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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 musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
Eddie Peabody, billed as 'The King Of The Banjo', plays during seventeen nights at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by 'song stylist' Gloria Loring.
Mose Allison is headlining for three weeks at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Small Faces play in The Embassy Theatre, Peterborough, England, UK, Europe.
Free jazz vocalist Patty Waters, records her debut album Patty Waters Sings for ESP-Disk in New York City, USA.
Shirley Bassey records The Liquidator for Columbia Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
Paul McCartney of The Beatles goes to see the Lionel Bart-composed musical Twang! In the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Moody Blues appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds play at The Four Seasons ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA.
When The Stan Getz Quartet headlines at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, Getz performs from a wheelchair, having severed a tendon in his foot in a fall at home. Dionne Warwick and Joe Mooney play in support.
The Quests play at The Lido Theatre, Singapore, Asia.
Peter And Gordon, with producer Ken Nelson, record I've Got A Tiger By The Tail, Before You Go and The Race Is On in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Who play at The Ricky-Tick Club, held in the Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK, Europe. Viv Prince of The Pretty Things stands in again for Keith Moon, who has collapsed. Support band is The Herd.
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Bob Dylan plays his last concert of the year at the Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Keith Jarrett plays at The Five Spot Café, New York City, USA.
The Blues Project play at the Café Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Spencer Davis Group plays at The Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex, England, UK, Europe.
The Big Three play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers play the fifth of six nights at The Hullaballoo Club, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. (Gary Lewis and The Playboys play a special matinee show in the afternoon at the same club).
Donovan records Sunshine Superman and Sunny South Kensington, in EMI's Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with Mickie Most as producer. John Paul Jones, later a founder member of Led Zeppelin, plays bass on the track.
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In New York City, USA, Herbie Mann records The Mooch and If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody. He also records the songs Yesterday and The Night Before, both written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles. The tracks are all recorded for Atlantic Records.
The Night People play at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Congregational minister Edmund R. Strait of Greens Farms Church, Westport, Connecticut, USA, is obliged to cancel the church's weekly Pilgrim Fellowship event because the nearby Staples School is organising a concert by The Beau Brummels and thirty of the Pilgrim Fellowship members are going to the concert instead of the church meeting.
Jan And Dean are in Wally Heider Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, where they take part in a 'sweetening session' for a Liberty Records recording of Jan And Dean Live From The Hullabaloo in Hollywood. Another participant in the session is Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine. The original live session had been recorded on the opening night of the Hullabaloo club, but was rejected by Liberty Records. It will eventually gain release under the title Filet Of Soul.
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Lil Ray And The Progressions, Mark And The Escorts, Thee Emeralds and Thee Dreamers play at the All Nations Hall, East Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Nashville Teens play at The College Theatre Club, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.