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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.The Top Ten records played on KQV Radio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, for the week ended on this date are as follows :
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Tommy Tucker, Christine Holmes, The Cherokees, Troy Dante And The Infernos, The Naturals and Wayne Gibson And The Dynamic Sounds appear on BBC2 tv show The Beat Room in the UK.
Glasgow council in Scotland announces that all boys and men with Beatle-cuts - i.e. haircuts in the the style of The Beatles - will henceforth have to wear bathing caps, because a committee has been told that hair from 'Beatle-cuts' is clogging the pool's filters.
Andy And The Bey Sisters record Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars, Since I Fell For You, Besame Mucho, September In The Rain and Smiles for Prestige Records in Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Oscar Peterson Trio records Mack The Knife, Incoherent Blues and other tracks for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Don Gibson, with producer Chet Atkins, records 'Cause I Believe In You, Then I'll Be Free and A Love That Can't Be, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Jerry Reed on guitar, The Jordanaires on backing vocals and Buddy Harman on drums.
Two obscure bands playing at London's 100 Club include members who will later go on to fame and fortune. Headline band The Birds feature Ron Wood, later to play for The Faces and The Rolling Stones. Support band The Tridents include guitarist Jeff Beck, later to play for The Yardbirds before pursuing a successful solo crareer.Charlie Louvin records I'll Have Made It To The Bridge and Less And Less, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
In a meeting with Elvis Presley at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA, his manager Col Tom Parker accuses the star of becoming obsessed by religious and spiritual matters - largely as a result of the influence of his hairdresser, Larry Geller.
Bob And Bobby record the Jimmy Reed composition Baby What You Want Me To Do for Tower Records in Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys co-produces the track with Bob Norberg.
The Beatles release a new EP featuring the songs A Hard Days Night, Not A Second Time, Things We Said Today and Little Child on Odeon Records in Sweden, Europe.
The LP The Wonderful World of Andy Williams by Andy Williams, is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.The Canadian Sweethearts record My Man, Sukiyaki, Blue Canadian Rockies, This Land Is Your Land, Wooden Heart and La Vie En Rose, in Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA.
The Beach Boys release a new single, When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)/She Knows Me Too Well, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Colin James, singer, songwriter and musician, winner of six Juno Awards, is born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
John Lennon of The Beatles calls in interior designer Kenneth Partridge to re-design his recently-purchased Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, home.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.