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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 Dave Clark Five are making personal appearances at cinemas in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to promote the release of their movie Having A Wild Weekend, aka Catch Us If You Can. Over the two days of the promotion, they visit 18 cinemas.
Music trade magazine Billboard shows the album The Temptations Sing Smokey by The Temptations at No1 on the R'n'B albums chart in the USA.
Wilson Pickett, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Impressions and Jody Miller appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The new Rolling Stones album, Out Of Our Heads, enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
Police in Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia, stage a mass burning of records and books by Western musicians and writers which is said to be "undermining Indonesian identity in culture." The burned materials include records by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Ventures, The Shadows, The Everley Brothers, Rick Nelson and, er, The Blue Diamonds.
As The Beatles album Help! hits the top of the UK chart, the group is in CBS-tv's Studio 50, New York City, USA, recording a performance for The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Undertakers and The Pete Best Combo, two groups from Liverpool, England, UK, fly to New York City at the behest of entrepreneur Bob Harvey, who has promised them both lucrative work in the USA.
Wilson Pickett enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA for the first time with In The Midnight Hour.
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The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is We Gotta Get Out Of This Place by The Animals, entering at No65.
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Unit 4 + 2 play at The Olympia, Ramsgate, England, UK.
Linda Lawrence begins a legal action against Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones, to gain recognition for their year-old son, Julian.
During a month-long tour, Johnny Cash plays at Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones fly to New York City with manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
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The Four Pennies play at The Astoria Theatre, Finsbury Park, North West London, England, UK.
Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2 during a nine-week run.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver play at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
That Funny Feeling, Bobby Darin's third and final movie with his wife Sandra Dee, opens at cinemas in Japan, Asia.
The Hurricanes play at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, supported by The Red Hawks.
Peter, Paul And Mary and The Henry Mancini Orchestra play the last of six nights at McCormick Pace, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A Walk In The Black Forest by Horst Jankowski reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Elvis Presley continues location filming for the movie Paradise Hawaiian Style, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Charles Fizer, baritone singer with the hit-making doo-wop group The Olympics is shot dead by National Guardsmen during The Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California, USA, while on his way to a rehearsal with the band. 
Donovan, The Byrds, Elkie Brooks, Kenny Lynch, Them (including Van Morrison) , Johnny B Great And Charles Dickens play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
Bobby Darin records Sweet Memories Of You, Ain't That A Bunch Of Nonsense and We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Following five consecutive No1 hits, The Supremes enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Nothing But Heartaches, which will peak disappointingly at No11.
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I Got You Babe, the debut single by Sonny And Cher, on Atco Records, reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA for the first of three weeks.
Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle play a one-nighter at The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Count Basie Orchestra, The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, The Jimmy Smith Trio, Carmen McRae, Muddy Waters, Gary McFarland, Big Joe Williams, Otis Spann and others play in The Downbeat Jazz Festival, Festival Corner, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, 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.