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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.
Jimmy Soul performs If You Wanna Be Happy on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sam Cooke releases a new single, Another Saturday Night, on RCA Victor Records in the USA. Drummer on the track is Wrecking Crew stalwart Hal Blaine.
Joe Brown And His Bruvvers, Shane Fenton And The Fentones and Clinton Ford play in an all-night ball at The Queens Hall, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
The MGM movie Look In Any Window, starring Paul Anka as voyeuristic teenager Craig Fowler, is released in Finland, Europe.Shirley Bassey headlines The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, with Matt Monro as her 'special guest'.
The Beatles, The Four Mosts [later to become The Fourmost] The Dennisons, The Nomads, The Panthers, The Flintstones, The Roadrunners, Group One, and Faron’s Flamingoes play as part of an R'n'B Marathon session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Acclaimed jazz pianist Herbie Nichols dies of leukemia, aged 44, in New York City, USA. (His best known song was probably Lady Sings the Blues, which he wrote for Billie Holiday)
The Drifters spend the second of two days recording Only In America, at Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, with producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. On the same day, they also record I'll Take You Home.
D.D. Verni, founder, bassist and songwriter of thrash metal band Overkill is born in New Jersey, USA.