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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.
John Hammond Jr plays the second of two nights at Club 47, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
The Sons Of Fred play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Prophets.
Nina Simone plays the last night of a two-week season at Annie's Room, London, England, UK.
The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sonny And Cher and Glenn Yarborough appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is (Say) You're My Girl by Roy Orbison, entering at No66.
The Beach Boys' single Help Me Rhonda peaks at No27 in the UK.
Lightnin' Hopkins plays the eleventh of thirteen nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Rising Sons [including Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal].
Johnny Mathis, The Young Americans and Woody Allen play the third of seven nights at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Wilson Pickett releases a new single, In The Midnight Hour, on Atlantic Records in the USA.
The Fortunes release a new single, You've Got Your Troubles, in the UK. It will peak at No2 in the singles chart.
I'll Follow the Sun by The Beatles reaches No1 in the pop singles chart, Tio i topp, in Sweden, Europe.
The Rolling Stones take the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA No1 slot with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, for the first of four weeks. On the same day they also reach No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart.
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The Yardbirds play at The Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England, UK.
You Better Come Home by Petula Clark makes its debut on the Billboard pop singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No22 during a run of 9 weeks on the chart.
The Fortunes play at The Palais, Peterborough, England, UK.
The album Beatles VI by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Billboard Albums Chart in the USA for the first of six weeks.
Country star Roy Acuff suffers a broken pelvis, fractured collarbone and cracked ribs in a car crash near Sparta, Tennessee, USA. Also injured are singer June Stearns and guitarist Harold Jackson. All three are first treated in Sparta, then transferred to Miller's Clinic, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
I Got You Babe, the debut single by Sonny And Cher, is released on Atco Records in the USA.
Peter And Gordon, Jackie DeShannon, The Drifters, Paul Peterson, Brian Hyland, The Executives, Mel Carter, Fred Hughes, Ronnie Dove and The Crystals play in The Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars at The Exhibition Building, Fairgrounds, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
The Who play at The Winter Gardens, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, England, UK.
The Big Three play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK.
The Fugs play the second of five consecutive Saturday gigs at The Bridge Theatre, New York City, USA.
The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Jan And Dean, Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs and Ian Whitcomb play in Seattle, Washington, USA. When Jan Berry of Jan And Dean is refused entrance to the venue by a security man who does not recognise him, Berry hits him.
Chris Curtis of The Searchers, Dionne Warwick and DJ/singer Jimmy Young appear as panellists on BBC-tv show Juke Box Jury in London, England, UK.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, play at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK.
Herman's Hermits enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with I'm Henry The VIII I Am, which will peak at No1.
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Cliff Richard And The Shadows play the second of two days at Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The Dominators, The Motions and The Banned play at The Town Hall, Stourbridge, England, UK. Lead vocalist with The Banned is young Robert Plant, later to find global fame with Led Zeppelin.
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.