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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.
Gordon Lightfoot plays the first of six nights at The Village Corner Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Aspiring rock musician Van Morrison pops along to Studio 51, Leicester Square, London, UK, to watch The Downliners Sect, and is sufficiently impressed to ask if he can play harmonica with them. They say no.
The Beatles issue their latest single, Can't Buy Me Love, in the USA, with advance orders of 2.1m copies.
I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart for the third time, in an ongoing see-saw for the top slot with another Beatles song, I Want To Hold Your Hand.
Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles, is elected vice president of Leeds University Law Society, Leeds, UK.
Patricia Jean Griffin is born in Old Town, Maine, USA. She will find success as singer-songwriter Patty Griffin.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Johnny Burnette records I Think She Knows, Sweet Suzie, Skippin' School and It All Depends On Linda at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA.
Dave Clark Five, Mark Wynter, Susan Maughan and compere Alan Field begin a week of shows at The Empire, Liverpool, UK.
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Korner's Blues Incorporated begin recording the album Red Hot From Alex at Olympic Studos, London, UK.
With his world already crumbling around him, radio deejay and music entrepreneur Alan Freed is charged with tax evasion by a Federal Grand Jury in the USA.