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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 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.Jerry Lee Lewis plays the third of nine nights at The Montreal Club, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Freddy King plays the last of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy dies aged 36 of undiagnosed diabetes in Berlin, Germany, Europe. (Some sources place Dolphy's death on June 28 or 29, 1964).
During a world tour, The Beatles fly from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand.
The first Big Sur Folk Festival is held at The Esalen Institute, Big Sur Hot Springs, California, USA. Acts appearing include Joan Baez, Roger Abraham, Nancy Carlen, Malvina Reynolds, Mark Spoelstra, Janet Smith and Mimi And Richard FariPorter Carleton Howell, lead guitarist of Little Texas, is born in Longview, Texas, USA.
Popular singer Sally Ann Howes appears on tv show Toast Of The Town, hosted by Ed Sullivan, recorded in New York City, USA. She is best-known for her role as Truly Scrumptious in the 1968 musical film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Jazz double bassist, composer and recording artist Philippe Aerts is born in Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
Three
young civil rights workers - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and
Michael Schwerner - are murdered near Philadelphia, Nashoba
County, Mississippi, USA. While investigating the burning of a
black church, they had been arrested by the police, then released
after dark into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who beat and
murdered them. The story is told in the song He Was My Brother by Simon And
Garfunkel.
Vaughn Meader plays during a lengthy engagement at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Meader is best-remembered for his No1 satirical album, The First Family,Music business agent and producer Dick Waterman of Avalon Productions telephones retired bluesman Son House, in Rochester, New York, USA. Before long, he will have the artist performing again regularly on the coffeehouse circuit.
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the second of two nights at The Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, Asia.