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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.
Chad And Jeremy, The Kingsmen, The Zombies and The Searchers play the second of three nights at The Arie Crown Theatre, McCormick Pace, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
When photographer and record promoter Ernie Farrell visits the office of Dunhill Records' boss Lou Adler, he picks up a copy of a demo of the Barry McGuire song Eve Of Destruction. Later that same day, he plays the song to the children of a KFWB Radio program director. They like it so much that they convince their father to play it on the radio, where it becomes the following week's Pick To Hit.
Dusty Springfield scores her only Billboard Top 5 hit in the USA with You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Bobby Rydell performing Forget Him and Wildwood Days; Paul Revere And The Raiders performing Searchin'
UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! features Dusty Springfield, The Animals, Charlie and Inez Foxx, The Fortunes and Georgie Fame.
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The Estates Committee of Bromley Borough Council refuses to give planning permission to a proposal by deejay Brian Matthew and The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein to build a new theatre - The Pilgrim Theatre - in Bromley, Kent, UK.
The Fairies play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, supported by The Quiet Five.
Tin Pan Alley songwriter Ted Snyder, composer of songs including Who's Sorry Now and Sheik Of Araby, dies aged 84 at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Marianne Faithfull appears on UK tv show Scene At 6.30, to promote her new single, Summer Nights on Decca Records.
The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Exeter, England, UK, supported by The Walker Brothers and Steam Packet.
Brian Poole And The Tremeloes release a new single, a cover of The Strangeloves' US hit, I Want Candy.
The Beatles release a new EP [extended player], Boleto Para Paesar [Ticket To Ride], in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.
The Alan Price Combo, comprising Boots S lade (bass), Roy Mills (drums), John Walters (trumpet), Terry Childs (baritone sax), Steve Gregor (tenor sax) and Pete Kirtley (guitar), starts a residency at The Club A-Go-Go, Newcastle, England, UK, and signs with Decca Records.The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Papa's Got A Brand New Bag by James Brown And The Famous Flames, entering at No66.
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Herman's Hermits release a new single, Just A Little Bit Better, produced by Mickie Most, in the UK.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, play at The Ricky-Tick, Windsor, England, UK, then go on to the all-nighter at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, 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.