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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.
Buddy Bair And His Orchestra with vocalist Elaine Powell are playing during a three-week booking at The Skyway, Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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.
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Carlo Buti, a popular singer of folk songs, known as 'The Golden Voice Of Italy', dies aged 61 at his home in Montelupo Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy, Europe.
The Kinks' management company Denmark Productions, signs a recording contract with Pye Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys play at The Mechanics' Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa, sung by Gene Pitney, enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No17. The song is composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
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Johnny Burnette plays at The Gliderdome, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe, with The Rebounds.The Yardbirds, including guitarist Eric Clapton, play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Stephen Argüelles Clarke is born in Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK, Europe. As Steve Arguelles, he will be a founder of the innovative jazz band Loose Tubes and carry on into an acclaimed career as a highly eclectic jazz drummer.
Keith Burns is born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He will become a singing and guitar-playing one-third of Trick Pony, who will achieve hit singles including Pour Me and Just What I Do.
The Beatles appear on the cover of UK pop weekly Record Mirror, alongside a feature about their upcoming first movie which, as yet, has no title and has not begun filming.
Billy Taylor spends the second of two days recording tracks in New York City, USA, for his RCA Records LP Right Here Right Now. Tracks recorded over these two days include I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, Afterthoughts and Stolen Moments.Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The Gaumont, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
The Tony Meehan Combo plays at The Memorial Hall, Northwich, England, UK, Europe.
Deep Purple by Nino Tempo And April Stevens reaches No1 in the Billboard magazine Top 40 chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Anamari records Nothing Song, Wasn't It and other tracks for the Atlantic Records LP Anamari in New York City, USA.
Nancy Sinatra makes a live appearance on The 
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas enter the UK albums chart with Listen, which will peak at No11. It will be their only successful album.
Bobby Bare performs 500 Miles Away From Home on popular tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly
and The Marauders play at The Odeon, Streatham, England, UK, Europe.
Peter, Paul And Mary are dominating the Billboard Albums chart in the USA, with the No1 album (In the Wind), No6, (Moving), and No8, (Peter, Paul And Mary).
Freddie And The Dreamers, Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The Searchers, Dave Berry And The Cruisers and Susan Singer play at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
It is announced that, having filmed a pilot for his own half-hour-long musical variety tv show, Bobby Vinton is now working to have the show syndicated in the USA.John Rostill is announced as the replacement for The Shadows' former bassist, Brian 'Licorice' Locking, who had quit the group to give more time to his owrk as a Jehovah's Witness.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays the first of two nights at The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. On these two dates the artists play four shows per day.
Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys play at The Elks Club, Yuma, Arizona, USA.
The Beatles play at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vernons Girls, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, and others. CBS tv sends a news crew to the show and films the reactions of thousands of screaming teenage fans. The completed footage will be used in a CBS tv news broadcast a week later in the USA – on the same day that President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
The Atlantic Cara van Of Stars is playing during a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, featuring Ben E. King, The Drifters, The Coasters, Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas, Otis Redding, The Falcons and King Curtis.
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Jerry Lee Lewis plays the last of thirteen nights at The Oriental Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.The Fall 1963 Dick Clark Cara van Of Stars tour, featuring a line-up consisting of Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Ronettes, Little Eva, The Dovells, Myron Lee And The Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, The Jaynettes, The Thymes and Paul And Paula, plays in Evansville, Indiana, USA.
Bill Justis, with producer Shelby Singleton, records This Land Is Your Land, Silver Threads And Golden Needles and the Bob Dylan composition Blowin' In The Wind, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The Shirelles, Duane Eddy, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof Raisers play at The Astoria, Brixton, England, UK, Europe. Little Richard had been advertised as the headliner for this show but he had injured his ankle and was obliged to leave the tour.