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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, 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.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.Johnny Mathis plays at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia, during a run of ten nights.
The Jazz Five record Autumn Leaves, There It Is and other tracks in London, UK, for Tempo Records. Bassist on the session is Malcom Cecil, who will go on to form Tonto's Expanding Head Band, one of the first synthesiser based groups of the rock era.
Package tour The Biggest Show Of Stars For '60, featuring Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Fabian, Chubby Checker, Freddy Cannon and Bill Black's Combo, plays at The Armory, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Package tour The Biggest Show Of Stars For '60, featuring Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Fabian, Chubby Checker, Freddy Cannon, Bobby Vinton and Bill Black's Combo, plays at The Armory, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Music mogul Dick Clark appears in an edition of US tv show The Jack Benny Program, entitled The Dick Clark Show.
Swing-era alto-saxophonist and recording artist Porter Kilbert dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA, aged 39. Kilbert was perhaps best-known as a member of The Quincy Jones Big Band.