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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.
Stan Getz plays at St. John Terrell's Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA.
The Who record a live session for BBC radio show Top Gear at Maida Vale Studios, London, England, UK.
Paul McCartney of The Beatles records Yesterday in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK. Also recorded today - by the whole group - are I'm Down and I've Just Seen A Face.
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Solomon Burke arrives in the UK for live dates and tv appearances. On his first day, he plays at The Marquee, London, supported by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds.
Bill Anderson releases a new album, From This Pen, on Decca Records in the USA.
Sandie Shaw plays the first night of a week at La Dolce Vita, Newcastle, England, UK.
Buck Owens releases a new EP, 4 By Buck Owens, in the USA on Capitol Records.
Principal photography on the next Elvis Presley movie, Frankie And Johnny, continues at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington performs Black - the first part of his jazz symphony Black, Brown and Beige - during a concert at The White House, Washington DC, USA.
The Yardbirds play in Parr Hall, Warrington, England, UK.
UK soul/r'n'b band Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers record Something You've Got at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. Co-written by Allen Toussaint and Chris Kenner, Something You Got was first recorded in 1961 by Kenner, and subsequently covered by Wilson Pickett, Alvin Robinson, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chuck Jackson, Earl Grant, Maxine Brown, Bobby Womack, The Moody Blues, The American Breed, Fairport Convention, Bruce Springsteen and, of course, Cliff Bennett.
Reverend Gary Davis, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Julie Felix and Derrol Adams play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK.
The Bing Crosby Show, a short-lived tv sitcom, transmits its final edition in the USA. In this short-lived sitcom Crosby was somewhat typecast as middle-aged singer Bing Collins.
The Village Stompers, billed as "folk-Dixie" group, play at London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Loretta Lynn releases a new album, Blue Kentucky Girl, in the USA on Decca Records.
Folk singer and songwriter Carolyn Hester rides through Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, on a horse-drawn 'hayride' wagon to promote the upcoming New York Folk Festival in Carnegie Hall.
The Modern Jazz Quartet, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Williams, Tommy Flanagan, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, Sonny Red, Jimmy Heath and others play in a benefit concert at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Byrds release a new single, a version of the Bob Dylan song All I Really Want To Do, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter records the album Etcetera for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
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.