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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 musical

Richard Ploog, drummer and songwriter with The Church from 1981 until 1990, is born in Adelaide, Australia.
A new musical, I Can Get It For You Wholesale opens at The Shubert Theatre, New York City, USA, where it will run for 300 performances. Star of the production is Barbra Streisand.
Brenda Lee plays the seventh of ten nights at The Deauville Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA.
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band play in the Poor Man's Ball at Windsor Halls, Bradford, UK, supported by The Ken Baxter Orchestra.
Connie Francis plays the last of nine nights at The Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Guitar instrumental band The Shadows reach
No1 in the UK pop singles chart with Wonderful Land.
(1962)

The album Nearer The Cross by Tennessee Ernie Ford is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the r.i.a.a.
Brenda Lee plays the seventh of ten nights at the Deauville Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA.
Jackie De Shannon plays the second night in a week of shows at the Horizon Room, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jackie De Shannon plays the second night in a week of shows at The Horizon Room, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
It is reported that Veronica Lake, once one of Hollywood's most glittering stars, is now working as a waitress, under the name Connie De Toth, in the cocktail lounge of a hotel in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Many years later, this story will inspire The Human League to write the song Don't You Want Me Baby?, with its opening like, 'You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you." Phil Oakey, who composed the song, also famously sported a distinctive haircut, worn long on one side to cover one eye, as Veronica Lake had done at the height of her fame.
Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, advises Bill Bullock of RCA Records that, having completed recording, Elvis will now choose the most suitable twelve tracks for his next album.
The Red Garland Quintet records the LP Red's Good Groove at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, USA. The album includes the songs Red's Good Groove, Love Is Here to Stay, This Time The Dream's On Me, Take Me in Your Arms, Excerent! and Falling In Love With Love.
Perry Baggs, drummer of Jason And The Scorchers, is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
A new musical, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, opens at The Shubert Theatre, New York City, USA, where it will run for 300 performances. Star of the production is Barbra Streisand.
Perry Baggs, drummer of Jason And The Scorchers, is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 record Oh, Lady Be Good, I Want A Little Girl, Shoe Shine Boy, Count's Place and Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie! for Impulse Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, advises Bill Bullock of RCA Records that, having completed recording, Elvis will now choose the most suitable twelve tracks for his next album.