21st September

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.

Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver are playing during a season at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.

Freddie And The Dreamers are playing during a season at The Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.

Kenny Ball and Susan Maughan are playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.

Russ Conway is playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.

Matt Monro is playing during a season at Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe.

The Seekers and Yana are playing during a season at The Pavilion, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.

Ken Dodd, The Kaye Sisters and Eddie Calvert are playing during a season at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.

Mark Wynter is playing during a season at The ABC Theatre, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.

The Black And White Minstrel Show is playing during a season at Victoria Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.

Mara Lynn Brown records When Your Lover Has Gone, Annabelle Lee, Some Other Town and Some Night Somewhere, for Decca Records in New York City, USA.

Jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt records Who Can I Turn To?, Night Crawler and other tracks for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

June Carter and Johnny Cash record Close The Door Lightly When You Go for Columbia Records in the USA.

Peggy Lee records Trapped (In The Web Of Love), Ev'rybody Has The Right To Be Wrong! (At Least Once), Losers, Weepers and (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over for Capitol Records in The Capitol Tower, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Sons Of Adam begin a six-night booking at Gazzarri's, 319 North La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Ben Webster, with Arnvid Meyer's Orchestra, records Duke's In Bed, Nancy With The Laughing Face, Brother John's Blues and Blue Light for Black Lion Records in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.

The Pop From Britain concert is held at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, featuring The Moody Blues, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Georgie Fame and And Blue Flames, The Fourmost and Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers. The show is promoted by Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles.

Ben Webster and Arnvid Meyer's Orchestra record Duke's In Bed, Nancy With The Laughing Face, Brother John's Blues and Blue Light for Black Lion Records in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash record the Eric Anderson composition Close The Door Lightly When You Go, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Colonel Tom Parker renegotiates Elvis Presley's deal with RCA Records in the USA. Presley commits to the label for one extra year, through 1972, in exchange for an increase in his annual guaranteed payment from $200,000 to $300,000.

The Spencer Davis Group play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK.

The Top Ten Singles on WABC Radio in New York City, USA, for the week beginning on this date, are as follows :

1. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (Dunhill)

2. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys (Bang)

3. You Were On My Mind - We Five (A+M)

4. The "In" Crowd - The Ramsey Lewis Trio (Argo)

5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (Columbia)

6. Help! - The Beatles (Capitol)

7. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Philles)

8. Catch Us If You Can - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)

9. Yesterday - The Beatles (Capitol)

10. I Got You Babe - Sonny And Cher (Atco)

Ferlin Husky plays at The Orpheum Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The Empires record Push-Push Parts 1 and 2 for Coral Records in New York City, USA.

Polydor Records in Japan, Asia, release an EP by The Beatles, featuring the tracks My Bonnie, Why, Ain't She Sweet and Cry For A Shadow, all of which were recorded in Germany, before The Beatles became successful.

The Moody Blues record a live appearance for the BBC radio show Saturday Club, in London, England, UK.

The Gentrys are playing at The Whisky A-GoGo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Graham Bond Organisation plays at Klooks Kleek Club, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, north-west London, England, UK.

The Young Rascals play at Harlow's, New York City, USA.

Markus Peter Großkopf is born in Hamburg, Germany, Europe. He will find success as Heavy Metal bassist and singer, Markus Gosskopf, notably with the band Helloween.

Lightnin' Hopkins plays at The Matrix on Fillmore St, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Jefferson Airplane.

Elvis Presley is filming his next movie, Paradise Hawaiian Style at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Frankie Miller records Bringing Mary Home and I'm In The Country Music Who's Who, at Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Vocal overdubs are recorded for the song I Can't Believe You Love Me by Tammi Terrell at Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The album Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins is awarded gold album status in the USA by the R.I.A.A. This is Robbins' first gold disc.

Frankie Laine records Heartaches Can be Fun, and Seven Days Of Love for Capitol Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Del Reeves records My Half Of Our Past, Mama's Little Jewel, The Voyage Of Ole Chris and Women Do Funny Things To Me, in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Billy J. Kramer plays at Bobby James Ballroom, Ayr, Scotland, UK.

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.