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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.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Folksinger Paul Sykes is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA.
The musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
Glenn Yarbrough records Baby The Rain Must Fall, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The session features David Gates as orchestral conductor and Glen Campbell on guitar. The song will be used as the title track to a Steve McQueen movie,
The Hit Pack spend the second of three (non-consecutive) days recording Never Say No To Your Baby for Motown Records at Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Graham Bond Quartet plays at The Black Cat Club, Woolwich, London, England, UK, Europe.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Pavilion, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
Despite (or, arguably, because of) being banned by some radio stations, Louie Louie by The Kingsmen peaks at No2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. It is held off the top spot by The Singing Nun with Dominique.
Cissy Houston records Fat Daddy Promo for Atlantic Records, but the track will not be released.
Jazz vibraphonist McCoy Tyner records the tracks Clay's Blues, Lazy Melody and That's In for his Limelight Records album In A New Setting in New York City, USA.
A New York federal district court rejects controversial comedian Lenny Bruce's request for prospective injunctive relief against New York prosecutors and judges in the case of Bruce v Hogan.
The Beach Boys play at ABC Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, to pre-record an appearance on the popular tv show Shindig.
Singer, composer and recording artist Liuba María Hevia is born in Havana, Cuba, Caribbean.
The Clayton Squares play at performance poet Adrian Henri's Bomb Event in The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
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The Moody Blues play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by the Mark Leeman Five.
Pianist Matt Rollings is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He will win the Academy of Country Music's award for Top Keyboard player six straight years in the 1990s, while supporting George Strait, Shania Twain and Trisha Yearwood, among others.
Petula Clark releases the single Downtown on Warner Bros Records in the USA.
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The Four Pennies appear on UK tv show Discs A Go-Go.
Bobbi Martin records Anytime, This Love Of Mine, Everybody Loves Somebody and Dear Heart for Coral Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Honeycombs play at The Memorial Hall, Cleethorpes, England, UK, Europe
Carl Snare is born in Washington DC, USA. He will Find acclaim as C. J. Snare, frontman and founding member of the bands FireHouse and Rubicon Cross.
Elvis Presley makes a donation of $55,000 to various charities in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
A three-year contract is signed by Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel (aka Simon And Garfunkel) with the William Morris Agency in the USA.
The Andy Williams Christmas Album is certified as a gold disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales, UK, Europe.
The Top Ten Singles on CHUM Radio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on this day is as follows :

1. Last Kiss J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers

2. The Wedding Julie Rogers

3. Hawaii Tattoo The Waikikis

4. I'm Into Something Good Herman's Hermits

5. I Feel Fine The Beatles

5. She's A Woman The Beatles

6. Hold Me P.J. Proby

7. Have I The Right? The Honeycombs

8. Baby Love The Supremes

9. Come A Little Bit Closer Jay And The Americans

10. Four Strong Winds Bobby Bare

Carl Smith records the Harlan Howard composition She Called Me Baby at Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Texas Troubadours record Detour, C Jam Blues, What About Me and Leon's Guitar Boogie for Decca Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Michael Brown of The Left Banke, meets dancer Renee Fladen in a New York City, USA, recording studio. She is the girlfriend of The Left Banke's bassist Tom Finn, but Brown falls in love and is inspired to write three songs about her - Walk Away Rene, Pretty Ballerina and She May Call You Up Tonight.

The Who play at The Red Lion, High Street, Leytonstone, UK, Europe
Organist Earl Grant records Moon Of Manakoora, Eternally, Quiet Village, Trade Winds, How High The Moon and Street Of Dreams for Decca Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.