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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 Beatles play the sixth night of a three month engagement at The Indra Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry record forty two tracks, including Black Gal, Freight Train, Baby How Long, Betty And Dupree's Blues, Red River Blues, Blues Before Sunrise, The Blues Of Happiness at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Brook Benton, LaVern Baker and Ben E. King play the fourth night in a week of shows at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Big Maybelle and Bobby 'Blue' Bland play the last night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Debbi Peterson, who will grow up to play with The Bangles, is born in Northridge, California, USA.
Country music vocalist and songwriter Collin Raye is born in De Queen, Arkansas, USA.
Johnny Cash's latest single, Second Honeymoon, enters the UK charts at No21. It will peak at No15.
Ray Charles plays the fifth night of a week of shows at The Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kiddio by Brook Benton enters the Billboard magazine chart of the best-selling R'n'B singles in the USA. It will peak at No1.
Frank Sinatra records I Concentrate On You, When You're Smiling and other tracks in Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, LosAngeles, California, USA.
Instrumental guitar band The Shadows release a new single, Apache, on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA.
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.