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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The
Platters play the ninth night of a two week engagement at
Fack's II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Anne Clark, who will become an acclaimed singer and songwriter in the 80s, is born in Croydon, South London, UK.
Love Is A Now And Then Thing, the debut album by Anthony Newley, enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No19 during a run of two weeks.
The Silver Beats play a brief audition set in the interval at Lathom Hall, Liverpool, UK. They will find rather more success after changing their name to The Beatles.
Sam Cooke plays the second night in a week of headlining dates at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
The Silver Beats play a brief audition set in the interval at Lathom Hall, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. They will find fame as The Beatles.
Popular vocalist Jimmy Clanton plays the fifth of six nights at the Jolla Club, Tucson, Arizona, supported by Roy Orbison.
Marlene Dietrich plays the second of two nights at the Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
The Silver Beats play a brief audition set in the interval at Lathom Hall, Liverpool, UK. They will find fame after changing their name to The Beatles.
The
Platters play the ninth night of a two week engagement at
Fack's II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Entering at No72, Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis is the highest new entry onthis week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Paul Anka plays the sixth night in a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The
Platters play the ninth night of a two-week engagement at
Fack's II Club, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Paul A. Bigsby, of the American company Bigsby Electric Guitars, and inventor of the Bigsby True Vibrato arm, writes to Chris Huston of Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, band The Undertakers, advising him where he can buy such a device in the UK. In due course, John Lennon of The Beatles will see Huston's vibrato arm and buy an identical one to attach to his own Rickenbacker guitar.
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.