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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, 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.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Kim Wilde, daughter of UK rock idol Marty Wilde, is born in Chiswick, London, UK.
Jackie Wilson plays at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by Etta James and The Spaniels.
Ben E. King releases a new single, Spanish Harlem, on Atlantic Recordsin the USA.
Gil Evans begins recording a new album, Out Of The Cool, in the USA.
Bo Diddley releases a new single, Gunslinger, on Checker Records in the USA.
Alex Welsh And His Dixielanders play at The Star Hotel, Croydon, UK.
Weekly UK pop paper the NME [New Musical Express] reports that Philips Records has made a multi-million pound offer for the purchase of US-based Dot Records, whose most successful artist is Pat Boone.
The film Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, opens in Finland, Europe.
Johnny Tillotson plays at The Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York State, USA.
Bobby Vee releases a new single, Rubber Ball, in the USA on Liberty Records.
Russ Sainty and The The Dave Clark Five play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, UK.
Johnny Burnette signs a contract for an appearance one week later on tv show Saturday Prom in the USA, for a fee of$750.