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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The Piltdown Men record their instrumental hits Brontosaurus Stomp and McDonald's Cave, at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The group is a side-project for Ed Cobb, a member of vocal harmony hitmakers The Four Preps. He will go on to write hits for Brenda Holloway, The Standells and Soft Cell
Miriam Makeba records The Retreat Song and Umhome at Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
Vocalist Shakey Jake Harris records Good Times, Tear Drops and other
tracks at Van Gelder
Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Prestige
Records. Organist on the session is Brother Jack McDuff.
Jazz drum and bass duo Jo Jones and Milt Hinton record Love Nest and The Walls Fall for Everest Records.
The Charlie Rouse Quintet records Weirdo, Pretty Strange and other tracks for Riverside Records in New York City, USA.
The Mystics, with Jay Traynor singing lead, record White Cliffs Of Dover, Blue Star and Over The Rainbow at RCA Studios, New York City, USA. for Laurie Records.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Kathy Kirby, Jerry Lordan, Peter Elliott and The Four Jones Boys play at The Savoy, Exeter, UK.
The
Platters play the sixth night of a two week engagement at
Fack's II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Marlene Dietrich plays the last of three nights at the Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The
Platters play the sixth night of a two-week engagement at
Fack's II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Sam
Cooke plays the sixth night of a week of shows at the The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Gene Vincent records Pistol Packin' Mama and Weeping Willow in EMI's Abbey
Road Studios, London, UK. His backing group, The Beat Boys, includes Georgie
Fame.
Brenda Lee, Jackie Wilson and Mark Dinning entertain at the annual Music Operators Of America convention, in The Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul Anka plays the third night in a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Popular vocalist Jimmy Clanton plays the second of six nights at the Jolla Club, Tucson, Arizona, USA, supported by Roy Orbison.
Bobby Darin plays the sixth night in a week of shows at The Cloister Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.