14th November

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.

The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.

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 Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 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.

Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.

The musical Kwamina is playing at The 54th Street, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of just 32 performances.

The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.

The musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, is playing at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, during a run of 92 performances.

The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem are appearing during a two-week engagement at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Joe Williams and Harry 'Sweets' Edison are playing at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Fabian is playing during a ten-day engagement at The Three Rivers Inn near Syracuse, New York State, USA.

Monique Van Vooren is playing at Cafe Bonaparte, in the Sharaton Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Blue Hawaii, the latest film starring Elvis Presley is released in cinemas in the USA.

A deal is finalized in London, England, UK, Europe, enabling HMV Records to release product from two American labels, Laurie and Le Grande, in the UK.

Julie Wilson is appearing during a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.

Seventeen year old Francoise Hardy is offered a recording contract by Disques Vogue of Paris, France, Europe. She will go on to become one of Europe's most successful singers.

The Gary McFarland Orchestra records How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Grand Old Ivy and Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, in New York City, USA, for Verve Records. The tracks will appear on the album The Jazz Version Of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

Three men are arrested in New York City, USA, and charged with criminally receiving $23,000 worth of Decca Records discs which had been stolen in Queens on October 23.

John Coltrane plays at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.

Cy Grant performs a news-based calypso on the BBC-tv topical magazine show Tonight, broadcast live from London, England, UK, Europe.

Guitarist Roy Clark, with producer Ken Nelson, records Dented Fender, A Maiden's Prayer, Weepin' Willow Twist and Twelfth Street Rag in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Billy Strange [gtr], Churly Chalker [steel gtr], Howard Roberts [bass gtr], Mark Tully [bass], Marty Alfred [drums], Frank Maio and Glenn Blair [saxes].

The Everly Brothers record the songs Crying In The Rain, That's Old Fashioned, I'm Not Angry and He's Got My Sympathy, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Harry Belafonte is feted in a reception at Danny's Hideaway in New York City, USA, by being presented with a gold disc for his 2LP Carnegie Hall live album set.

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Junior Lewis, aka C.L. Blast, The Dovells, The Isley Brothers and Solomon Burke play the first night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.

Connie Francis plays the second night in a week of shows at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bob Stone records Oh How I Miss You Tonight, Blue Heartaches and other tracks for Savoy Records in the USA.

Peggy Seeger performs a concert at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA.

Claude King, Billy Jean Horton, Tommy Tomlinson, Roy Drusky, Buck Owens and Wanda Jackson begin a live tour with a show in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

After playing at a private function in Anderson, Indiana, USA, Ray Charles is arrested on heroin-possession charges in Indianapolis. He is bailed for $1,250.

Ral Donner records (What A Sad Way) To Love Someone, Loveless Life, Silver And Gold and Half Heaven Half Heartache in Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA.

The Kingston Trio record the Pete Seeger composition Where Have All The Flowers Gone, for Capitol Records in New York City, USA.

Ella Fitzgerald, with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, records I Only Have Eyes For You, I Hear Music and other tracks in the USA, for the Verve Records album Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson.

Pierre Salinger, the US Presidential Press Secretary, officially denies that anyone danced The Twist in The White House, Washington DC, USA, during a party there on the previous Saturday night.

Sonny Rollins and Ray Bryant open at The Jazz Gallery, New York City, USA.

The Andy Doll Band plays a gig in Janesville, Iowa, USA.

Jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy, with Don Cherry on trumpet, releases the album Evidence, on New Jazz Records in the USA.

Respected session guitarist Ray Edenton becomes ill during a recording session at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and has to be hospitalised for an emergency appendectomy.

The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill is Gerry And The Pacemakers.

Lonzo and Oscar are playing at the recently-opened Loon Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Ruth Brown, The Vibrations, Jimmy Jones, The Sensations , Joe Turner, The Clovers, Little Anthony, David Ruffin and Arthur Prysock play the fifth night in a week of shows at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.