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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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Joseph 'Run' Simmons, vocalist with
Wendy by The Beach Boys peaks at No44 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
When You Walk In The Room by The Searchers reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
The Serendipity Singers play at The State University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
The Supremes release a new single, Come See About Me, in the USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the third night of a one-week engagement at The Pavilion Of The Stars, Harvey's Resort Hotel And Casino, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits and Dave Berry begin a UK tour at The Granada, Edmonton.
Dance, Dance, Dance by The Beach Boys is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No57.
Davie Jones and The Manish Boys play at the Agricultural Hall, Maidstone, UK. Davie Jones will find greater fame after a name change to David Bowie.
Acker Bilk appears on UK tv series The Arthur Haynes Show.
Andrew Banfield of The Pasadenas is born in London, UK.
Bobby Freeman performs S-W-I-M on weekly tv pop show American Bandstand in Los Angeles, California, USA. Dick And Dee Dee are on the same show performing The Mountain's High.
Herman's Hermits enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA for the first time with I'm Into Something Good, which will peak at No13 during a nine week run. The song is written by the Brill Building team Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, The Kinks and Marianne Faithfull play at The City Hall, Sheffield, UK.
The Rolling Stones, supported by The Shangri-Las, play at Memorial Auditorium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Brian Jones, hospitalised with 'a fever' according to the official version, misses the show.
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The Moody Blues play at The Casino Club, Walsall, Birmingham, UK.
John Banfield of The Pasadenas is born in Battersea, London, UK.
When Jimmy Reed plays at The Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent, UK, he jams with his support band, Them (including vocalist Van Morrison), for thirty minutes.
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The Squires, including Neil Young on lead guitar, play the last of thirteen nights at The Flamingo Club, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
Baby Love by The Supremes reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
The Beach Boys play at KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The Dave Clark Five play in Westgate Park, San Diego, California, USA.
She's Not There by The Zombies enters the Billboard Top Ten Singles Chart in the USA.
Johnny Cash plays in The Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York State, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
John Lennon and Ringo Starr of The Beatles go to see Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, UK.
Nic Dalton, bass player with The Lemonheads is born in Washington, D.C.
The Animals eponymous debut album enters the UK charts, where it will peak at No6.