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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 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.Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
The Journeymen, including John Phillips, later to lead The Mamas And The Papas, are playing during two weeks at The Shadows, Washington, D.C., USA, with comedian Bill Cosby as their supporting act. The Journeymen also include Scott McKenzie, who will enjoy a No1 hit single with San Francisco (Wear Flowers In Your Hair).
A new musical production, Money, starring George Coe, David Rounds and Barbara Quaney, is playing at Upstairs At The Downstairs, New York City, USA, during a run of 214 performances. The show's book and lyrics are by David Axelrod and Tom Whedon, while the music is by Sam Pottle. 
Elvis Presley continues with location filming in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on his latest movie, Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Three more editions of UK radio series Pop Go The Beatles are recorded by The Beatles at the BBC's Paris Studio, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell and organist Jimmy Smith record Blue Bash, Kenny's Sound and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for their Verve Records album Blue Bash!
Sam Cooke plays the sixth night of a week of shows at Club Harlem, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.After the recording of the pilot episode of pop tv series Ready Steady Go!, presenter Keith Fordyce approaches a group of Mods who have travelled from Peter Stringfellow's King Mojo club in Shaffield, and asks "So you chaps have come all the way from Sheffield on a Tuesday no less. I expect you'll be eager to go home and get back to work, what with the weekend coming up and all." One of the young men, John Varney, replies "Are you kidding mate - the weekend starts here." and the slogan which would be used on every edition of the show was born.
Little Stevie Wonder releases his second LP, Tribute To Uncle Ray, on Tamla Records in the USA. The album is a tribute to Ray Charles.
The Beach Boys are in Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the songs Our Car Club, Your Summer Dream and Boogie Woodie, In My Room, Hawaii and Surfer's Rule.
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The Rolling Stones play at Studio 51, Soho, London, and then at The Crawdaddy, Station Hotel, Richmond, England, UK, Europe
The Marvelettes record the Smoky Robinson composition, As Long As I Know He's Mine in Studio A, Hitsville, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Rolling Stones record Poison Ivy during their third recording session at Decca Records' studio in West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Internationally successful South African singer Miriam Makeba urges the United Nations to impose a complete boycott on South Africa because of its apartheid policies.