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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.
The Rolling Stones play the second of two nights in Springfield Hall, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Sounds Incorporated appear on UK tv show Open House (BBC-2).
Via an advert in American music trade magazine Billboard, Johnny Cash criticises US radio stations for refusing to play his controversial single, The Ballad Of Ira Hayes, about the plight of Native Americans. As a result, there are calls to have him removed from the Country Music Association.
The Who, billed as The High Numbers, play at The Trade Union Hall, Watford, UK.
The Beach Boys play in The KQV Shower of Stars No3, at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, including vocalist Rod Stewart, play at The Galaxy Club in The Town Hall, Basingstoke, UK.
During a month-long tour, The Four Seasons play at Treasure Island Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada.
Vaughn Meader, and folk group The Au Go Go Singers (featuring two future Buffalo Springfield members, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay), play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Dancing In the Street by Martha And The Vandellas is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No72.
Brenda Lee is a guest panellist on UK tv show Juke Box Jury.
Johnny B. Goode by Dion DiMucci enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. The song is a cover of a Chuck Berry composition.
You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No14. The song will inspire Nick Lowe to write I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock'n'Roll) which will be a UK hit for Dave Edmunds' Rockpile in 1978
The album All Summer Long by The Beach Boys peaks at No4 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA.
Eydie Gorme plays at The Concord Hotel, Catskill, New York State, USA.
John Fahey spends the first of three days recording his album The Dance of Death And Other Plantation Favorites for Takoma Records in Adelphi Studios, Adelphi, Maryland, USA.
The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51, Soho, London, UK.
The Troggs play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Aliens.
The Supremes score their first No1 single in the USA with Where Did Our Love Go in both the Billboard and Cash Box charts.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that the Symphonic Electronic Corporation has begun shipping a new four-speed portable phonograph adorned with photographs of The Beatles. The product costs $29.95.
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Ray Rivera And His Trio are iundertaking a residency at The Capri, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
Della Reese is playing during a three-week engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Beatles, supported by Jackie De Shannon, The Righteous Brothers, The Exciters and The Bill Black Combo, play at The Empire Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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