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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.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Duke Ellington plays during a nineteen day season at The Golden Key Club, 641 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The musical
Jan And Dean record I Found A Girl, in United/Western Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Liberty Records.
A Giant Band Battle Dance is held at Tacoma Armory, Washington State, USA, featuring The Dynamics, The Sonics, The Bootman, The Statics and the El-Caminos.
The Top Ten Singles on WLS Radio in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on this day is as follows :
1. I FEEL FINE/ SHE'S A WOMAN - The Beatles
2. SHE'S NOT THERE - The Zombies
3. MR. LONELY - Bobby Vinton
4. COME SEE ABOUT ME - The Supremes
5. I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD - Herman's Hermits
6. RINGO - Lorne Greene
7. ASK ME - Elvis Presley
8. MOUNTAIN OF LOVE - Johnny Rivers
9. TIME IS ON MY SIDE - The Rolling Stones
10. ANYWAY YOU WANT IT - Dave Clark Five
1. I FEEL FINE/ SHE'S A WOMAN - The Beatles
2. SHE'S NOT THERE - The Zombies
3. MR. LONELY - Bobby Vinton
4. COME SEE ABOUT ME - The Supremes
5. I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD - Herman's Hermits
6. RINGO - Lorne Greene
7. ASK ME - Elvis Presley
8. MOUNTAIN OF LOVE - Johnny Rivers
9. TIME IS ON MY SIDE - The Rolling Stones
10. ANYWAY YOU WANT IT - Dave Clark Five
The Gary Farr And The T-Bones play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Dissatified.
The UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! features Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Petula Clark, Millie, The Downliners Sect and Bobby Jameson.
Robson Golightly Green is born in Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as an actor and also as one half of the pop recording duo Robson And Jerome.
The Beach Boys make an appearance on The Bob Hope Comedy Special on tv in the USA. Also on the show is jazz singer Nancy Wilson.
John Matthew Shanks is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as John Shanks, aka J. Shanks, a rhythm guitarist in Bon Jovi's live band, and also as a singer / songwriter, musician and record producer.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the second of three nights for a private function in San Diego, California, USA.
Comedian Cledus T. Judd is born in Crowe Springs, Georgia, USA. He will begin his recording career in the 1990s with musical satires, turning David Ball's Thinkin' Problem into Stinkin' Problem and remaking Tim McGraw's Indian Outlaw as Indian In-Laws.
King Of Rhythm And Blues, a book of
The Donald Byrd Septet with orchestral accompaniment, records I've Longed And Searched For My Mother, Noah and Pearly Gates at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Artwoods play in The Assembly Hall, Students Union, Farnborough Technical College, Farnborough, England, UK, Europe, with The Gobbledegooks.
The Motown Record Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, USA, files Trade Marks for the words Motown, Tamla and Gordy.
The Squires, with Neil Young on lead guitar, play the fourth of six nights at The Twilight Zone, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Dusty Springfield arrives back in London, England, UK, Europe, after having been deported from South Africa for performing in front of mixed-race audiences.
Teen movie Get Yourself A College Girl opens at cinemas across the USA, featuring performances by The Dave Clark Five, The Standells, The Animals, Nancy Sinatra, The Jimmy Smith trio, Stan Getz And Astrud Gilberto and Freddie Bell And The Bell Boys.
The free flexidisc, Another Beatles' Christmas Record, is mailed out to the group's UK fan club members.
The Newbeats record I Can't Hear You No More, Lookin' For Love, Mean Woolly Willie and Great Balls Of Fire in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Hickory Records.
According to his book Stone Alone, Bill Wyman claims that "on December 18, 1964, news came from America that Little Red Rooster was banned from record release because of its 'sexual connotations'". This claim is debatable because there is little other evidence to support Wyman's contention.
Thousands of fans besiege the A R Leake Funeral Home in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the first funeral service for Sam Cooke is being held. 200,000 fans line up across more than four city blocks to view his body. Afterward, his body is flown back to Los Angeles for a second service, at the Mount Sinai Baptist Church the following day.