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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.
A row breaks out over Hank Ballard And The Midniters appearance, scheduled for today on US tv show American Bandstand, because Ballard is unhappy about the show's involvement in releasing Chubby Checker's almost identical cover of Ballard's song The Twist.
Louis Jordan plays the second of five nights at The Embers Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
Rock'n'roll vocalist Buddy Lowe records A Teenager Feels It Too and It Happened To Me for Imperial Records at Goldstar Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Contrary to a popular myth, having been dead for several weeks, Eddie Cochran plays guitar on It Happened To Me].
Bobby Vinton plays the sixth night in a week of shows at The Marine Ballroom on The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Dinah Washington and Brook Benton record We Have Love and Early Every Morning, in New York City, USA, for Mercury Records.
Shirley Bassey records the Lionel Bart song As Long As He Needs Me, in EMI's Abbey Road Studio No1, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Platters play the last night in a week of shows at The Lotus Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
A row breaks out over Hank Ballard And The Midniters appearance, scheduled for today on tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, because Ballard is unhappy about the show's involvement in releasing Chubby Checker's cover of Ballard's song The Twist.
Count Basie And His Orchestra record Taps Miller, Avenue C and Red Bank Boogie in New York City, USA.
A row breaks out over Hank Ballard And The Midniters appearance, scheduled for today on the tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, because Ballard is unhappy about the show's involvement in releasing Chubby Checker's cover of Ballard's song The Twist.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra record Main Stem, Arabesque Cookie and The Volga Voutie at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Columbia Records.
The Humphrey Lyttelton Octet records Love For Sale, Prelude To A Kiss and Ida Sweet As Apple Cider, in London, UK, for Bethlehem Records.
Highly respected jazz pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill is born in Mexico. He will play with Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Carla Bley, Lester Bowie and manyothers.
A row breaks out over Hank Ballard And The Midniters appearance, scheduled for today on the tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, because Ballard is unhappy about the show's involvement in releasing Chubby Checker's cover of Ballard's song The Twist.
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.