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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.
When The Beatles play at The Opera House, Blackpool, UK, their support groups are The Kinks and The High Numbers, later to become The Who.
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the Yardbirds, including Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Lugano Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland, Europe.
The Newport All Stars play at The Ohio Valley Jazz Festival, Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The band includes Woody Herman, Ruby Braff, Bud Freeman, George Wein and others.
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.
Popular vocalist Steve Lawrence appears as a guest panellist on tv game show What's My Line in the USA.
Tiny Topsy, who found fame as an r'n'b vocalist and recording artist in the 1950s, dies of a brain hemorrhage in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois USA.
The Swinging Blue Jeans play at The Princess Theatre, Torquay, UK, supported by The Kestrels and The Cockneys.
During a month-long tour, The Four Seasons play at Island Park, Sunbury and at Harvey's Lake, both in Pennsylvania, USA.
Kimmo Pohjonen is born in Finland, Europe. he will find international acclaim by revolutionizing accordion sounds and performance with his custom-made electrified and modified instrument.
The American legalization of marijuana movement begins in San Francisco, California, USA, when a man walks
into a police station, lights a joint, and asks to be arrested. His
lawyer, James R. White III, then forms LeMar (for Legalize Marijuana), which will sponsor the first
marijuana-law-reform demonstrations in America. Ed Sanders of
The Fugs and poet Allen
Ginsberg will set up the New York City branch early in the next
year.
Shinichiro Sato, drummer of successful Japanese band The Pillows is born in Ibaraki, Japan, Asia.