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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
UK pop hitmaker Anthony Newley is playing in a one-man show, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, at Queen's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, which runs for 485 performances.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys are playing during a twelve-night stint in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Limeliters are playing during a one-week engagement at The Racquet Club, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Popular vocalist Tommy Leonetti is playing during a two-week engagement at The Red Lion Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Della Reese is playing at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
The Soul Stirrers (including Sam Cooke) record God Is Standing by and Lead Me Jesus for SAR Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Ivor Emmanuel, Richard Hearne (Mr. Pastry), Harry Smith-Hampshire and Doreen Casey, The Lucky Latinos, The Clark Brothers, Tommy Fields, The George Mitchell Singers, The Malcolm Goddard Dancers and The Tyldesley Girls' Choir are playing in the Big Show Of 1961 at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Dean Martin records The First Thing Ev'ry Morning, Everybody But Me and You're The Reason I'm In Love at United Recording Corporation Studios, 6050 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jim Reeves And His Blue Boys play a live concert in The Civic Centre, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
Faye Adams, with The Jimmy Mundy Orchestra, records It Hurts To Be In Love, Step Up And Rescue Me and other tracks for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
A hearing is held in the Chancery Court, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, to examine a breach of contract suit filed by publisher Weslkey Rose against The Everly Brothers. Rose claims that the duo have broken a five year contract with him which was designed to run from 1957 until 1962.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter stars in his first theatrical production in almost three decades, when The Stovepipe Hat opens at The Music Box Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA. The show will close just three nights later.
Tex Wayne records Where The Honky Tonk Fiddles Play and My Empty Arms, at Gold Star Recording Studio, 5626 Brock Street, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jazz piano virtuoso Wynton Kelly releases the album Someday My Prince Will Come, on Vee-Jay Records in the USA.
Anita O'Day records Boogie Blues, One More Mile and The Ballad Of All The Sad Young Men, in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra have the second of two days of recording tracks for the album The Girls Suite at Columbia Records Studios in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Judy Garland plays at The Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Connie Francis sets off on a three-week long tour of Europe.
When prominent country recording group The Sons Of The Pioneers play a show at The Eastern Exposition Coliseum, Wst Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, their guitarist Karl Farr breaks a string in the middle of a solo and, while struggling to change it, he collapses and dies of a heart attack.
After spending eight years with the Bron organisation, Dick James begins his own music publishing business, Dick James Music, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Vocalist Betty Brown records Mind Your Own Business, You Got The Right Idea and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Bethlehem Records.
Tommy Ridgley records In The Same Old Way, The Girl From Kooka Monga, My Ordinary Girl and She's Got What It Takes for Ric Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Bobby Vee And The Crickets record Lonely Weekends, When You're In Love, Mountain Of Love, No One Knows and Little Queenie at United Recorders, 6050 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by by The Zombies (not the group which later became famous under the same name).
Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey play the ninth of thirteen nights at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Porter Wagoner records Take Good Care Of Her, Tennessee Border and other songs at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for RCA Victor Records.
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.