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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.
Harry Belafonte is playing during a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Dillards are playing during three weeks at The Shadows, Washington DC, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a month-long series of shows at The Chez Paree Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This series of shows is considered to have contributed greatly to turning his flagging career around.
Folk duo The Goldcoast Singers is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA, during a four-week booking, with The Willow Creek Ramblers.
Damita Jo is playing during two weeks at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Vaughn Monroe is playing during a week of shows at Sunset Lodge, Morehead, Minnesota, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the third of seven nights of shows at The First Floor Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
At 57 Wimpole Street, London, the home of the parents of Paul McCartney's girlfriend Jane Asher, McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles write a new song, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, which they will record the following day.
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Jay And The Americans record Come Dance With Me, for United Artists Records at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA. The track is produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Jazz trombone virtuoso Kai Winding records Now And Forever, March To Freedom and other tracks for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys, Tex Ritter, Sue Thompson And The Plainsmen begin a tour in Salina, Kansas, USA.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Top British jazz artist Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Billy Fury, Joe Brown, The Karl Denver Trio, The Tornados, Marty Wilde, Daryl Quist, Dickie Pride, Larry Burns and The Ramblers play at The ABC, Lincoln, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles are at the Playhouse Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, recording a session for UK radio show Easy Beat.
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Hank Locklin records A Little Bit Of Heaven, Old Bog Road, Kevin Barry and I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen with Chet Atkins as his producer, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band includes Ray Edenton [acoustic guitar], Grady Martin [electric guitar], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano] and The Jordanaires handling backup vocals.
Lawton Williams (aka Slim Williams) records Stay On The Ball, I'm Not All Here and Squawlein with Chet Atkins as his producer, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band includes Floyd Cramer (piano) Jerry Kennedy and Ray Edenton [guitars], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Charlie McCoy [harmonica] and The Jordanaires handling backup vocals.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
The Graham Bond Quartet play at The Six Bells Jazz Club, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe.
Frankie Vaughan And The V Group, Dorothy Baker, Gordon Peters and The Jeridale Three play at The Odeon, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Impresario Bernard Delfont announces that The Beatles will appear on this year's Royal Variety Perfomance in London, England, UK, Europe.
Gene Vincent plays in Angouleme, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
The Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.] publishes a bulletin setting out standards for the manufacture of stereophonic discs, including diameter, thickness, contour and more. It also prescribes that "The stereophonic groove shall contain two channels of information recorded as orthogonal modulations of a single groove." So now you know.
John Leyton, Heinz, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Saints, Sammy King And The Voltairers, Mike Sagar And The Tornados and The Plus Four play at St. George's Hall, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.
Eddie Holland releases a new single, I'm On The Outside Looking In / I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To on Motown Records in the USA.
DJ Bongo Van Dort plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, Eengland, UK, Europe.