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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.
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.Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
A new musical production, Money, starring George Coe, David Rounds and Barbara Quaney, is playing at Upstairs At The Downstairs, New York City, USA, during a run of 214 performances. The show's book and lyrics are by David Axelrod and Tom Whedon, while the music is by Sam Pottle. The Journeymen, including John Phillips, later to lead The Mamas And The Papas, are playing during two weeks at The Shadows, Washington, D.C., USA, with comedian Bill Cosby as their supporting act. The Journeymen also include Scott McKenzie, who will enjoy a No1 hit single with San Francisco (Wear Flowers In Your Hair).
Trini Lopez releases a new single, If I Had A Hammer, on Reprise Records in the USA. The song is a Civil Rights freedom song composed by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of The Weavers.
The Squires, a group including guitarist Neil Young, undertake a rehearsal at CKRC Radio, in Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada.
Sarah Vaughan is playing at The Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
The Good Companions release Away Rio backed with The Eddystone Light on Goldust Records of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Today's issue of TIME Magazine reports that Bob Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind as recorded by folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary has become "the fastest-selling record [Warner Brothers] has ever cut." The article continues, "all over the U.S., folk singers are doing what folk singers are classically supposed to do - singing about current crises. ... They are singing with hot-eyed fervor about police dogs and racial murder. Sometimes they use serviceable old tunes, but just as often they are writing new ones about fresh heroes and villains, from Martin Luther King to Bull Connor."
The Cougars featuring Daryl Grant play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Lee Marvin And The Staccatos.
Songwriter and producer Brett Beavers is born in Waco, Texas, USA. In addition to producing Dierks Bentley, he will compose Bentley's Feel That Fire and Home, Toby Keiths' Red Solo Cup, Canaan Smith's Love You Like That and Tim McGraws' Felt Good On My Lips.
Frankie Avalon makes the last of three consecutive nights of appearances on Steve Allen's late night tv show in the USA.
The Beach Boys play at Indiana Beach Amusement Resort Ballroom, Lake Shafer, Monticello, Indiana, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on his latest movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.The latest Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars tour plays at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada, with acts including Gene Pitney, The Dovells, Dick And Dee Dee and Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights.
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LaVern Baker continues with her month-long season at The Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.