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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.
Female saxophonist Vi Redd is playing during a month-long engagement at The Sugar Hill, San Francisco, California, USA.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Ray Charles is playing during a week of two shows per night at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Adam Faith, The Roulettes and Jackie Trent are playing during six nights at The New Theatre, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.
The Chad Mitchell Trio records the folk song Tell Old Bill in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Leon McAuliffe and His Swingin‘ Western Band play at The Saddle Club, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, USA.
The Beatles play at The Gaumont, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe. While in Doncaster, they are interviewed by Australian journalist Dibbs Mather for the BBC Transcription Service.
Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers play the evening session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Mojos.
Pre-production begins in New York City, USA, on the soon-to-open Broadway musical Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand.
Film producer Hal Wallis sends a letter to Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, pointing out that Presley's physique has taken a turn for the worse, and suggesting that that this should be remedied before filming for his next movie, Roustabout, begins.
One day after his sixth birthday, Donny Osmond (of The Osmonds) makes his first tv appearance on the Andy Williams Show in the USA. Donny performs You Are My Sunshine. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans are also guests on this edition of the show.
The Animals play a Tuesday lunchtime gig at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
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The Sheffields headline The Marquee in London, England, UK, Europe, supported by young hopeful Rod Stewart with The Soul Agents.
Michelle Denice Thurston is born in Louisa, Virginia, USA. She will find success as a country music recording artist and songwriter under the name Michelle Nixon.
The Beatles release a new single, No Reply / Baby's In Black on Parlophon Records in Italy, Europe.
Jerry Corbitt plays at The Loft, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Corbitt will find greater success in 1967 as a founder-member of The Youngbloods.Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Billy Fury and The Karl Denver Trio play at The Granada Theatre, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK, Europe.
The first Beatles Christmas Record, a free flexidisc made by The Beatles, begins arriving at the homes of Beatles' Fan Club members across the UK.
Phil Ochs is the artist featured on the cover of today's edition of the hugely influential folk-oriented Broadside magazine in the USA. This issue includes two of Ochs' songs - That Was The President and It Must Have Been Another Country.
Martha And The Vandellas record A Tear For The Girl in Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Using footage filmed months earlier, The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite in the USA runs a story about the phenomenon of Beatlemania, inspired by the success of The Beatles, in the United Kingdom. Marsha Albert, a young music fan listening to the radio broadcast will write to her local radio station, WWDC, in Washington DC, and ask to have a Beatles' track played. The response to the track, played on December 17, will quickly put it into heavy rotation.
Jimmie Rodgers plays the first of two nights at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Claude King records Where The Red Red Roses Grow, A Lace Mantilla And A Rose Of Red and What Makes The World Go Round, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Dusty Springfield scores her first UK Top Ten single with I Only Want To Be With You on Philips Records.