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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.
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.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a summer season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Popular singer Jo Ann Campbell is playing during four weeks of shows as support for comedian Red Skelton at The Sands Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
Conway Twitty is playing during a week-long engagement at Manor Hotel, Widwood, New Jersey, USA.
Freddie Bell And The Bellboys are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Golden Hotel And Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Paul Anka is playing during a week of shows at The Frolics Club, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald is playing during a week of shows at The Carter Barron Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Jazz drummer Elvin Jones and his trio record Pretty Brown and Four And Six, in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk records his third album, Kirk's Work, for Prestige Records, ay Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Maxine Brown performs Funny on popular tv series American Bandstand in W-fil Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bobby Rydell begins a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, opening for comedian George Burns.
Elvis Presley begins location filming for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Gerry Mulligan spends the second of two days recording tracks for his LP Gerry Mulligan Presents A Concert In Jazz on Verve Records in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
Gerry And The Pacemakers play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Pop idol Tommy Sands is appearing in Remains To Be Seen at The Tenthouse Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cliff Richard records Without You and Shame On You in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Charles, The Coasters and Betty Carter play the fifth night of a week of shows at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazz pianist, vocalist, bandleader and Decca recording artist Erskine Butterfield dies in New York City, USA.
R'n'b saxophone star King Curtis records Slow Motion, Frantic and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Johnnie Ray plays the sixteenth night in a four-week season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bop jazz trumpeter Joe Gordon has the first of three sessions during which he records tracks for his Contemporary Records album Lookin' Good!, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the ninth night of two weeks at The Town'n'Country, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Gene Vincent plays the second of six nights at The Hippodrome, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
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.