15th July

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.

Paul McCartney of The Beatles' acceptance speech from the Ivor Novello Awards ceremony two days earlier, is broadcast in the UK by Rediffusion TV, in the programme Pick Of The Songs.

The Who, The Eyes Of Blue and The Iveys play at The Ritz Entertainments Club, Skewen, South Wales, UK. The Ivey will find greater success after changing their name to Badfinger.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, play at The College Of Fashion, London, England, UK.

Cliff Richard And The Shadows play at Musikhuset, Esbjerg, Denmark, Europe.

Bo Diddley opens for a run of shows at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.

Congressman Buchanan of Alabama, USA, speaking in The House Of Representatives, Washington DC, describes the recently broadcast CBS-tv music special It's What's Happening, Baby! as "disgraceful and disgusting". The show, partly funded by the US Office Of Economic Opportunity, featured performances by Jan And Dean, Martha And The Vandellas, Mary Wells, The Dave Clark Five, Gary Lewis And The Playboys, The Supremes, Tom Jones, Bill Cosby, Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles, The Drifters, The Miracles, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, The Ronettes, Chuck Jackson, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Righteous Brothers and Little Anthony And The Imperials

The Beach Boys play in The Ballpark At Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Maine, USA.

The Vatican's weekly magazine, published in Rome, Italy, Europe, compliments American MOR pop crooner Pat Boone on the dignity of his private life, and adds, "It even pleased us, the way you sing. No shouting, no facial gestures, no contortions…"

Wayne Newton has his first album recording date at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Esther Phillips, with Ted Randazzo's Orchestra, records Let Me Know When It's Over and Don't Throw me Away, for Atlantic records in New York City, USA.

Joy And The Sorrows record Them, On And On and Just That Kind Of Guy, for MGM Records in New York City, USA.

Joy And The Sorrows record Them, On And On and Just That Kind Of Guy, for MGM Records in New York City, USA.

Bobby Gustafson, guitarist of Thrash metal band Overkill is born in Staten island, New York City, USA.

Them, featuring vocalist Van Morrison, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.

Artists appearing in tonight's edition of UK tv show Top Of The Pops include The Fortunes.

John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk are playing at Art D'Lugoff's Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

The front page of Broadside (The National Topical Song Magazine) in the USA, publishes the lyrics of the Malvina Reynolds song Napalm, a protest against the use of Napalm in the Vietnam War.

Judy Garland flies from Los Angeles, California, USA, to New York City, USA, and checks in at the Regency Hotel, where she is interviewed by Leonard Harris of the New York World-Telegram And Sun.

The Yardbirds play at The Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth, England, UK.

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.