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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.
Kathy Keegan is playing during four weeks at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Xavier Cugat is headlining during three weeks at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Charo.
Glenda Grainger is playing during two weeks at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Honeycombs are undertaking a month of live appearances at The Piper Club, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Ray Anthony's Bookend Revue is playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jerry Vale is playing at The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Supremes are playing during a two-week engagement at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play at the Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK, Europe.
The movie Hootenanny Hoot is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America. The movie is a spin-off from the recent folk music revival, and features appearances by Johnny Cash, The Brothers Four, Sheb Wooley, Judy Henske, George Hamilton IV, Joe And Eddie and more.
Don Gibson records (Yes) I'm Hurting at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Herbie Goins And The Nightimers play in The Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire
The Small Faces play in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK, Europe.
Pianist Bobby Timmons records the album The Soul Man for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Lee Dorsey appears on tv show Scene At 6.30, recorded in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Marvin Gaye performing Pride and Joy, plus The Five Americans performing I See the Light.
John Lennon and Ringo Starr of The Beatles are on holiday in Port Of Spain, Trinidad, Caribbean, with their wives.
Publishing credits for the songs You Can't Do That, I'll Get You and I Call Your Name are corrected by changing them from ASCAP to BMI on the sleeves of The Beatles Second Album, on Capitol Records, in the USA.
Lee Dorsey appears on the Granada TV show Scene At 6.30 in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones perform their imminent single, 19th Nervous Breakdown, on BBCtv show Top of the Pops in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Nashville Teens play in The Blue Moon, Cheltenham, England, UK, Europe.
The Koobas play at The Golden Torch Club, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Country Joe McDonald plays at The Questing Beast, Berkeley, California, USA. [There is evidence to suggest that this was, in fact, the first live date of Country Joe And The Fish as a band.]
Barbra Streisand records The Minute Waltz in Columbia Records Studio A, New York City, USA.
The Bobby Timmons Quartet records Cut Me Loose Charlie, Tom Thumb, Ein Bahn Strasse (One Way Street), Damned If I Know, Little Waltz and Remembrance for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. The band includes Wayne Shorter, tenor sax, Bobby Timmons, piano, Ron Carter, bass and Jimmy Cobb, drums.
The Beach Boys play at Sumpu Kaikan, Shizuoka, Japan, Asia.
Burl Ives, with producer Owen Bradley, records Girlie Magazine and Once Upon A Time in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The world is introduced to the talents of 18 year old vocalist Steve Winwood when Keep On Running, the fourth single by Birmingham's Spencer Davis Group, gives them their first UK No1, knocking The Beatles Day Tripper off the top.
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Unit Four Plus Two play in Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Christian country music singer-songwriter Wes King is born in Winder, Georgia, USA.
BBC-tv's pop music flagship show, Top Of The Pops moves from Manchester to the BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK, Europe. Tonight's edition features Cilla Black , Crispian St. Peters, The Overlanders, David And Jonathan and Paul And Barry Ryan.
James Genus is born in Hampton, Virginia, USA. He will find success as a jazz bass player and recording artist.
Fontella Bass plays at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe.
Roger Miller is playing during a two-week engagement at Harrah's Club, Reno, Nevada, USA.
The Beach Boys play at Sumpu Kaikan, Shizuoka, Japan, Asia.
Tracy Richard Irving Ulrich is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find acclaim as hard rock guitarist Tracii Guns, playing with Guns N'Roses, Brides Of Destruction, L.A. Guns and Poison.
The Spencer Davis Group play at The Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe.
Brenda Lee records What You Gonna Do and It's Another World in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Aven ue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Blues singer, pianist and recording artist Turner Parrish dies at the General Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The Sorrows play at The Locomotive Club, Paris, France, Europe.
The Alan Price Set play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler releases a new album, The Ballad Of The Green Berets, in the USA on RCA Records.