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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.Brenda Lee spends the first of three days on a promotional trip to New York City, in support of her current hit single, I'm Sorry.
Bobby Darin plays the eleventh night in a month long engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,opening for comedian George Burns.
The Two Red Shoes Ballroom is opened as a jazz venue in Elgin, Scotland, UK, by local entrepreneur Albert Bonici. It will go on to become a rock music venue, most famously when The Beatles play there in January 1963.Walk
- Don't Run by guitar instrumental band The Ventures enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak
at No2.
The Ray Charles live album In Person, enters the Billboard Top 40 album chart in the USA, where it will peak at No13. Jazz saxophonist, bandleader and recording artist Eddie Brunner dies in Zurich, Switzerland, Europe, aged 48.
The Leiber-Stoller Big Band records a selection of songs by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, in New York City, USA, for its Atlantic Records album Yakety Yak.
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- Don't Run by The Ventures enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak
at No2.
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yello Polka Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee, scores her first No1 on the Billboard Top 40 singles chartin the USA with I'm Sorry.
Lloyd Price plays the fourth night in a week of shows at The Beachcomber, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
The Subtle Tones play the fifth night of a week-long engagement at the 200 Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Their singer, Ann-Margret, will go on to become of ofAmerica's biggest stars of the 60s.
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.