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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.
Donovan releases his debut LP, What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid on Pye Records in the UK.
The Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play another show in their 21 date UK tour, at The Granada, Tooting, London, England, UK.
Elvis Presley is in Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, recording songs for his next movie, Frankie And Johnny.
The Beach Boys play at Boston Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Ivy League plays its first headlining gig at The Marquee, London, England, UK.
Dave Van Ronk plays the first of three nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Elvis Presley movie Girl Happy opens at cinemas in Finland, Europe.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play a gig in Aticokan, Ontario, Canada.
Country music guitarist Doc Watson and The Danny Kalb Quartet [later known as The Blues Project] play the ninth of fifteen nights at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Cliff Richard completes his recording sessions in Estudios Valentim De Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, where he has been recording vocal parts to numerous songs in Italian.
The Moody Blues play at The Beachcomber Club, Bolton, UK.
The Who play in The Civic Hall, Dunstable, UK.
The Beatles single Ticket To Ride is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.
The Third Annual UCLA Folk Festival, a three day event, begins at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. Artists appearing over the course of the event include Son House, Jimmy Driftwood, Sam Hinton, Ollie Gilbert, Bess Hawes, Ruth Rubin, Hedy West, Vern And Ray and Bookmiller Shannon.
The Dave Clark Five and The Spencer Davis Group appear on popular tv show Ready, Steady, Go!, in London, UK.
Jazz pianist Joe Sanders, best-known as a member of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, dies in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
The Hollies play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, UK.
Jazz, rock and pop drummer Christophe Marguet is born in Paris, France, Europe.
San Francisco radio station KYA presents the Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Beau Brummels, Paul Revere And The Raiders, and The Vejtables, at The New Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Bill Henderson With The Jimmy Jones Orchestra records When My Dreamboat Comes Home, June Night, It's You Or No-one and If I Could Be With You for verve records in New York City, USA.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio play the second of three nights at Bohemian Caverns, Washington DC, USA.
Rick and The Ravens, a group including Ray Manzarek, later to play for The Doors, plays the first of two weekend shows at Turkey Joint West, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Dusty Springfield plays the fifth night of a week at La Dolce Vita, Newcastle, UK.
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.