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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.Long John Baldry And The Hoochie Coochie Men play at Baldry's Blues Club, Wealdstone, UK.
The Matadors, later to become The Swinging Hangmen play at St Bernadettes, Whitefield, UK.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz
Messengers begin a short a season at The Jazz
Workshop, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Bob Dylan is seen in a Quest-tv broadcast entitled The Times They Are A-Changing, which features Dylan singing several of his songs.
Neneh Cherry is born in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. She will have the first of several hits in 1988 with with Buffalo Stance.
The Meteors play at The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Jimmy Powell And The Five Dimensions plus Phil Ryan And The Crescents.
The Wynton Kelly Quintet record Not A Tear, The South Seas and Fall Of Love in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Shirley Bassey releases a new single, I (Who Have Nothing), in the USA on United Artists Records.
Simon And Garfunkel record The Sound Of Silence, an acoustic folk song, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. When released as a single, the song will be a flop and Simon and Garfunkel will go their separate ways. Then, more than a year later, producer Tom Wilson, in a break during a Bob Dylan recording session, has a moment of inspiration. He uses Dylan's electric sidemen to add a folk-rocking backing to the song. This new version of The Sound Of Silence will become a No1 hit.
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Jackie Washington plays at Club 47, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The stage musical Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand has its first of seventeen previews at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show will run for a combined total of 1348 performances at three different theatres.
Jasmine Guy is born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She will score several US hit singles, including Try Me, Another Like My Lover, and Just Want to Hold You.