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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.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.When folk music quartet The Brothers Four play at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, the show is recorded and will be released as a live LP.
Al Henderson records Lemon Twist and All Star Boy [a
promotional tie-in with the Lemon Twist brand of ice cream sold by
All Star Dairies] for King Records of
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Jazz alto saxophonist Jimmy Woods is recording tracks for his LP Awakening!, at Contemporary Records studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt - Brother Jack McDuff Quartet records the album Soul Summit, for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Louis Armstrong and Marlene Dietrich open for one month performing together at The Riviera Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Sammy Davis
Jr makes an acting appearance as gunslinger Tip Corey in Two
Ounces of Tin, an episode of western tv series The Rifleman in the USA.
The Twist-themed movie Twist Around The Clock is released to cinemas in Sweden, Europe. The movie stars Chubby Checker, Dion, The Marcels, Clay Cole and Vicki Spencer.
Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Woods records tracks for his album Awakening!, at Contemporary Records studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chuck Berry begins his jail sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, USA, for transporting a teenage girl across a state line for immoral purposes. [outlaw]
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to find success as The Swinging Blue Jeans] play an evening show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Johnny Sandon And The Searchers.
Sam Cooke records Soothe Me at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duane Eddy records Walkin' N' Twistin', Sugartime Twist and Twistin' Off A Cliff, at RCA Victor Studio 2, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. His band includes guitarists Barney Kessel and Bill Pitman, bassist Red Callender, drummer Earl Palmer, pianist Larry Knechtel and saxophonists Jim Horn and Plas Johnson. Production duties are handled by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood.
Nino Tempo And April Stevens record True Love, Shine On Harvest Moon, One Dozen Roses, Sweet And Lovely and I've Been Carrying A Torch For You So Long That I Burned A Great Big Hole In My Heart for Atlantic Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz trombonist Al Grey records tracks for his Verve Records album Snap Your Fingers, in Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Red Foley records Mountain Boy, Fiddles And Guitars and The Taste Of Life, at Bradley Film And Recording Studios, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with producer Owen Bradley.
The Swinging Blue Genes (later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play an evening show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Johnny Sandon And The Searchers.
Louis Armstrong and Marlene Dietrich open for one month of performing together at The Riviera Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bobby Bland, Erma Franklin, The Crystals, The Edsels, The Corsairs and The Sensations play the last of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.