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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.
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.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a summer season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Actor and singer John Raitt is playing during a two-week engagement at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Roy Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, Big Maybelle, Etta Jones, The Isley Brothers, Tiny Topsy, King Coileman, Bobby Marchan and The Edsels play live at The Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Roy Rogers Show is appearing at The State Fair, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Manny Garcia and Vitin Santiago play in the Calypso And Limbo Revue at The Boom Boom Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Jerry Harrison Trio is playing in the Park Row Steak And Rib Room, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Liberace is playing at Three Rivers Inn, The Clay, New York State, USA.
Maxine Brown is playing during a week of shows at The Hurricane Room, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Bill Doggett plays during a ten-day engagement at at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Blues singer Pink Anderson records The Titanic, Boweevil, Betty And Dupree, I'll Fly Away and other tracks in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, for Bluesville Records.
Gloria Lynne is playing at The Showboat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Who Put The Bomp? by Barry Mann reaches No1 in the Canadian singles chart.
Gene Vincent collapses from exhaustion during a gig at Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Folk musician Pete Seeger releases the live album Story Songs on Columbia Records in the USA. It had been recorded during a concert several months earlier at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, by record producer John Hammond.
The Supremes record (He's) Seventeen, Save Me A Star and Heavenly Father for Tamla Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Elvis Presley begins filming studio-based scenes for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz saxophonist Yusef Lateef records the album Lost In Sound at Peter Ind Studio, New York City, USA.
Jazz percussionist Leah Ananda records Happy Drums, Jet Propulsion, William Tell and other tracks for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
Connie Francis sets off on a tour of South America.
Paul Anka begins a week-long tour of Spain, Europe, with shows scheduled in Madrid and Barcelona.
The Beatles play a lunchtime gig at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Mar-Keys appear on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded at W-Fil Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, performing Last Night.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.