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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.Bobby Darin records Lazy River and Artificial Flowers for Atco Records in Los Angeles, California, USA. The session is produced by Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler.
Tony Bennett records What Good Does It Do, Fun To Be Fooled and This Time The Dream's On Me, for Columbia Records in NewYork City, USA.
Anita O'Day with Bill Holman's Orchestra records Old Devil Moon, The Party's Over and Why Shouldn't I at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ray Charles begins a week of shows at The Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Big Maybelle and Bobby 'Blue' Bland play the third night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Stuart Matthewman, a multi-instrumentalist who will become a featured part of Sade's live and recording band, is born in Hull, UK.
WDRC Radio in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, drops its CBS news-based format and begins a new pop music based format.
The Beatles play the second night of a three month engagement at The Indra Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Kid Thomas And His Algiers Stompers record Some Of These Days, When My Dreamboat Comes Home, It's A Long Way To Tipperaray, Hindustan, Down By The Riverside, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now and other tracks for Riverside Records at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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.