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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.
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.
Buddy Bair And His Orchestra with vocalist Elaine Powell are playing during a three-week booking at The Skyway, Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams Jr., Lefty Frizzell, The Texas Troubadours, Billy Moore, Buzz Witticer, Patti White, Clyde And Willie May, Wilma Lee And Stony Cooper, Audry Williams, Grand Ole Opry Night in Boston Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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You're No Good by Betty Everett peaks at No81 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. Linda Ronstadt will take her version of the same song to No1 twenty-two years later.
R'n'b band The Ravens, soon to become The Kinks, play at Northbank, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Cash plays at The Sportatorium, Houston, Texas, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA.
Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The new No1 single in both Billboard's Top 40 chart and the Cash Box magazine chart in the USA is I'm Leaving It Up To You by Dale And Grace. The song is a cover version of a 1957 release by Don Harris and Dewey Terry.
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Quicksand 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 No80.
Red River Dave records Answer To The Death Of A President and The Bay Of Pigs in San Antonio, Texas, USA, for Reveal Records.
Billy Strange records Washington Square, The Great Escape March, The Third Man Theme and Charade in Gold Star Studio, 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard. Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jackie De Shannon releases a new single, When You Walk In The Room, on Liberty Records in the USA.
Nino Tempo And April Stevens perform Deep Purple on popular tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the show is Trini Lopez, performing Kansas City.
Then He Kissed Me by The Crystals reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the hit single Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison.
Woody Herman And His Orchestra record After You've Gone and Cousins in A+R Studios, New York City, USA, for Philips Records.
Liberace plays at the Holiday House, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Blue Echoes release a single, Blue Bell Bounce / Tiger Talk, on Bristol Records in the USA.
Washington Square by The Village Stompers peaks at No2 in the Billboard chart of the top-selling singles in the USA.
The Rolling Stones play at The Chez Don Club, Dalston, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Escorts play an evening show at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. This is followed by an all-nighter featuring The Spencer Davis Group.
The song In The Summer Of His Years, a tribute to the recently assassinated US President John Kennedy, is performed for the first time by Millicent Martin on a special broadcast of the BBC's satirical weekly news programme That Was the Week That Was, in London, England, UK, Europe. It will go on to be recorded by Mahalia Jackson, Connie Francis, Bobby Rydell, Toni Arden and others.
Willie Nelson buys himself a 200-acre farm in Ridgetop, Tennessee, USA.
The Caravelles enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry which will peak at No3 during a ten-week run on the chart.
Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The Adelphi, Slough, England, UK, Europe.
The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Cilla Black, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The Granada, Walthamstow, England, UK, Europe.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, record I Wonder at CJLX Studio, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Be True To Your School by The Beach Boys enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No6.