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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.
The Dillards are playing during three weeks at The Shadows, Washington DC, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a month-long series of shows at The Chez Paree Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This series of shows is considered to have contributed greatly to turning his flagging career around.
Folk duo The Goldcoast Singers is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA, during a four-week booking, with The Willow Creek Ramblers.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Damita Jo is playing during two weeks at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Vaughn Monroe is playing during a week of shows at Sunset Lodge, Morehead, Minnesota, USA.
Monique Van Vooren is playing during ten days at The Chase Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The Squires, including lead guitarist Neil Young, play at the West End Memorial Community Club, Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the sixth of seven nights of shows at The First Floor Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
Frankie Vaughan And The V Group, Dorothy Baker, Gordon Peters and The Jeridale Three play at The Odeon, Canterbury, England, UK, Europe.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.Dusty Springfield makes an appearance as a panel member on weekly UK tv show Juke Box Jury, in which celebrities give their opinions of newly released pop singles.
Gene Vincent plays in the Cirque Municipal, Amiens, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.
Dee Dee Sharp, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Big Three, Heinz And The Saints play at The Granada, Grantham, England, UK, Europe.
Misery by The Dynamics is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No72.
The Greatest Record Show Of 1963, starring Brook Benton, Dion, Trini Lopez, Timi Yuro, Lesley Gore and The Ken Thorne Orchestra sets off with a show at The Astoria, Finbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
Buddy Greco is appearing at The Royal Box, Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
Red Foley plays a live set on Eddie Zack's Hayloft Jamboree on WRIB, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, is playing during seven days at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA. 
Saverio Saridis is playing at The Rveere Beach Surf Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
WTID-Radio of Newport News, Virginia, USA, stages an all-day Harvest Jamboree featuring The Carter Family and "more than 100 Tidewater area singers and bands".Gene Vincent plays in the Cirque Municipal, Amiens, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.Gerry And The Pacemakers, Del Shannon, Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, The Bachelors, Duffy Power, Cilla Black, Bryan Burdon and The Blue Diamonds play at The City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
The New Christy Minstrels, Addiss And Crofut, Mike Settle, Stu Ramsey and Joe And Eddie are the musical guests on tonight's edition of Hootenanny on ABC-tv in the USA.
The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, The Swan Silvertones, The Soul Stirrers, The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama, The Pilgrim Jubilees, The Swanee Quintet, The Gospelaires, The Violinaires, the Rev. Claude Jeter and others play at Washington Temple, Washington DC, USA.
The Beatles play at The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, UK. The term 'Beatlemania' is said to have been coined on this day by a Daily Mirror journalist at the Octagon in the Pavilion Gardens.
Little Peggy March performs I Will Follow Him on popular tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
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The Swinging Blue Jeans play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Concords and Ricky Vernon and The Pathfinders.
Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys, Tex Ritter and Sue Thompson And The Plainsmen play in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
The Travelers 3 are fulfilling a booking at The Gaslight Room, San Diego, California, USA.
Frank Sinatra Jr. and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra are playing at Blinstrub's Village, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
It is announced that Cliff Richard's next movie, Wonderful Life, will begin filming in the Canary Islands before the end of the year.