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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.UK tabloid newspaper The People runs a story headlined THE BEATNIK HORROR, illustrated by a photograph, taken in Stuart Sutcliffe's Liverpool flat, showing a dishevelled group of students. Lying on the floor is John Lennon, later to find fame as one of The Beatles.
Frank Sinatra plays the third of ten nights at The 500 Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Cliff Richard's fifteen minute Sunday evening Radio Luxembourg series, Me And My Shadows, is broadcast in the UK.
Wade Walton And Robert Curtis Smith record Barbershop Rhythm for Arhoolie Records, in Wade Walton's barber shop, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA.
Bobby Darin plays the seventeenth night in a month long engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, opening for comedian George Burns.
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.