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The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.The musical 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 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.Fantasy Records open the city's first commercial recording studio in San Francisco, California, USA.
EMI Records in London, UK, reject an audition tape by The High Numbers, who will later change their name to The Who.Elvis Presley continues filming studio scenes for his next movie, It Happened At The World's Fair, in MGM Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
James Brown plays the fifth of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. Also on the bill are Freddie King, Solomon Burke, Pigmeat Markham and The Valentinos. On the last night of this run, Brown will record a live set which will become his classic album Live At The Apollo (Vol 1).
Phil Everly heads the bill on a package tour at the ABC, Cambridge, UK. The show is supposed to star The Everly Brothers, but Don Everly collapsed after a suicide attempt in London's Savoy Hotel. Other acts on the bill include Frank Ifield, Ketty Lester and The Vernons Girls.
John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Shakey Jake, Willie Dixon, Helen Humes and Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee, play in the American Folk Blues Festival '62 at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK. Said to have been in attendance at this gig were numerous aspiring young british blues artists, including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones and top session player, Jimmy Page later of The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.Brook Benton, Mary Wells, The
Vibrations and The
Impressions play the fourth night of a week at the Regal
Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Crickets record Love Is Strange and Pretty Blue Eyes, in Western Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA, for Liberty Records.
He's A Rebel by The Crystals, written by Gene Pitney and produced by Phil Spector, reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
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R'n'b vocal group The
Flamingos play the eighth of thirteen nights at the Peppermint
Lounge West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Frank Sinatra and
Sammy Davis
Jr. record Me And My
Shadow in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise
Records.
Marvin Gaye performs Stubborn Kind Of
Fella on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.record Me And My Shadow in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.