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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.
The Who, billed as The High Numbers, play on The Riverboat Shuffle, an afternoon event aboard a boat sailing down The Thames from Westminster Pier, London, UK.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that Hite B. Morgan's Guild Music is suing Capitol Records for copyright infringement in respect of three Beach Boys songs, Surfin', Surfer Girl and Surfin' Safari.
Lonnie Mack plays the first night of a week in the Roof Garden of the Illinois Building at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
As part of the Forest Hills Music Festival, Johnny Mathis and Peter Nero play at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.
House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
Baby I Need Your Loving by The Four Tops is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No74.
The Horace Silver Quintet is playing at Pep's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The show is recorded by Blue Note Records but is not released.
Johnny Cash plays at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sarah Vaughan, with Quincy Jones as producer, records A Taste of Honey, Shiny Stockings, Night Song, Stompin' At The Savoy, Fascinating Rhythm, The Moment of Truth and Tea for Two for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Funny How Time Slips Away by Joe Hinton enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Thelma Carpenter is playing at The Bon Soir, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Moody Blues play in an upstairs room at The Stork Hotel, Walsall, UK.
The Beach Boys are featured on the cover of Music Business magazine in the USA. The magazine includes a feature entitled The Beach Boys Ride The Trends, a reference to how the band has moved on from surf songs to car songs.
The Migil Five, Sandie Shaw, Kenny Lynch and The Viscounts appear on BBC2 tv show Open House in the UK.
Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Johnny Mathis plays at The Forest Hills Music Festival, New York, USA, supported by pianist Peter Nero.
Billboard magazine in the USA reports that record producer John Fisher, known for having produced Suspicion by Terry Stafford, has unexpectedly left his position as President of Crusader Records, and has been replaced by Harry Maselow.
During a month-long tour, The Four Seasons play at The Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the novelty single Call Up The Groups by The Barron Knights.
Billboard magazine reports that MGM has signed up The Dave Clark Five to a movie contract.
Lesley Gore releases a new single, Maybe I Know, in the USA.
Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph play in two benefit performances at The Carousel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Proceeds from the show go to the family of pianist Dean Manuel who died in the same plane crash that killed Jim Reeves two weeks earlier.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play the sixth of twenty nights at The Lugano Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland, Europe.
Peter, Paul And Mary star in their own BBC2 tv special in the UK.
Vaughn Meader, and folk group The Au Go Go Singers (featuring two future Buffalo Springfield members, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay), play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.