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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 Vandergrift Brothers are playing during a four week long engagement in Rockland, Maine, USA.
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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.
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.
Julie Wilson is appearing during a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Lonzo and Oscar are playing at the recently-opened Loon Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
John Coltrane plays at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Matt Monro, Bob Miller And The Millermen and The Raindrops perform live on the BBC Light Programme radio show Parade Of The Pops, broadcast live from London, England, UK, Europe.
Diahann Carroll opens at The Persian Room in The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA to enthusiastic reviews. Much of her show features songs from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story.
The Chico Hamilton Quintet is playing at The Birdhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA,
John Garvey and the University of Illinois Jazz Band play at The Illini Union Ballroom, University Of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Judy Garland makes an informal singing appearance at a party following an ASCAP Tribute event in New York City, USA.
Adam Faith plays at The ABC, Chesterfield, England, UK, Europe.
Matt Monro is playing at The Room At The Top, Ilford, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Charles plays at a private function in Evansville, Indiana, USA.
Ray Price is playing in Houston, Texas, USA.
Sonny Rollins and Ray Bryant are playing at The Jazz Gallery, New York City, USA.
The Andy Doll Band plays a gig in Worthington, Iowa, USA.
The Gary McFarland Orchestra records Paris Original, I Believe In You and Brotherhood Of Man, 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.
Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, record The Gentleman Is A Dope, Pick Yourself Up and other tracks, for the Verve Records album Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson.
Country music singer-songwriter and recording artist Steve Kolander is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.
Jazz trombonist-composer Curtis Fuller records Stockholm, for Impulse Records in New York City, USA. It will appear on his albumSoul Trombone.
Elvis Presley is on location in Idyllwild, California, USA, filming scenes for his movie Kid Galahad.
During her first Nashville recording session, Patti Page records Go On Home, Too Late To Cry, I Fall To Pieces, Walk On By and other songs at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The session is produced by Shelby Singleton, Jr., and the band features guitarists Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy and Harold Bradley, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Floyd Cramer and saxophonist Boots Randolph.
Cy Grant sings a news-based calypso on the BBC-tv topical magazine show Tonight, broadcast live from London, England, UK.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Connie Francis plays the third night in a week of shows at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dean Martin plays at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by The Half Brothers.
Jeanne Lee With Ran Blake records Blue Monk, Church On Russell Street, Love Isn't Everything and other tracks in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City. They will appear on their LP The Newest Sound Around.
Roy Orbison records Blue Bayou, How Are Things In Paradise, Gigolette, Wedding Day, Yes and Let The Good Times Roll in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features
Guitarist Roy Clark, with producer Ken Nelson, records Over The Waves, Chicken Wire, Drifter's Polka and Golden Slippers 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].
Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, Junior Lewis, aka C.L. Blast, The Dovells, The Isley Brothers and Solomon Burke play the second night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Nancy Sinatra and teen singing idol Tommy Sands are the guests on tonight's edition of US tv's Perry Como Show.