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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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
A UK package tour featuring The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, The Mojos, Mark Wynter and The Kinks ends at the Granada Theatre, Tooting.
Someone by Brian Poole And The Tremeloes enters the UK's NME Top 30 pop singles chart where it will peak at No2, during a thirteen week run.
Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr, record Send Me The Pillow You Dream On, Making Believe, No Letter Today and Mule Skinner Blues in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr of The Beatles are on holiday in The Virgin Islands.
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The Top Ten records as played on WMCA Radio in New York City, USA, on this date are as follows :
1. MY GUY - Mary Wells [Motown]
2. HELLO, DOLLY! - Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (Kapp)
3. CHAPEL OF LOVE - The Dixie Cups (Red Bird)
4. A World Without Love - Peter And Gordon (Capitol)
5. Love Me Do - The Beatles (Tollie)
6. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET - The Beatles (Vee-Jay)
7. LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART - The Ray Charles Singers (Command)
8. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
9. I'M SO PROUD - The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)
10. RONNIE - The 4 Seasons (Philips)
Chris Maitland, drummer of 90's prog-rock band Porcupine Tree, is born in Cambridge, UK.
Johnny Cash plays at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at the Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London, UK.
Don Covay And The Goodtimers record Mercy, Mercy and Can't Stay Away in A1 Sound Studios, New York City, USA. Guitarist on the session is James Marshall Hendrix, who will find fame as Jimi Hendrix.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at The City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant and Tony Marsh.
On holiday in Honolulu, Hawaii, John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles are obliged to remain indoors for all but twenty minutes because throngs of fans besiege them on a private beach.
The New Stan Getz Quartet with Astrud Gilberto plays during a month of dates at The Caf
Jazz pianist Jack Wilson releases the album The Two Sides Of Jack Wilson, with Philly Joe Jones and Leroy Vinegar, in the USA.
Chuck Berry (backed by The Nashville Teens) plays at The Globe, Stockton, UK, supported by Carl Perkins (also backed by The Nashville Teens) and The Animals, Kingsize Taylor and The Dominoes, and The Swinging Blue Jeans.
Nat King Cole plays during a two-week season at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.