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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.
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.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.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.Tommy Steele, Teddy Johnson And Pearl Carr, Jimmy James, The Raindrops, Joe Baker And Jack Douglas, Desmond Walter-Ellis, The KIms and Regine And Andre Berny play during a seven-week season at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
The Vandergrift Brothers are playing during a four week long engagement in Rockland, Maine, USA.
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The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
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The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem are appearing during a two-week engagement at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Fabian is playing during a ten-day engagement at The Three Rivers Inn near Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Monique Van Vooren is playing at Cafe Bonaparte, in the Sharaton Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lonzo and Oscar are playing at the recently-opened Loon Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Chico Hamilton Quintet is playing at The Birdhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA,
Vaughn Monroe is playing during a two-week engagement at The Crown Room, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Brook Benton is playing during a one-week engagement at The Town Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Bob Scobey And His Frisco Band plus Art Hodes are playing at Bourbon Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Rhythm Kings, Larry Wrice's Band and The Shirley Hall Dancers are playing in an 'all-star show', featuring the twist at Roberts' Show Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
Barbara McNair and Dave Astor are playing at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Joe Williams and Harry 'Sweets' Edison are playing at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The front page of UK music weekly Melody Maker carries a report stating that British pop idol Cliff Richard and American star Connie Francis have become embroiled in a dispute about the song When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart. Richard recently released the original version, but Francis has covered it under the title When The Boy In Your Arms Is The Boy In Your Heart. Richard apparently feels this is "unfair".Leroy Van Dyke, Patsy Cline, Billy Grammer and Rene Waters play to a capacity crowd at Danceland, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Martha Carson, Kathy Perry, Johnny Johnson, Tommy Duncan, Autry Inman and Dick Flood are playing at The Coliseum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain by Shirley Bassey.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The State University Of New York, Cortland, New York State, USA.
Revered Nashville-based session guitarist Hank Garland is allowed to return home after being in hospital for three months following injuries sustained in a car smash.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his latest movie, Kid Galahad, in Idyllwild, California, USA.
The Allan Ganley - Keith Christie Jazzmakers play in an All-nighter at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho, London, England, UK. Drummer Elvin Jones from John Coltrane's Band sits in with them.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes play at The Plaza Ballroom, St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, Europe.
Patti Page records Put Your Head On My Shoulder, Don't Be Cruel, Big Bad John, Mack The Knife and other tracks at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The session is produced by Shelby Singleton, Jr., and the band features guitarists Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy and Harold Bradley, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Floyd Cramer and saxophonist Boots Randolph.
Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, later to found The Grateful Dead, attend a three-day-long party dubbed The Groovy Conclave in The Chateau, Palo Alto, California, USA.
The Helen Shapiro, Danny Williams, The Brook Brothers, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor and The Galliards, The Two Tones, The Red Price Combo, Joe Baker and Jack Douglas play at The ABC, Cleethorpes, England, UK, Europe.
Minnie Pearl, Carl Smith And His Tunesmiths, Stonewall Jackson, Jimmy Dickens, Red Sovine, Carl Belew and Dolores Smiley play in The Chamber Of Commerce, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Rock'n'roll guitarist Hank Garland is released from Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where he has been in a coma following a recent serious car crash.
Violence erupts when leather-clad British rocker Vince Taylor plays at The Palais Des Sports, Paris, France, Europe.Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, Junior Lewis, aka C.L. Blast, The Dovells, The Isley Brothers and Solomon Burke play the fifth night in a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Petula Clark, Katie Boyle and Bunny Lewis are the jurors on BBC tv record-rating show Juke Box Jury, hosted by David Jacobs, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Chiquieta, the celebrated girl drummer, plays the second of three nights at Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.Shane Fenton And The Fentones, The Viscounts, Elaine Delmar, Keith Kelly, Tommy Sanderson And The Sandmen, The Ted Taylor Four with Jo Marney and The Alex Welsh Band perform live on the BBC Light Programme radio show Saturday Club, introduced by Brian Matthew. (Shane Fenton will find greater success in the 1970s, after a name-change to Alvin Stardust.)
Mahalia Jackson headlines The National Press Club's Black Tie Ball in Washington DC, USA. Also on the bill are Sammy Kaye's Swing And Sway Band and torch singer Elvira Rios.Package tour A Star Spangled Night arrives at The Gaumont Ballroom, Bradford, England, UK, Europe, starring Billy Fury, Eden Kane, The Karl Denver Trio, The Allisons, Chas McDevitt And Shirley Douglas, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Dave Sampson and Gordon Peters. The tour is promoted by impresario Larry Parnes.