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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.
Country singer-songwriter Darden Smith is born in Brenham, Texas, USA.
Jazz singer Chris Connor records the Richard Rodgers' songs No Strings, Look No Further, The Sweetest Sounds and Nobody Told Me, in New York City, USA, for her Atlantic Records LP No Strings - An After Theatre Version.
Geoff Mott and the Mottoes play at the Friends Meeting House, Cambridge, UK. Their vocalist, Syd Barrett, will go on to form Pink Floyd.
Debbie Dean, the first white vocalist signed to Berry Gordy Jr's Motown label, releases her thid single, Everybody's Talking About My Baby / I Cried All Night in the USA.
Duke Ellington, Gary 'US' Bonds, and The Chantels play the third of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago Illinois, USA.
Jacques Brel spends the sixth of nine days recording his sixth studio album, Les Bourgeois, at Studio Barclay-Hoche, Paris, France, Europe.
British pop idol Marty Wilde begins a tour of one-nighters in the UK, during which he will collapse from exhaustion.
Bob Dylan performs the Howlin' Wolf song Smokestack Lightning on Cynthia Gooding's radio show, Folksinger's Choice, in New York City, USA.
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Chubby Checker plays the last night of a week of shows at The Holiday house, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke and Huey 'Piano' Smith play the sixth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Geoff Mott And The Mottoes play together for the first time in Cambridge, UK. The band will soon split up but one member, Syd Barrett, will go on to form Pink Floyd.
Singer and songwriter Mary Gauthier is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the third of ten nights at The Renaissance Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington, Gary 'US' Bonds, and The Chantels play the third of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Louis Jordan comes to the end of a season at The Singapore Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Vocalist and guitarist Lenny Wolf of heavy rock band Kingdom Come is born in Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Ella Fitzgerald plays at The Gaumont Palace Theatre, Hammersmith, London, UK.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to find success as The Swinging Blue Jeans][later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans], play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.