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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.
Harry Belafonte is playing during a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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.
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.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Monique Van Vooren is playing during ten days at The Chase Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Horace Silver is playing during two weeks at Birdland, New York City, USA.
The Dillards are currently fulfilling a booking at The Shadows, Washington DC, USA.
Part Time Love by Little Johnny Taylor reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles chart in the 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.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Do You Love Me by Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.
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.
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.
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.
Bob Dylan plays a concert at Ann Arbor Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
The Travelers 3 are fulfilling a booking at The Gaslight Room, San Diego, California, USA.
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.
Saverio Saridis is playing at The Rveere Beach Surf Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Frank Sinatra Jr. and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra are playing at Blinstrub's Village, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Buddy Greco is appearing at The Royal Box, Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys, Tex Ritter and Sue Thompson And The Plainsmen play in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
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.
The Squires, including lead guitarist Neil Young, play at the West End Memorial Community Club, Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada.
Red Foley plays a live set on Eddie Zack's Hayloft Jamboree on WRIB, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
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 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.
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.
Dee Dee Sharp, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Big Three, Heinz And The Saints play at The Granada, Grantham, England, UK, Europe.
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.
Otis Redding plays at Hunt High School, Fort Valley, Georgia, USA, supported by Bobby Marchan.
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next film, Kissin' Cousins, at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
Music trade magazine Billboard reports that female music industry staffers in New York City, USA, have set up a charitable organisation called Music And Record Company Humanitarians (M.A.R.C.H.) which will fund music therapy rooms in hospitals, and will supply them with record players and records.
Gene Vincent plays in the Cirque Municipal, Amiens, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.
Joey Dee And The Starliters play in Bruges, Belgium, Europe.
Frankie Vaughan And The V Group, Dorothy Baker, Gordon Peters and The Jeridale Three play at The Odeon, Canterbury, England, UK, Europe.
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".
Sinitta Renay Malone is born in Seattle, Washington, USA. After moving to London, England, UK, she will find success in the 1980s as singer Sinitta.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play the sixth of seven nights of shows at The First Floor Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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.
Bust ed by Ray Charles peaks at No4 in Billboard's Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
It is reported that the name of The Motown Record Corporation has been removed from a multi-defendant infringement suit recently lodged by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Motown's inclusion in the suit was, apparently, an error made by Dr. King's legal team.
The Crystals play at The Coconut Lounge, Lakewood Beach, Champaign, Illinois, 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.