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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 Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play another show in their 21-date UK tour, at The Odeon, Southend.
Atlantic Records signs Wilson Pickett to a recording contract. On the same day, he records In The Midnight Hour and Don't Fight It, at Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
When Oscar Peterson plays live in Munich, Germany, Europe, the show is recorded and broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk.
The Rolling Stones begin work on (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction during two days of recording at RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz pianist Hampton Hawes and his trio record the album Here And Now, at Contemporary Records studio, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Settlers play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers record Slowly But Surely and other tracks in New York City, USA.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is in Capitol Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the instrumental track Summer Means New Love.
Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis record Seasons Of My Heart for Sun Records in the USA.
Bob Dylan does some informal recording at Levy's Recording Studio, Bond Street, London, UK, with Eric Clapton, John Mayall, John McVie and Hughie Flint.
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The Standells play at The Tiger A-Go-Go Room, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Who play at The Palais, Bury, UK.
Johnny Cash records Thunderball at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with harmony vocals supplied by The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers. The song is intended as the theme for the James Bond movie, but it is not used.
Jokers Wild, a group including guitarist David Gilmour, later to join Pink Floyd, plays at Les Jeux Interdits, The Victoria Ballroom, Cambridge, England, UK.
Dusty Springfield plays the third night of a week at La Dolce Vita, Newcastle, UK.
Country music guitarist Doc Watson and The Danny Kalb Quartet [later known as The Blues Project] play the seventh of fifteen nights at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Zombies' drummer Hugh Grundy is hospitalised with food poisoning on the day of a show in Odessa, Texas, USA. Jerry Allison of The Crickets fills in for him.
The Roger Kellaway Trio records Sweet And Lovely for Prestige Records in New York City, USA. The track will appear on the album The Roger Kellaway Trio.
Work begins at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, on the songs Come Along, Beginners Luck, Down By The Riverside and When The Saints Go Marchin' In, to be used in the soundtrack of the next Elvis Presley film, Frankie And Johnny.
Marvin Gaye completes recording of Ain't That Peculiar for Tamla Records, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Keyboard player Eddie Kilgallon is born in East Greenbush, New York State, USA. He will co-write George Strait's "One Night At A Time" and will perform with Ricochet, the Academy of Country Music's 1998 Vocal Group Of The Year.
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 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.