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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.
The musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, featuring Butterfield on vocals and harmonica, Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars, Mark Naftalin on organ, Jerome Arnold and bass and Sam Lay on drums, is playing during a month of live shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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.
The musical Anya is performed at The Ziegfield Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just two weeks.
Judy Garland is playing during a two-week engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, backed by the 30-piece Louis Basil orchestra. She is paid $50,000 per week.
Connie Haines is playing during two weeks at the ACT IV Restaurant-Supper Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Eddie Peabody, billed as 'The King Of The Banjo', plays during seventeen nights at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by 'song stylist' Gloria Loring.
The Grateful Dead play at The Big Beat, Palo Alto, California, USA.
After a run of just three days, stage musical The Yearling closes at The Alvin Theatre, on Broadway New York City, USA.
Jazz guitarist Dave Barbour, who worked with Mildred Bailey, Red Norvo, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and many others, dies aged 53 in Malibu, California, USA. He married Peggy Lee in 1943 but their union ended in 1951 because of his alcoholism.
Alan Price plays at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out by The Beatles, on the basis of advance orders.
The Paupers play at The Gogue Inn, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Isley Brothers ink a recording contract with Motown Records.
The Lettermen play at Sutton Hall, Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA.
Peter And Gordon play the last night of a week at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe
Ray Charles notches up his 45th Billboard Singles Chart entry in the USA entry with Crying Time, which will peak at No6.
The Fugs, Richie Havens and The New Group play the second of two nights at The Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, USA.
The Lovin' Spoonful, The Beau Brummels and Jody Miller appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dusty Springfield plays the sixth night of a week in cabaret at Mr Smiths, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatstalkers play at The Cromwellian Club, Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dean Martin secures his fifth Top 40 hit in the USA when I Will peaks at No10 in the Billboard chart.
The new Beatles sixth album Rubber Soul enters the UK album charts and, on the same day, they play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Moody Blues.
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Bob Dylan plays at the Masonic Memorial Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Harry Vanda, guitarist of The Easybeats, marries Pamela Joyce Higgins in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. In the evening The Easybeats meet their future manager Mike Vaughan at a dance in the suburb of Hornsby, Sydney, Australia.
When The Myddle Class play at Summit High School Auditorium, Summit, New Jersey, USA, they are supported by a band which has just changed its name to The Velvet Underground.
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She's Just My Style by Gary Lewis and the Playboys enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.
The Big John Patton Quartet record The Shadow Of Your Smile, The Turnaround, Latona, Jakey, One Step Ahead and Let 'Em Roll for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Having recently split from The Mindbenders, Wayne Fontana makes his first UK tv appearance as a solo act, on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet play at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York State, USA.
Dunhill Records announces that it has signed The Mamas And The Papas to a $10,000 recording contract in the USA.
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The Who play at the University of Southampton, Southampton, England, UK, Europe
Golden Earring play at Antonius Clubhuis, Leiden, Netherlands, Europe.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Just Like Me by Paul Revere And The Raiders, entering at No72.
Jerry Shifrin, sales manager of Cameo-Parkway Records, arrives in London, England, UK, Europe, for discussions with, among others, The Ivy League and Sounds Orchestral.
Whipped Cream And Other Delights by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass spends its third week at No1 on the Billboard Album chart in the USA.
Let's Hang On! By The Four Seasons reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Major Lance plays at Mr. McCoy's, in Middlesbrough, England, UK, Europe.
For the second of two consecutive nights, The Doors play a live acoustic accompaniment to two films by keyboardist Ray Manzarek at the Royce Hall Auditorium, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Decca Records present Brenda Lee with a red Mustang convertible during a 21st birthday party at The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. In attendance are future Country Music Hall of Famers Red Foley, Owen Bradley and Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.
Calne-based band The Pack play a marathon four-hour set in the Village Hall, Potterne, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Rafael Hernández Marín dies aged 73 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. As a songwriter, he was the author of hundreds of popular songs in the Latin American repertoire.
Having completed a tour of the USA and several recording sessions in Los Angeles, The Rolling Stones part company and go on holiday. Vocalist Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton fly to Jamaica; guitarist Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg holiday in the Virgin Islands; guitarist Keith Richards and Linda Keith remain in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Kinks play at The Domino Club, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mr. Kelly's Citizens.
The musical Anya closes at The Ziegfield Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, after just two weeks.
The Small Faces play in The Baths, Leyton, England, UK, Europe
The Tubby Hayes Quartet plays at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.