburst) and Drum Boogie with vocals by Anita O'Day; Chattanooga Choo-Choo by Tex Beneke And The Modernaires, South Rampart Street Parade and Big Noise From Winnetka by Bob Crosby And The Bobcats, Marie by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, No Name Jive by Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra, and Caldonia by Woody Herman and the Herd.
Dinah Washington plays the thirteenth night of two weeks of dates at Fack's No2, San Francisco, California, USA.
US deejay/promoter Alan Freed's week-long revue spends its fifth day at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, featuring Bo Diddley, Big Maybelle, Jo Ann Campbell, Bobby Day, The Cadillacs, and The Wheels.
A star is placed on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, in honour of actress/singer Marilyn Monroe.
Bill Haley And His Comets record Bouquet Of Roses, I Don't Hurt Any More and This Is The Thanks I Get, for Warner Brothers Records at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr aka The Rat Pack, are filming Ocean's Eleven on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, 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.