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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 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.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Elvis Presley's latest single, It's Now Or Never, sells 780,000 copies in its first week in the UK, making it the fastest-selling single in Britishhistory.
Dizzy Gillespie spends the first of three days recording the Lalo Schifrin composition Gillespiana, in New York City.
Vic Ash plays at The Modern Jazz Club, Deer's Leap, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. (1960)N.B. Click here to visit SwindonMusicScene, for an in-depth look at this era of Swindon music.
Two orchestral versions of the song Wonderland By Night, one by Bert Kaempfert, one by Louis Prima, enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. The Bert Kaempfert version will reach No1.
Are You Lonesome Tonight by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 during a fourteen-week run.
Vic Ash plays at the Modern Jazz Club, Deer's Leap, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. (1960)N.B. Click here to visit SwindonMusicScene, for an in-depth look at this era of Swindon music.
Dizzy Gillespie spends the first of three days recording the Lalo Schifrin composition Gillespiana, for Verve Records in New York City.
Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band plays at The Theatre Manzoni, Milan, Italy, Europe.
Little Willie John, Sonny Boy Williamson II, The Upsetters, The Sheppards and Savannah Churchill play the fourth night in a week-long engagement at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Vic Ash plays at the Modern Jazz Club, Deer's Leap, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. N.B. Click here to visit SwindonMusicScene, for an in-depth look at this era of Swindon music.
Sleep by Little Willie John peaks at No10 on the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA and at No13 on the pop chart.
The Rockin' Stockings featuring Billy Lee Riley release a novelty Christmas single, Yulesville USA, on Sun Records in the USA.
The term "Nashville Sound", as a description of a particular type of country music recording, first appears, in Time magazine in the USA.
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges makes history as the first African-American child to attend a public school in Louisiana, USA. To enter the school, Ruby has to walk through a jeering crowd hurling racist insults with fists raised. Ruby's courageous walk will become a pivotal image marking the start of the desegregation of public schools in the USA. The song Ruby's Shoes, released in 2000 by Lori McKenna, is about Ruby Bridges.
The musical comedy movie Bells Are Ringing, starring Dean Martin and Judy Holliday, opens at cinemas in Sweden, Europe.Blues guitarist and vocalist Robert Pete Williams records the album Free Again for Bluesville Records, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Blues guitarist and vocalist Robert Pete Williams records the album Free Again for Bluesville Records, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. (1960)>
Dizzy Gillespie spends the first of three days recording the Lalo Schifrin composition Gillespiana, in New York City, USA.