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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.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Go Now by The Moody Blues.
Millie, Jess Conrad, Jimmy Wheeler and Des Lane play in the Christmas Pantomime at The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
George Jones And The Jones Boys play at Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA,
Downtown by Petula Clark becomes the first No1 single of the year on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA and also on the Cash Box magazine chart.
The Searchers play at The Palais, Peterborough, UK.
A disagreement breaks out between Motown and EMI Records when The Fourmost's cover version of The Four Tops' Baby I Need Your Loving reaches No24 in the UK singles chart. The single apparently breaches an agreement that EMI, as Motown's British distributor, would not release cover versions of Motown hits in the UK.
The Moody Blues appear on the cover of Disc Weekly in the UK.
The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Honeycombs and Tony Sheveton play the second of two nights at The Royal Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
The Overlanders play at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK.
Del Shannon appears on UK radio show Saturday Club, along with Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers.
Gerry And The Pacemakers new single, Ferry 'Cross The Mersey, peaks at No8 in the UK.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Bye Bye Baby by The Four Seasons, entering at No59.
The Rolling Stones play the second of two nights at Manufacturer's Auditorium, Agricultural Hall, Sydney, Australia.
This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis And The Playboys enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. The song is written by Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at River Heights Community Club, Winnipeg, Canada.
Susan Barrett, Vic Dana, Jerry Fuller, Dobie Gray, Jackie And Gayle, Little Anthony And The Imperials, and The Walker Brothers appear on the first edition of tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Phil Spector oversees recording of a backing track for the song I Can't Make It Alone at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The track, intended for the Righteous Brothers, is never used.
Over The Rainbow by Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
The Who play at The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, UK.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.