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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.
Wes Montgomery records Polka Dots And Moonbeams, There's A Small Hotel, All The Things You Are and other tracks in a private session at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, UK. the session includes Stan Tracey on piano.
At a gig in The Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Bruce Johnston replaces Glen Campbell as bassist in The Beach Boys.
The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds appear on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Goes Live!
The Drifters play the last night of a six-day season at The Buckingham Club, Manchester, UK.
The Staple Singers perform at their local parish, New Nazareth Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The event is a service inspired by the Alabama marches. In a spirit-filled set that runs from Civil Rights anthems (We Shall Overcome) to traditional gospel (When The Saints Go Marching In), The Staple Singers introduce their own original material, including the just-composed Freedom Highway. The concert is recorded and will, eventually, be released as Freedom Highway Complete - Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church.
When Bob Dylan plays at The Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the poster for the event mis-spells his name as Bob Dylon.
During a performance by The Kinks there is a riot at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
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Dusty Springfield releases a new EP, Dusty In New York, on Philips Records in the UK.
Willie Nelson records Hello Walls, Buddy, So Much To Do and Within Your Crowd at RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with producer Chet Atkins. Musicians on the session are Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Velma Smith, Jerry Kennedy and Jerry Reed [guitars], Pete Drake [steel guitar].
The Beatles release a new single, Ticket To Ride/Yes It Is, in the UK on Parlophone Records.
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The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the second of seven nights at the Hudson Hotel, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
Jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan is recording tracks for his Blue Note records LP The Rumproller at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Who play at Stamford Hall, Altrincham, UK.
Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Bobby Vee, Tony Jackson And The Vibrations, Heinz and The Zombies play at The Odeon, Taunton, UK.
The Yardbirds play at the London Architectural Association, Bedford Square, London, England, UK.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.