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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.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Limeliters are playing during a one-week engagement at The Racquet Club, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows play the twentieth night in a six-week season at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Shirley Anne Field, Matt Monro and Pete Murray are the jurors of BBC tv record-rating show Juke Box Jury, hosted by David Jacobs, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey play the fifth of thirteen nights at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad by Elvis Presley reaches No4 in the pop singles chart in the UK.
The highest new entry in this week's Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Bristol Stomp by The Dovells, entering at No71.
The 
Conway Twitty plays the second of three nights at The Winter Garden, Elizabeth City, Ohio, USA.
When The Kingston Trio appears at a Santa Rosa Boys' Club fundraiser in Santa Rosa, California, USA, new member John Stewart makes his live debut with the group.
Louise Groody, a musical comedy star of several movies including Hit The Deck, dies aged 64, at her summer home in Canadensis, Pennsylvania, USA, after a long battle with cancer.
Hank Locklin records Happy Journey and I Need You Now with producer Chet Atkins at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Musicians playing on the session are pianist Floyd Cramer, backing vocalists The Jordanaires, guitarists Ray Edenton and Grady Martin, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman and accordionist Anita Kerr.
The Country Gentlemen, including John Duffey and Charlie Waller, play at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
The Montgomery Brothers, with Wes Montgomery on guitar, play at The Cellar, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Harold Dorman records Uncle Jonah's Place and Just One Step at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, 630 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
UK music weekly Melody Maker carries a front page story that trombonist Ian Menzies has quit top trad jazz band The Clyde Valley Stompers.
BBC radio show Saturday Club, in London, England, UK, Europe, features Julia Rolls, Bobby Angelo And The Tuxedos, Alan Beach and Dave Waite, The Ronnie Keene Six with Bob Foster, Mick Mulligan and his Band, George Melly and Clinton Ford. the show is hosted by Brian Matthew.
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.