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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.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, Mark Wynter, The Mojos, The Hollies and Frank Berry play at The Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, UK.
Muddy Waters, The Rev Blind Gary Davis and Sonny Terry And Brownie McGee play in The Folk, Blues And Gospel Caravan at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK.
The Who play at The Florida Rooms, Brighton, UK.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at Colston Hall, Bristol, supported by Gene Vincent, Millie and The Shouts.
Frank Zappa plays at The Broadside, Pomona, California, USA.
Memphis Slim, with Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, plays at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK.
Legend holds that Frank Zappa named his group The Mothers Of Invention on this day (Mother's Day) in 1964.
The Beatles' performance on the recent NME Pollwinners awards show is transmitted on UK tv.
Nat King Cole plays during a two-week season at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Popular comedy vocalist Allan Sherman is the mystery panellist on tv show What's My Line, in the USA.
The New Stan Getz Quartet with Astrud Gilberto plays during a month of dates at The Caf
Roy Orbison, Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Empire, Liverpool, UK.
The American Folk, Blues And Gospel Caravan featuring Sonny Terry And Brownie McGee, Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davies, Cousin Joe Pleasants and Otis Spann plays at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK.
Bob Dylan flies into London to begin his first UK tour.
The American Folk, Blues And Gospel Caravan, featuring Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee, Reverend Gary Davis and Cousin Joe Pleasants plays at The Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
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Chuck Berry (backed by The Nashville Teens) plays at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, supported by Carl Perkins (also backed by The Nashville Teens) and The Animals, Kingsize Taylor and The Dominoes, and The Swinging Blue Jeans.
The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, UK.
Heinz And The Wild Ones play at the opening of a new venue, Beat City, Soho, London, UK. Guitarist in the band is Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple.
The Four Pennies play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK.
Local group The Zombies win first prize in the Herts Beat Music Contest at Watford Town Hall, Hertfordshire, UK.
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